Our history started simultaneously in Germany and in Mexico. In Germany, Ruhrpumpen GmbH Wende & Hentschel started as a small pump operation doing maintenance to the installed pumps from all makers and models, as well as manufacturing spare parts.

In the same year, in Mexico, Worthington de México was incorporated as a pump manufacturing plant, serving mainly the water markets in the country. Both companies continued their growth path independently and went through several changes of ownership during the years.

1979

Maquinados Programados was formed in Monterrey, Mexico to provide machining services to domestic Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Since its formation, state-of-the-art machining technology was the base, being the first independent CNC machine shop in the northern Mexico.

It grew very rapidly until 1982, when Corporación EG faced the first oil crisis. Maquinados Programados participated in different industries and continued its growth after a couple of years of tough times.

1986

Through the vision of the Elizondo Garza family, we capitalized the opportunity to become an OEM in 1986. The company acquired the assets of an established pump company named Crane Deming de México located in Monterrey, this move opened the door to become an OEM in the pump market in Mexico.

When it was acquired, the company had a very limited product portfolio. This demanded an entrepreneurial spirit to develop and be competitive through new product lines and state of the art manufacturing technology.

1988

One of the biggest challenges for Maquinados Programados and Crane Deming de México was the availability of competitive and quality castings. RP Metals was born, a no-bake foundry for a low-mid volume steel and Cast-Iron castings, using induction furnaces according to our pump needs.

Our own foundry enabled us to have control of our castings supply chain, improve our quality and delivery.

1991

Crane Deming de México acquired the assets of Worthington de México. After a couple of months relocated the plant from Mexico City to Monterrey and merged it with the existing pump operation.

This acquisition increased substantially our product portfolio, markets and regions served with a 40-year-old installed base.

1993

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed; Derlan Industries from Canada formed a joint venture with Maquinados Programados. This was the inception of Corporación EG.

The join venture came with new challenges and opportunities that had to be faced, the implementation of best practices of an International company had to be deployed, establishment of Company Board and compliance with the most demanding stake holders. But also, access to new manufacturing technology, markets and international growth possibilities.

1996

While looking for a pump company that could license us the technology to manufacture large submersible sewage pumps; we found a very well-known brand name in Europe, Ruhrpumpen GmbH. This new acquisition came with a fantastic group of talented people, new technologies mainly for the oil and gas industry, an established European and Southeast Asia customer base, large manufacturing facilities, and the ability to test pumps up to 10,000 HP. Acquiring Ruhrpumpen became a major milestone for Corporación EG.

1999

Corporación EG acquired Barnes de Colombia. Its history started in 1961 as a domestic water pump company. By being part of Corporacion EG, its horizons were expanded looking outside of Colombia, since then it has had a nice growth year after year in international markets, mainly in Latin America. As of today, the Company has quick ship centers in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. We continue working on the globalization of the brand.

The Nassa Johnston, a vertical pump product line came with this acquisition.

Ruhrpumpen - Model GPA -Multistage Centrifugal Ring Section Pump

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