History

1871

1871

Company establishment
Albach is established as a company and the Alco brand is developed

1871

1890

1890

Storz coupling
Storz coupling is invented and patented

1904

1904

Hornung establishment
Hornung - later AWG - is established as a company

1904

1940

1940

Extinguishing technology
Specialisation in extinguishing technology

1950

1950

Bucket extinguishing
Foot-operated extinguishing bucket

1950

1965

1965

Remote-controlled monitors
Monitors become remote-controlled and capture market for theatre stage use

1968

1968

Monitors for oil rig Uncle John
2 monitors are constructed for Uncle John oil rig at Holmenkolm in Norway. Flow rate of 80,000 l/min.

1968

1970

1970

Monitors for waste to energy plants
Waste to energy plants fitted out with manually operated monitors

1972

1972

Turbo submersible pump
New product: AWG Turbo Submersible Pump

1972

1979

1979

Inner steered monitor
New product: Inner steered Alco Monitor 471 FZ

2000

2000

Turbospritze
New product: Turbospritze captures the fire service market

2000

2002

2002

Monitors for PistenBully
First monitor fitted to PistenBully snow groomer

2005

2005

TurboTwist
New product: TurboTwist – a new type of HS nozzle

2005

2008

2008

Monitors on ARFF
First installation of the new Alco APF 5 series on ARFF

2010

2010

AWG goes North Africa
Biggest order in the company’s history to date: AWG fits out 250 emergency vehicles in North Africa

2010

2012

2012

Venturi nozzle in Formula 1 racing
Venturi nozzle is used in conjunction with the F-500 fire suppression agent additive in Formula 1 racing at the Hockenheim circuit

2013

2013

Welcome to Ballendorf
Relocation to Ballendorf

2013

2014

2014

APF 12-HR
Delivery of APF 12-HR with 60,000 l/min

2015

2015

Multiple new products
New products: Turbo-Nozzle VSP, FireEx Turbo 1000, Proportioner FD and Venturi S/M 75

2015

2015

2015

Multiple new products
New products: First electric operated monitor, mounted on a trailer. New CAN-control unit AlcoMobilC. First protable electric operated monitor APF 3P-DC

2016

2016

Welcome to IDEX Corporation
IDEX Corporation acquire AWG Fittings GmbH

AWG becomes part of the IDEX Fire & Safety Group with Lukas Hydraulik, Vetter, Akron Brass, Dinglee, Godiva, Hale and Hurst

2016

2017

2017

Pre-Engineered Program
Introduction of the pre-engineered program

2018

2018

System divider B-FW
New product: AWG system divider

2018

2018

2018

Electric operated APF 8-DC
New product: First electric operated APF 8-DC

2020

2020

Turbo nozzle 2090
New product: AWG Turbo-Nozzle 2090 for fighting wildland fires

2020

2021

2021

150 years of Alco
We celebrate 150 years of Alco with the new "EVO" product line and the "Alco Select"-program

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Address

AWG Fittings GmbH
A Unit of IDEX Corporation
Bergstraße 25
89177 Ballendorf

Contact

Tel: +49 (0) 7340 91 88 98-0
Mail: awg-info@idexcorp.com 

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