Solberg Manufacturing, Inc. is above all about helping people. We believe that
if we take care of our customers, we’re taking care of ourselves. Our entire
company revolves around this belief. Our people are at the core of our business
and with them we bring to our customers a highly qualified and motivated staff.
Together, we have succeeded in building a solid foundation, enabling us to
serve our customers with dependable products and grow into the future.
The Solberg Time Line outlines a sampling of milestones we’ve reached thus far.
We are proud of what we’ve accomplished and promise that our past only serves
as motivation to do more in the future.
| 1966 |
Charles
H. Solberg, Sr. invented the tubular silencing design for the small Air
Compressor market. |
| 1968 |
Solberg
Distributing, Inc. is incorporated. |
| 1977 |
Name
changed to Solberg Manufacturing, Inc. and locates in Itasca, IL (Chicago
area). |
| 1978 |
Introduces
Filter Line to the Blower
Market. |
| 1982 |
Introduces
Inlet Vacuum Filters to the
Regenerative Blower & Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps. |
| Begins
Partnership with Cameron Products for
Canadian Market. |
| Introduces
Oil Mist Exhaust Filters for
the Direct Drive High-Vacuum Pump Market. |
| 1986 |
Charles
H. Solberg, Jr. patents new filter
making process. |
| Introduces
Filter Silencer line for
the fractional horsepower to 3 HP compressor Market. |
| 1989 |
Expands
Sales to Europe. |
| 1990 |
Expands
Sales to Japan. |
| 1991 |
Offers
most all product lines in Stainless Steel. |
| 1992 |
First
to introduce integrated Silencer/Filter
line for Blower industry. |
| 1993 |
Introduces
3"& 4" T- Style Inlet Vacuum
Filter. |
| 1994 |
Solberg
International, Ltd. is established and becomes SMI’s sole international
distributor. |
| 1995 |
Central/Eastern
European Sales Office established. |
| 1996 |
Central
American Sales Office established. |
| 1997 |
International
Expansion continues as SIL serves more than 40 countries. |
| 1998 |
Introduces
Process Water Filter for
plastics industry. |
| 1999 |
First
company in filter manufacturing industry to offer an E-Commerce Web Site. |
| 1999 |
Introduces
VPST Series as a complete Air/Oil Separation System for Vacuum Pumps. |
| 2000 |
English
Sales Office established. |
| 2000 |
Introduces
SpinMeister Series for Severe Duty applications such as Routers, Cement Plant
or Foundry applications. Used in combination with F and CSL series. |
| 2000 |
Introduces
PS style filter for the light duty, small compressor market. |
| 2000 |
Scandinavian
Sales Office established. |
| 2001 |
Introduces
Spin-On Style Air/Oil separators for compressor market. |
| 2001 |
Introduces "BBF" Series Discharge Silencer Base Frames for the Blower market. |
| 2002 |
Integrated Liquid Separator/Vacuum Filter "LRS" Series is introduced to the Vacuum Pump market. |
| 2002 |
Begins fabrication of Filter range in Europe. |
| 2002 |
Benelux Sales Office established. |
| 2003 |
Introduces "ST" Series See-Through Inlet Vacuum Filters. |
| 2003 |
Introduces wide range of ASME Code, PED, & ATEX range of inlet filters. |
| 2003 |
Brazilian Sales and Manufacturing Company established. |
| 2004 |
Slovakian Sales & Manufacturing Company established. |
| 2004 |
Chinese Sales Office Established. |
| 2004 |
VAE Series Introduced for the PowerGen market
|
| 2005 |
European Distribution Center established in Antwerp, Belgium |
| 2006 |
Mexican Sales & Distribution facility established |
| 2006 |
Chinese Sales & Manufacturing facility established |