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

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