At a glance

Figures And Facts

Founded in 1917 as “Eisen- und Metallwerke Ferndorf GmbH”
Name changed in 2007 to “Bender-Ferndorf Rohr GmbH”
Focus of production: spirally welded large diameter pipes
Basic material: Steel
The main application areas are in the fields: Water supply, sewage, oil, gas, distance heating, building industry, manufacturing industry (chemical industry)
Location: Kreuztal-Ferndorf (10 km to the north of Siegen. 70 km to the east of Cologne)
Employees: about 100
Output: about 100,000 tons of pipes per year
Revenue breakdown: around 70% in exports, 30% domestic sales

… are:

the non-ovality (our pipes round „by nature” and keep a constant diameter)
our adherence to production and delivery specifications
our customized solutions (we produce all popular diameters, lengths and pipe wall thicknesses)
our 90 year experience with producing large diameter pipes: we have realized several thousand projects by now
our high quality standards: we have our own testing lab and we analyse all production steps minutely, starting with the coil
our willingness to innovate: pre-stressing in the factory, bursting tests, spectral analysis,wall thickness of 25mm is possible, reproducible pipe ends
we handle the whole chain of production and logistics: production, coating, transport to the construction site, and stacking.

1917: Ernst Bender founded the company with the name “Eisen- und Metallwerke Ferndorf GmbH”
The 20s: The company objective is now producing large diameter (longitudinally welded) steel pipes and the construction of special machinery for this purpose
1957: Production of spirally welded pipes begins
1958: API certification. The basis of our current QM system
1980: First production of a spirally welded large diameter pipe with a wall thickness of 25 mm
The 80s: Focus on spirally welded pipes
1993: ISO 9001 certification
2003: ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications
2007: Name changed to “Bender-Ferndorf Rohr GmbH”