Company history

Over 65 years of experience.

The starting point was the work of Wilhelm August Lampadius, who worked as a professor of chemistry and metallurgy at the Royal Saxon Mining Academy in Freiberg from 1794 to 1842. The Deutsches Brennstoffinstitut (DBI) in Freiberg emerged from the Bergakademie in 1956 and was intended as a centralised institution to bundle research and development in the field of fossil fuels.

From 1966, the gas sector was represented by its own, rapidly growing department. With the political change in the 1990s, a privatisation process began in the new federal states. During this phase, DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH emerged from the gas technology departments of the DBI in 1991, and has since asserted itself in the German and European research landscape.

As a research organisation of the DVGW – Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. (DVGW), DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH found a permanent place. The increase in publicly funded, basic research projects in the 1990s and the changed situation in testing finally led to the founding of DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg in 1998 as a wholly owned subsidiary of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH.

Our milestones at a glance

2021

Anniversary year – on 09.01.2021 we celebrated 30 years on the market & a total of 65 years of experience in the gas industry.

2020

Reorganisation and expansion of the DBI Group’s management.

2018

Ausbau & Erweiterung – das chemische Labor in Leipzig wird ausgebaut und das Technikum in Freiberg erneut erweitert.

2015

Expansion of the departments of Gas Process Technology and Energy Supply Systems/Renewable Energies.

2011

Relocation – DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH moves into new business premises in Leipzig. At the same time, the technical centre in Freiberg is renovated and expanded.

2007

Shareholder – the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water becomes the sole shareholder of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH.

1998

Spin-off of DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg as a subsidiary of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH in order to realise non-profit research and testing more efficiently.

1991

Spin-off of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH in Leipzig (shareholders at the time were VNG, RWE, GDF).

1966

Origin – Establishment of the gas technology department at the German Fuel Institute in Freiberg with a focus on the extraction/production, distribution and utilisation of gaseous fuels. The picture shows the Freiberg DBI site in the 1980s (Source: M. Knopfe)

1956

The Deutsche Brennstoffinstitut Freiberg (DBI) emerged from the Bergakademie and was intended to bundle research and development in the field of fossil fuels.

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Managing Director Engineering & Consulting
Spokesman

Gert Müller-Syring

(+49) 341 – 2457 113

Your career at the DBI Group

Over 150 motivated employees, flat hierarchies and a pleasant working atmosphere are the hallmarks of a committed team. We see ourselves as a reliable employer that supports and challenges its employees throughout their careers. We employ people who are committed to our corporate goals. We are a family-friendly company and expressly follow the legal principles of equal treatment.

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