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Innovative environmental technology made in Austria

PROBIG® is a global business based in Upper Austria. For decades, PROBIG® has been making treatment and scraping systems for rectangular tanks that comply with the highest environmental and quality standards. We bring together the most reliable and sustainable solutions that are both cost and energy efficient.

If you’re looking for chain scrapers for the most diverse applications, API scrapers or DAF separators manufactured from high-tech non-metallic materials, PROBIG®’s application specialists develop complete tailor-made packages that are at the same time smart and sustainable in order to meet every customer’s requirements.

Leading expertise for both new-builds and retrofits

With the world's largest range of chains, sprockets and accessories manufactured from the most diverse range of high-tech non-metallic materials, PROBIG® is your ideal expert for developing brand new plants or cost-effectively retrofitting existing plants. Our materials are perfect for use in wet, sludgy environments as well as chemically-aggressive atmospheres.

Fields of application:

  • Petrochemical/refineries
  • Seawater desalination
  • Chemical industry
  • Municipal waste water treatment plants
  • Drinking water plants 
  • Paper industry 
  • Food industry
  • Breweries
    and many other industrial sectors

The best professional solutions in one place: a strong network.

Our leading expertise in the overall design and implementation of high-quality non-metallic scraping systems makes PROBIG® a reliable partner for designers, industry and municipalities. The close collaboration between PROBIG® and our carefully chosen partner companies guarantees optimal project security and strictly controlled quality. PROBIG®'s treatment and scraping systems precisely meet the individual needs of our customers worldwide.

Moreover, we offer our customers state-of-the-art process technology and proven expertise for innovative complete solutions for pre-treatment processes in waste water treatment.

This all speaks in favour of PROBIG®:

  • ISO-certified, ATEX and TUV-tested            
  • energy efficient
  • easy maintenance
  • up to 10 times more durable than metal
  • corrosion-resistant
  • quiet
  • prompt return on investment
  • durable and reliable

Probig® scraping systems comply with the most stringent quality and environmental standards

Ongoing monitoring, extensive testing under real operating conditions and years of practical experience form the basis for optimum performance and maximum efficiency in daily use.

Our main priorities are health and environmental protection and safety. PROBIG®'s high quality and environmental standards have been confirmed by independent bodies such as TUV, Quality Austria and IQNet.

Certified to the highest standards

  • ISO 9001

  • ISO 10001

  • ISO 14001

  • ISO 45001

Our mission: Efficient solutions with high customer value

Our innovative wastewater treatment and scraping systems combine the highest standards of environmental protection and certified quality with the best operational reliability and optimum cost and energy efficiency.

With these sustainable solutions, our customers make an important contribution to reducing water consumption and ensuring an optimal water supply. Customer satisfaction, high quality and durability, comprehensive services and personal customer care are top priorities at PROBIG®.

Our company philosophy: the sum of the best parts

In the interests of our customers, our tailor-made PROBIG® scraping systems incorporate the most stringent requirements in terms of environmental protection and certified quality, along with optimal reliability, sustainable costs and energy efficiency.

Economy and ecology

Production safety and environmental protection are key factors in the development of PROBIG® scraping systems. Quality and customer satisfaction are just as important to us as the development of ecologically worthwhile measures to protect our water resources. With its smart and sustainable solutions, PROBIG® plays a major role in contributing to minimizing water usage and ensuring optimal water safety.

Reliability and energy-efficiency

PROBIG® is the leading specialist in environmentally friendly, forward-thinking waste water systems. We implement tailor-made solutions for every project, which distinguish themselves through their high levels of energy-efficiency, reliability and durability. Amongst other advantages, the high-tech non-metallic materials used are safe and easy to operate and increase the service life by between 2 and 10 times compared with conventional systems manufactured from metal.

Tailor-made solutions through teamwork

Synergies with added value: combined expertise in the fields of production, materials and waste water technology guarantee tailor-made solutions customised to your individual requirements. Working together with our network of highly-specialised partners, we can implement systems for you that incorporate unbeatable reliability and a high fair value.

TÜV and ISO: top-certification is our standard

With the ISO 9001 management system, we can ensure that we are constantly working to improve our services. Environmental and safety management (ISO 14001 and ISO 45001) are also vital elements of our management system. Our TÜV certification is testament to the high standard of our system.

Our corporate policy: Certainly the best solution for customers, employees and partners

PROBIG® is an innovative company based in Haid/Vöcklamarkt in Austria that operates sustainably at all levels and is considered the market leader in plastic chain scraping systems for rectangular basins. To stay ahead in this emerging industry, we are successively extending the service life of our customized solutions with highly durable and abrasion-resistant plastics. This enables us to achieve the absolute best values compared to conventional products.

Customer satisfaction and product quality

The high satisfaction of our customers as well as the best product quality are of particular concern to us. That is why we not only fully comply with the legal and regulatory requirements, but also intensively respond to the wishes and circumstances of our customers and implement precisely tailored, customized solutions. Through high standards and strict inspections, the quality level is constantly maintained and improved.

Safely achieve your goals together

Safety, health and a focus on shared success shape the way we support our customers, suppliers and partners, but also significantly our employees. We want to create safe and pleasant working conditions and attach great importance to every employee “coming to work healthy and going home healthy”. Occupational safety is a top priority at PROBIG® - that is why we incorporate the concerns of our employees in relevant decisions. This is supported by open and friendly interaction throughout the company and a common, pragmatic approach. Frank discussions and openness to constructive criticism are important factors for us in avoiding risks and improving safety and health at PROBIG®.

Our mission statement

In all our actions and decisions, we are guided by the following corporate principles:

  • Live and let live
  • Not size, but quality makes us stand out
  • We are generous with small things and careful with big things
  • We work with expertise, are flexible and pragmatic

Sustainable action at all levels

The issue of the environment is very important to us. We are clearly committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and, as a “Member of SDG 6”, we are fully committed to ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all.

We set up activities along the entire value chain that help to protect the environment and resources and make our products and services holistically more sustainable:

  • Focus on state-of-the-art plastics technology
  • Energy-efficient component production
  • Selection of shipping companies based on reduced CO2 emissions
  • Short distances through regional (sub)suppliers
  • Upgrading the company fleet with electric vehicles
  • Energy generation at the Vöcklamarkt site with photovoltaics and much more
[Translate to English:] Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit

History

Innovation based on passion and tradition

PROBIG GmbH and PROBIG high tech products GmbH evolved from the RÜBIG group of companies in Wels, Austria. By the end of the 1980s, the internationally successful metal components centre had recognised the huge potential of special non-metallic construction materials. As a pioneer in technology, PROBIG® designs, develops and produces high-quality chain scrapers, bottom and surface scrapers, flotation scrapers and API scrapers using high-tech non-metallic materials.

PROBIG®  MILESTONES

  • 1983 Company founded in Freilassing, Germany
  • 1994 Company taken over by Augustin Perner
  • 1999 PROBIG GmbH founded in Unterach, Austria
  • 2013 PROBIG GmbH builds its head office in Vöcklamarkt, Austria
  • 2017 The premises in Vöcklamarkt are extended creating more space for production, warehousing and offices
  • 2019 Purchase of a total of more than 15,000 m² of company building ground
  • 2020 Opening of Probig Balkan branch in Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2021 New construction of production building