More than 40 Years of Innovation and Technology

Since its beginnings, the ROSEN Group has been an independent, privately owned company with a strong commitment to its employees, customers, suppliers, the environment and society. When Hermann Rosen founded the company in 1981, he shaped it over more than four decades and developed the company philosophy from his guiding principle: "Empowered by technology".

Over the many years we have remained true to our promise to offer the most innovative technology solutions for our markets. This has taken us on an exciting and successful journey.

2020 - going forward

Accelerator

The beginning of the next chapter: we deliver a large range of new solutions for a wide variety of industries to enable intelligent decisions for a sustainable future. Agility and collaboration are taken to a new level through transformative technologies and by living the corporation mindset. 


2022

Inauguration of the expanded testing facility with hydrogen testing capabilities in Lingen.

2021

Expansion of the fully automated CNC milling plant at Lingen.

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2010-2020

Leader

In 2010, we made our breakthrough. Having secure technology leadership, we became the market leader as well. We inspected more than two thirds of the pipelines in the oil and gas industries inspected worldwide. But our business had long expanded beyond just pipelines. More than 25 branches all over the world keep us active in more than 110 countries, and we are constantly conquering new markets.


2014

Introduction of the pipe grade and MAOP validation service.

2012

Inauguration of the Innovation Center in Lingen, Germany.

2011

Not only do we offer bidirectional in-line inspection services but we now build up an entire fleet of bidirectionally capable tools.

2010

We carry out our first in-line hard spot detection service.

ROSEN Technology and Research Center in Lingen

2000-2010

Competitor

At the beginning of the new millennium, our small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) had become a technology group that was active all over the world. We established new branches and were represented throughout the world. We worked hard to develop new methods and improve old ones. We also developed integrity management software and innovative materials. We became a technology leader and our market share increased dramatically.


2008

Low friction MFL-A tools are implemented.

2006

Marks the year multidiameter tools are introduced to our portfolio.

2005

We introduce EMAT crack detection and coating disbondment to the in-line inspection market.

2005

We combine in-line inspection technologies, MFL-A and XT, for the first time.

2000

XYZ mapping tools are added to our portfolio.

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1990-2000

Challenger

The 1990s were a fast-paced decade for us. We challenged the established companies in the pipeline inspection business and continued to increase performance. The results were visible in the global expansion of our small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We founded our first branches in the United States, Australia and Mexico. By the turn of the millennium, our employee numbers had more than quadrupled.


1996

56" MFL-A tool has its debut run.

1995

Introduction of our first tank bottom inspection tool.

Picture of an outdated TBIT device for tank inspection

1981-1990

Adventurer

1981 marks the birth of the ROSEN Group as we know it today. The small company moved to the building in which founder Hermann Rosen also lived with his family. The adventurers recognized the growing market demand and the technical challenges of services for the oil and gas industry. We became a pipeline inspection company.


1987

Introduction of our first MFL corrosion detection tool.

1983

Our first in-line cleaning tool hits the market.

1981

Birth of the ROSEN Group.

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Before 1981

Explorer - Experimenting with niches

Every good start-up success story starts in a garage. Actually, we started above the garage. Hermann Rosen and a small group of explorers began to test their abilities in the field of electrical engineering in the 1970s. Pipelines were still in the distant future. The small engineering office (H. Rosen Engineering) made trials in a wide variety of areas and gathered valuable experience.

Old black and white picture of a garage.