The Original

We are your competent partner for pigging technology!

  • High quality and competent supplier for pigging technology since 1981
  • Technical leader in pigging technology
  • More than 40 patents for pigging applications
  • Pigging technology 100% according to individual customer requirements

I.S.T. offers:

  • Design and manufacture of pigging valves, piggable manifolds and pigging systems.
  • Robust pigging systems up to pressure rating PN 40 and temperature resistant up to 200°C
  • High quality standards according to ISO 9001 and Pressure Equipment Directive, module H
  • Easy-to-maintain valves and manifolds
  • Pigging equipment for potentially explosive atmospheres, compliant to ATEX

In our character we are a medium-sized company, which distinguishes itself by quality products, innovative strength, flexibility and service readiness. In the last years we have continuously expanded our production plant.

Our strength is the realization of individual customer requirements in the field of special valves and distribution technology.

In the field of pigging technology, we offer a comprehensive range of services, from individual system components to innovative complete solutions. Our systems are used in industrial plants all over the world and make a decisive contribution to the economic and environmentally friendly utilization of the plants. In addition, we offer our customers a global sales and service network.

Our objective is to further expand the high level of customer satisfaction by means of continuous product innovation with the highest quality of our product range.

Company History

Our company was founded in the seventies by Mr. Hubert Skibowski as a planning office in Hamburg. Following the technical possibilities and the market requirements, the planning office became a company specializing in the development and production of pigging systems. The focus was on the lubricating oil and chemical industries, although many systems for the food and paint industries were also successfully developed.

Today I.S.T. is one of the leading companies for industrial pigging technology.

  1. Development

    Hubert Skibowski, founder of the company was engaged by Oelwerke J. Schindler to develop a new cleaning system resulting in the development of first closed pigging system with the first duplex pig.

  2. Formation Planungsbüro Skibowski

    Development of T-Pieces and manifolds

  3. Product development

    T-sleeve slide and filling head

  4. Pig develeopment

    Standard-Pig: DUO-Pig

  5. New company name

    I.S.T. Industrie-System-Technik GmbH with 6 employees

  6. Company takeover

    I.S.T. Molchtechnik GmbH, new daughter company of the Dover Group

  7. Management-Buy-out (MBO)

  8. Market launch

    T-Armatur (T40)

  9. Market launch

    Piggable Blender SMB (T45-SMB)

  10. Market launch

    DDU (T65)

  11. Market breakthrough

    First major orders from Russia and Germany for I.S.T. blending solutions

  12. Milestone

    Successful start of production of a manufacturing plant in Russia

  13. Big nominal diameters

    Production of piggable fittings in nominal diameters DN 250-300

  14. Commissioning

    of an oil blending plant with 300,000 tons per year

  15. Product portfolio expansion

    T56.V2 full pigging manifold

  16. Market expansion

    Successful market launch of our manifolds in South Korea

  17. New ERP system

    Introduction of APplus by Asseco