July 1974
Founding of ITT GRINNELL GMBH in Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler with approx. 50 employees in the Ochsenwald industrial area by ITT GRINNELL Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. (Hanger Division).
The new branch office in Neunkirchen / Saar was intended to create a second pillar for the up-and-coming European market in addition to the US market.
ITT GRINNELL Corporation, founded in 1850 by Frederick Grinnell, was one of the world’s largest suppliers of pipe, valves, fittings, hangers, control instruments, sprinkler systems, etc. to the power industry and in 1974 employed over 10,000 people in more than 40 manufacturing facilities and 120 sales offices worldwide.
October 1990
The ITT Group sells ITT Grinnell GmbH, Neunkirchen, including personnel and expertise, to the newly founded “PSS Group”. The former company is renamed “PSS Pipe Support Systems GmbH”.
The familiar GRINNELL products and figure numbers remain identical except for the new brand name PSS.
June 2000
The company moves from the Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler district to the company building of the former ECKER Maschinenbau GmbH in the center of Neunkirchen. Due to its strong export orientation, the company is given the suffix “International” after the purchase by the ECKER Group.
In the important area of corrosion and surface protection of pipe hangers, supports and accessories, PSS GmbH cooperates with the experienced and efficient partner “ECKER Metalltechnik GmbH” in Saarlouis-Fraulautern. (www.ecker-metalltechnik.de)