October, 01, 1963

Farm-Automation GmbH founded in Tangstedt by Otto Metzger Backensholz
and Willi J. Müller

Under the registered trade name “farmatic,” the company sold technical plants and equipment designed to rationalize agricultural processes. Its core business was later expanded to include large agricultural tanks and silos.

1974

Renaming as Farmatic Silotechnik GmbH

At the same time, the company moved its headquarters to Osdorf, Rendsburg-Eckernfoerde district. Its specialization in tanks and silos for the storage of liquid manure, grass and maize silage as well as for the conservation of grain proved to be a successful strategy for the company’s long term development, and FARMATIC still benefits from it today.

1979

Relocation to Nortorf, Rendsburg-Eckernfoerde District

The company’s steady growth made it necessary to establish its own office, manufacturing and storage spaces. In cooperation with well-known universities the first wastewater plants for customers in the food industry and in municipalities were developed and built based on the proven segmented steel tank construction.

1990

Basic research and development for FARMATIC biogas technology

The continued, systematic development of tank and plant construction, sustained investment in research partnerships and its own R&D processes allowed the transition from a manufacturer of agricultural plants to a leading biotech company active in the fields of biogas and biological wastewater treatment.

1995

Planning, delivery and installation of the first FARMATIC biogas power plant

The new biogas technology business area was further developed and expanded massively. FARMATIC played a major role in the initial creation of the German market for “renewable energy” and contributed significantly to the current success of biogas technology.

1997

Implementation of its QM system based on DIN EN ISO 9001

FARMATIC’s successful audit and certification in 1998 marked a decisive step for the company, allowing it to meet the requirements of national and international markets.

2001

Initial public offering and name change to farmatic biotech energy ag

The company’s success and rapid developments in the renewable energy market inspired major private investors and banks. They launched an initial public offering despite the continued downward trend of the German New Market.
farmatic biotech energy ag successfully carried out large biogas projects around the world. It became the market leader in industrial biogas plants and laid the foundation for the development biogas upgrading and its use as a fossil fuel substitute. It developed processes for mechanical-biological processing of mixed waste, new process control technology for SBR wastewater plants and highly efficient filter systems for highly concentrated industrial wastewater.

2004

farmatic biotech energy ag files for bankruptcy

Market uncertainty resulting from the constant postponements of an amendment to the German Renewable Energy Law (EEG) led to a decline in orders in Germany. The collapsing new market and the ensuing decline in share prices led to liquidity problems for farmatic.

The corporate management, increasingly dominated by large private investors, was unable to find its way out of the financial crisis. Germany’s largest company in the biogas sector had to file for bankruptcy.

2004

Re-founding as FARMATIC Anlagenbau GmbH

The technical expertise and long experience of the corporation’s former employees, technicians and engineers naturally lived on. The logical step taken by former employees was a new beginning, initiated by company founder Willi J. Müller.

Today the company’s expertise in tank construction provides a solid basis for sustained development and growth. FARMATIC has once again established itself as a reliable partner and successful provider of turn-key projects in the fields of wastewater treatment and biogas technology.

2011

New management and shareholder structure

The appointment of new managing partners marked the acceleration of the company’s expansion into international markets for biogas plants.

Storage of Sugar Beet Pulp