LORENTZ company is registered in Hamburg, Germany
LORENTZ design, develop and manufacture pumps for gasoline, used in car refuelling stations around the world
After researching new applications for the already developed efficient refuelling pump, solar pump development begins
First solar pump shipped to Cypress for testing
LORENTZ solar pump design is further developed. The unique split system design, DC brushless and sensorless drives and the helical rotor compounds all come together making LORENTZ products unique.
Field testing and limited sales of solar start in southern Europe, Australia, United States, and South Africa
First passive solar tracker is shipped to maximise power for pump systems
Launch of ETAPUMP – first commercial solar pump system
Installations increase with a strong focus on US, Canada, South Africa and Australia
First 700 m (2100 ft) pump install for dewatering a gas well
LORENTZ expands across Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East
LORENTZ attend Intersolar show in Germany
Active tracker – ETATRACK 400 – Our first active tracker design to electronically track the sun
ETATRACK 1500 introduced for the booming solar park market
First LORENTZ solar park is installed in Dettendorf, Germany – 50kWp of modules on 24 trackers
LORENTZ pass the point where they have shipped pumps to 50 countries.
Largest LORENTZ solar park is installed in Spain – 2.1 MW across 1,000 active trackers with central control!
Purchase of a new HQ building just outside of Hamburg, Germany. Perfect environment for our electronic and mechanical design team.
LORENTZ has now sold to more than 100 countries with many countries now ordering on a monthly basis
The PS4000 is added to the range to meet the demand for larger solar pumps, especially in irrigation applications
PSk becomes a portfolio item after being used purely for projects
LORENTZ moves Asia office to a new prestigious city office in Beijing
To expand reach a multi tier distribution model is introduced in the US, Australia and South Africa
COMPASS provides the industry with the first accurate way to quickly size a solar pumping system.
New flexible production facility goes live to meet the increasing demand for solar pumping systems
LORENTZ starts a new professional channel model called partnerADVANTAGE to recognize the growing and professional sales network
partnerNET extranet service is launched
New factory extension is opened
LORENTZ achieves 12 consecutive all time record sales months — solar water pumping is mainstream
LORENTZ is 20 years old
LORENTZ introduce PSk2 systems, taking solar water pumping to a new level
CONNECTED is launched, offering pump monitoring and management via smart-phone and remotely over the internet
PS40k is added to the portfolio for large pumping applications
LORENTZ US company opens for business
LORENTZ in Germany moves to new purpose built global headquarters and technology center
Two new important product lines are introduced, PS2 and PSk2. These have market leading feature sets and provide harmonisation of products from 150W to 40kW
Design of 4th new factory is concluded and construction started
LORENTZ in China moves to the new production facility
New pumps are added to the portfolio
Frost & Sullivan – the leading Market Analyst Company – recognizes LORENTZ with the 2018 Global Solar Powered Water Pumps Product Line Strategy Leadership Award.
LORENTZ receives this award for its “outstanding performance and supporting excellent customer service”.
LORENTZ smartTAP Water Dispenser is an off-grid water dispensing and management system. This solution enables revenue collection, water entitlement and sustainable water provision where water is shared within a community.
The new PSk2-100 is the largest standard solar water pumping system available in the market.
PS2-100 – a small self-install pump addressing the emerging Pay as you go market and retail
smartTAP water dispensers serve >500,000 people in a single project