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Pannevis

From Graces Guide
2024. Centrifugal pump at Wisboom pumping station, Kinderdijk, near Rotterdam
2024. Pannevis pump for priming centrifugal pump at Wisboom

Pannevis was a Dutch marine and general engineering company located in Utrecht. Products included steam engines, pumps, and bridges.

Johannes Pannevis (1849-1927) started as a millwright. In 1900 he started a machine factory together with his son Marinus Pannevis (1874-1949). In 1906 the business became a limited company - NV Machinefabriek 'Hoogenlande' v/h Pannevis en Zoon.

In 1958, all shares of Pannevis were taken over by Machinefabriek Braat in Amsterdam, which manufactured equipment for the Indonesian rubber, tea and sugar industries.

In 1965 the factory was relocated to a site on the Elektronweg on Lage Weide.

In 1968, Pannevis became part of the Rhine-Scheldt group, which was also joined by the Verolme shipyard. Pannevis started focusing on equipment for the process industry. After the demise of Rijn-Schelde-Verolme (RSV), Pannevis made a fresh start in 1985 . The 100th anniversary was celebrated in 2000, but a few years later Pannevis was merged into the Finnish Larox concern. Production in Utrecht stopped in 2006.

The above information is condensed from here[1]

Two double-entry Pannevis centrifugal pumps built in 1924, with a combined capacity of 435 m3/min, driven by EMF-Dordt motors, are preserved at the Wisboom pumping station, Kinderdijk, where they worked until 1995.[2]. See illustrations.

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] DUIC: Disappeared factories: Pannevis aan de Hogelanden Wz by Arjan den Boer, 3/3/2023
  2. [2] Nederlandse Gemalenstichting: Overwaard/Wisboom