Richard Vogt and his brothers Otto and Fritz started their legacy in a small metalworking shop in Santiago, Chile.
1958
We manufactured the first centrifugal pumps for the agricultural and construction markets.
1968
We signed an agreement with Allweiler AG to manufacture in Chile the Multistage Pump series.
1979
The joint stock company Industria Mecánica VOGT S.A. is legally incorporated.
1985
The Irrigation Promotion Law was enacted, capturing a key part of the technified irrigation market during its boom in Chile.
1994
Ricardo Vogt assumed the operational leadership of our company, succeeding his father, Richard Vogt.
2000
We had surpassed 80,000 pumps manufactured in Chile.
2004
We awarded duplex steel pumps for highly acidic liquids at Codelco Salvador.
2005
We developed the first Floating Raft Pump, a product that would become the most successful solution for mining applications.
2005
We obtained the first invention patent registration for the Low Suction Vertical Cantilever Pump.
2005
We awarded Low Suction Vertical Pumps for lithium mining in Chile.
2007
We awarded Cantilever Floating Pumps in Duplex for mine bottom dewatering at Minera Los Pelambres.
2010
We manufacture the largest pumps in our history, capable of moving up to 3,000 m³/hour with 500 HP motors.
2015
We signed a commercial agreement with Grundfos for the exclusive commercialization of Standard Pumps under the VOGT brand.
2016
We awarded VTP Titanium Pumps Gr.12 for Minera Spence.
2017
We awarded Low Suction Vertical Pumps for lithium mining in Argentina.
2018
We awarded Titanium Pumps for a high chloride leachate process.
2019
Ricardo Vogt transfers the general management to Alberto Campos, who has since led the current stage of our company.
2019
We awarded a Prefabricated Modular Electrical Room for Codelco Salvador.
2020
We awarded the largest water hammer pond 50,000 lts MAPA Project of ARAUCO.
2021
We awarded the first IIot Project (Industrial Internet of Things) in Minera Los Pelambres wells. Allowing to visualize in real time the instantaneous and total flows that are extracted from the catchment wells.
2022
On June 13, we started productive, commercial and administrative operations in our new facilities in Quilicura, Santiago/Chile.
2022
We awarded 60 self-priming Skid Self-Priming Pumps for Albemarle.
2023
We awarded our first project on another continent: a floating pumping system in an estuary, designed for a power plant in Côte d’Ivoire.