HIGRA 25 Years: The Journey of a Blue Legacy

October 30, 2000 — Exactly 25 Years Ago, Our Story Began. On this day, HIGRA was officially founded, marking the start of our journey in innovation, technology, and sustainability within the water cycle.

Like a river that flows, our story began decades ago. It started on the factory floor and along the irrigation canals of southern Brazil, where our founders and great mentors, Silvino Geremia and Dilceu Elias de Moura, identified a challenge no one had yet solved properly: how to pump water more efficiently, reliably, and simply.

From this restlessness came the idea that still defines HIGRA today — Amphibious Technology. Through it, we embraced the mission of developing technologies that make the water cycle more efficient, recover wasted energy, and enable sustainable access to natural resources.

With every piece of equipment designed by our engineering team, our legacy continues to grow. Our solutions reinforce the promise we made at the beginning of our journey — prioritizing customer trust and community benefit, easy installation, low energy consumption, long service life, and respect for the environment. Always ensuring efficiency, robustness, and high performance, the result of continuous innovation, research, and development.

From Workshops to the World: How Amphibious Pumps Were Born

Before HIGRA formally existed, between 1971 and 1996, Bombas Geremia served as the practical school for the professionals who would later create the company. It was there that Seu Silvino, as everyone affectionately called him, developed the technical knowledge and sense of purpose that laid the foundation for HIGRA.

During a trip, inspiration turned into vision. Looking out the airplane window, Silvino noticed the turbine and, turning to his partner Dilceu, said he had discovered a new path — the next generation of pumps they would create:
“Our pump will work like an airplane turbine — but instead of air, it will move water.” From that insight, the core concept of HIGRA’s Amphibious Pumps was born.

During a trip, inspiration turned into vision. Looking out the airplane window, Silvino noticed the turbine and, turning to his partner Dilceu, said he had discovered a new path — the next generation of pumps they would create: “Our pump will work like an airplane turbine — but instead of air, it will move water.”

The amphibious concept is HIGRA’s DNA, inspiring our teams and guiding the future we aim to build — one of higher efficiency, less waste, and continuous respect for the water cycle.

The Impact of Amphibious Technology on the Market

As we celebrate this milestone, we not only look inward but also celebrate the external impact of delivering complete solutions for agriculture, industry, and society as a whole.

Throughout our journey, we have manufactured over 9,500 pieces of equipment, including Amphibious and Submersible Pumps, Aerators, Mixers, and Turbogenerators. This installed base has produced proven results — generating energy savings, boosting efficiency and productivity, and reducing the environmental impact of human activity.

The application of our Amphibious Turbogenerators (TGA) in distributed generation projects demonstrates the measurable impact of HIGRA’s technology on the market:

• 1,296,403 MWh of energy saved through high-efficiency pumps operating at optimal points.
  
• 15,864,729 kWh of clean energy generated by Amphibious Turbogenerators (TGA).
• 50,237 tons of CO₂ emissions avoided.
• 29,956 homes powered by the combined energy saved and generated.
• 47,709 equivalent CO₂ reductions, equal to removing tens of thousands of cars from the streets for a full year.

Each project reinforces our commitment to a more sustainable and efficient industry.

2025: The Year That Closes One Cycle and Opens Another

The year 2025 marks HIGRA’s best performance in history, consolidating a cycle of growth based on strategic planning, team development, production modernization, and commercial partnerships.
It was not the strength of a single product, but the effectiveness of a turnkey project model — diagnosis, engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning, and after-sales — all under the HIGRA umbrella, with Amphibious Technology at the core.

Today, around 200 professionals work directly within HIGRA’s ecosystem, a number that continues to grow every year. This expansion reflects the strengthening of our Engineering, Production, and Revenue Generation areas, as well as new structures dedicated to international expansion and process modernization. We maintain an ongoing talent attraction and development program, offering opportunities across multiple sectors and disciplines.

Internationally, 2025 brought steady export performance, with presence in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. Our focus has been on strengthening local partnerships and ensuring technical and regulatory standardization for sustainable scaling. Our mid-term goal is to balance domestic and international revenue, reaching up to 25% of total sales from exports.

The Next Chapter: Modernization and Global Expansion

“The future does not belong to us, but making it better is part of our present.” This is HIGRA’s manifesto — a compass that guides our decisions, our actions, and how we respond to every challenge we face.

To bring this vision to life, our strategy is anchored in three complementary pillars. Digital Modernization with Artificial Intelligence — embedding AI in every solution, integrating sensors and telemetry into after-sales operations, and connecting CRM and management systems to provide a 360° view of the customer journey and the entire product life cycle.

Industrial Modernization and Verticalization — upgrading our wet motor and generator plant, reorganizing assembly lines to increase efficiency and traceability, and adopting automation and advanced engineering at scale.

Responsible International Expansion — driven by local partnerships, regional after-sales units, and adaptive business models, supported by a more autonomous and nationalized supply chain that preserves our technological ownership and quality standards.

With these foundations, the HIGRA ecosystem is positioned for sustainable growth while maintaining what sets us apart: superior value proposition, customer proximity, adaptability, complete turnkey solutions, and environmental commitment.

At HIGRA, Every Drop Counts

We believe in innovation in service of sustainability. We combine technology with social, environmental, and governance commitments, always seeking efficient solutions for a better world.

We understand the responsibility of working with water, and our goal is to make access to this abundant yet often inaccessible resource easier — through customized hydraulic solutions.

We produce high-efficiency equipment for water pumping, effluent treatment, and clean energy generation systems — always aligned with our purpose and values.

We operate across the entire water cycle, delivering sustainability and efficiency through technology to both industry and society.

Follow the Journey of Our Blue Legacy

From the field to the factory, our story is still being written. Follow the next chapters of this incredible journey on our LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube channels — and be part of the continued construction of this Blue Legacy.

At HIGRA, we work with passion — and innovation is in our DNA.