SCHNEIDER INTERNATIONAL GmbH is a family owned company with one of the longest tradition in German boiler technology. The roots are going back to the year 1881 when Carl Schneider, the great-great-grandfather of the present generation, estabished the “Dampfkessel Revisions Verein†in Berlin, Germany. Today this organization is worldwide well known as the TUV (Technical Supervision Organization), the German Boiler Authorities.