A company specializing in the production of measuring devices for liquids, was established in 1872 by Carl Reuther and Carl Bopp as a factory for the production of pumps and heavy equipment, in the city of Mannheim, Germany. In 2002 the company moved to the city of Speyer, where it resides to this day In 2005, the company acquired METRA Energie-Messtechnik, and its name today is: Bopp & Reuther Messtechnik