About Neptune-Benson

Founded in 1956 by Junius “Babe” and Raymond Gertz, Neptune-Benson started as a State of Rhode Island licensed professional engineering company. In the early years, the Company was comprised of two divisions: Neptune Filter Company and Benson Engineered Products. The Neptune Filter Company name came from the Roman mythological god of the sea. Their filters were manufactured primarily for residential and semi-commercial pools and were sold to pool builders nationwide. The naming of Benson Engineered Products had a much more personal meaning, as Junius and Raymond are the “sons of Benjamin Gertz.”

They formed this company to design and construct large steel swimming pools throughout the Northeastern United States for country clubs, municipalities and non-profit agencies. Over the next nine years, both divisions grew and the markets began to merge, so in 1965, Neptune and Benson joined forces to better serve the aquatic marketplace. These early years provided many valuable lessons as the Company looked to diversify and expand their filtration business.

In June of 1978, corporate offices and manufacturing facilities were devastated by a fire, which also destroyed the pool fabrication equipment. As a result, a new focus was directed towards the technical development of filtration systems and engineering services for the institutional swimming pool industry. By November of 1978 the facilities were rebuilt, the fire was ancient history and there was never any turning back.

Over the last 40 years, Neptune-Benson has become a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of aquatic components. Product innovations including Flexsol™ linings, patented stainless steel gutters, moveable bulkheads, The Command Center™, Dominion™ Valves, ClinoPure-80™ and Guardian™ strainers have elevated Neptune-Benson's popularity as a company with vision.

The most revolutionary of all product innovations has been the Defender™ Automatic Regenerative Media Filter, which was introduced in 2004. In a socio-economic climate promoting “green” building products and “sustainability”, Defender™ is the earth-friendly solution for pristine pool water. Advantages include saving millions of gallons of water and waste; delivering superior pool water quality; saving on costly mechanical room space; and saving chemicals, fuel costs and energy. From Australia to Dubai and numerous US locations, waterpark professionals have selected and specified Defender™.

2006 was a golden year as Neptune-Benson celebrated its 50th Anniversary. Today a brand new 70,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility sets the stage for the next 50 years. With more than 6,000 installations in the world’s most prestigious waterparks, resorts, aquariums and swimming pools, Neptune-Benson is proud to offer the industry's most comprehensive line of filtration equipment, pool recirculation systems and aquatic components backed by unsurpassed technical service and product guarantees.