Insituform's inception was prompted by the invention of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) by Eric Wood of the United Kingdom in the early 1970s.
The first CIPP tube was installed in the UK in 1971 and is still in service today.
A CIPP system consists of a flexible felt or fiber-reinforced tube impregnated with resin.
The tube is inserted into an existing pipeline by either inversion or via a pull-in method.
[4] In 2011, Aegion Corporation was created to serve as the parent company for Insituform, Bayou and Corrpro, along with other acquisitions.