Mammoet - Tue February 13, 2024
Symbolic Railway Bridge Replaced With World-First Network Arch Bridge
Built more than 100 years ago, and connecting Western and Eastern Europe, the Oder Bridge on the German-Polish border in Küstrin has since been seen as a symbol of Europe coming together. Over time, as bridges get used by heavy transport, they need replacing, and for such a historic railway bridge a special replacement was designed which was to be carried out with minimal disruption to the rail network....
Manitowoc - Tue January 16, 2024
Grove GMK5250XL-1 Extends Helping Hand to German Soccer Club VfB Stuttgart
A Grove GMK5250XL-1 belonging to German lifting service provider Gräser-Eschbach has completed its final lifts on the reconstruction of the MHP Arena soccer stadium in Stuttgart, Germany. Home to Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, the stadium has been undergoing redevelopment since 2018, although the erection of temporary sections has allowed it to remain operational during this time....
Wirtgen Group - Mon October 30, 2023
VIDEO: MOBISCREEN MSC 702i EVO Offers Sustainable Solution
For screening high-quality silica sand in a sand pit in the administrative district of Sigmaringen (Germany), trust was placed in the mobile screening plant MOBISCREEN MSC 702i EVO with Dual Power. The processed material is then used, among other things, for sports ground construction and in glass production or for building material such as plaster or adhesive....
Wirtgen Group - Wed October 04, 2023
3D Control System From Wirtgen Increases Process Efficiency, Safety
In the future, the eastbound and westbound lanes of the A 43 Autobahn near the city of Münster, Germany, will be separated by a poured in-place concrete safety barrier. The effectiveness and permanence of such construction elements for the passive protection of road users makes them the preferred vehicle restraint system, especially on sections of roads with heavy traffic....
Manitowoc - Tue August 01, 2023
MSG Krandienst's New Grove GMK6400-1 Aces its First Job
A Grove GMK6400-1 is the latest fleet addition for crane rental company MSG Krandienst. It went to its first job — recovering a derailed train car — the day after arriving at its new home. Yannick Kempf is the MSG Krandienst operator on the new crane, and he was full of praise for it:"The controls are so intuitive on the GMK6400-1 that I was immediately able to operate it....
Keestrack - Wed April 19, 2023
Keestrack Plug-In Electric Crushing, Screening Converts Demo Waste to Construction Material
The German company Büscher started in 1961 as a concrete plant and its business grew with, among others, a container service. Today, so many years later, it is the first company in the world building a complete house out of 75 percent recycled construction and demolition waste....
TOMRA Recycling - Mon March 06, 2023
TOMRA Recycling Sorting Hosts Event to Celebrate Extension of Test Facilities in Germany
TOMRA Recycling Sorting opened a second test facility at its headquarters in Germany to meet growing demand for material trials. The company now operates one test center each for waste and metal sorting applications at the same location....
Wirtgen Group - Wed January 11, 2023
Concrete Removal With Wirtgen Cold Milling Machines at Leipzig/Halle Airport
The renovation of the Leipzig/Halle Airport in Leipzig, Germany, required the complete removal of over 2 mi. of runway as well as the connecting taxiways in under 30 days. More than 385,000 tons of extremely hard concrete reinforced with rebar mats (continuously reinforced concrete pavement — CRCP) were removed in the course of the cutting process....
Manitowoc - Wed September 14, 2022
Merkel Autokrane Selects Pair of Grove Cranes for Complex Tandem Lift
German crane services company Merkel Autokrane selected two of its 275.5 ton Grove all-terrain cranes for a challenging tandem lift in the Bamberg area of Lower Franconia. The GMK5250XL-1 and GMK5250L were called in to build a multi-story parking lot for one of the world's largest online retailers of musical instruments....
Atlas Copco - Wed June 08, 2022
Electric Portable Air Compressors Drive Renewable Revamp of Biomass Plant
In the southwest of Germany, a biomass power plant underwent a planned biannual maintenance shutdown. IB Service, industrial maintenance specialist, used zero carbon electric portable air compressors from Atlas Copco to sustainably drive the plant's transformation....
