Issue 12/2024

Dear readers These are very challenging times, and unfortunately there are no breaks to take a breath and reflect. One piece of bad news follows the next. What does the German economy actually look...

How is Germany’s doing as an industrial base? Its current standing is hotly contested by politicians. But let’s take a look at the facts. Industry faces enormous changes and strategic...

The moment a conveyor belt begins to wander, the safety and productivity of the system quickly degrade, and the cost of operation rises. Even a slight belt misalignment can lead to a variety...

The Weir Group PLC has been awarded a approx. € 30 million contract to provide industry-leading energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the next phase of OCP Group’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield...

Sami Takaluoma (born 1973, M.Sc. (Eng.)) has been appointed as Metso’s new President and CEO. He assumed his duties on November 1, 2024. Metso’s previous President and CEO, Pekka Vauramo, will...

The Centre for Resources and Energy (ZRE) is being built on the former site of the Stellinger Moor waste incineration plant in Hamburg’s Bahrenfeld district. This is one of the first facilities in...

For 50 years, HOSCH has been developing and operating highly efficient conveyor belt cleaning systems. As a result, customers and partners have access to seven product lines designed for various...

The metal tungsten forms the basis for valuable high-tech components in many industries. With its mine in Mittersill, Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG operates one of the most important tungsten mining...

Over the past two years, the STORZ Group from southern Germany has invested a total of around 11.5 mio € in the fundamental modernisation of its gravel plant in Neuhausen ob Eck. The Austrian...

Telestack, in collaboration with their long-term partner Van der Spek Vianen (VDS), has successfully installed and commissioned a brand-new, 70-tonne Mobile Titan W800 truck unloader at Lansers Trio...

Founded in 1929, the family business in Lambrechten/Upper Austria, specialises in excavation work, gravel extraction, demolition and banquet production. Managing Director Franz Bäck, who took over the...

The production of concrete products is the core business of Kann GmbH Baustoffwerke, a family business founded in 1927 with 18 locations throughout Germany. The company extracts some of the raw...

Spooky – with these words, Aron Witt posted a film about the Cat 395 tracked excavator on his Instagram channel. The CEO of BuildWitt, a service and media company specialising in the infrastructure...

Together with STRABAG, Liebherr is taking important steps towards a decarbonised construction site. In a project that recently started at the Kanzelstein quarry in Gratkorn, STRABAG is testing...