30 years of fast, safe and innovative tunnelling.

In 2007, for the first time more people lived in towns than in rural areas. By 2025, the Earth's population will have grown to over 8 billion people. To ensure the mobility of both people and goods in spite of the unbroken trend towards urbanization, a new, high-performance traffic infrastructure will go underground with the aid of Herrenknecht tunnelling machines. Approximately 100 large Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines are currently at work around the world. For new, powerful traffic infrastructures.

As the world's population grows, so too does the need for underground supply and disposal pipes with small diameters - up to 4.20 meters. Herrenknecht Utility Tunnelling Equipment is at work around the world. Above ground, life, traffic, commerce and the environment continue undisturbed. By way of contrast with conventional construction methods, Herrenknecht Utility Tunnelling Machines, HDD rigs and shaft sinking units set the standards for safety, economic feasibility and environmental protection. Over 1,000 machines are proving this all around the world.

The most pressing concern for the modern world is to find a solution to the energy problem. Heading the agenda is the need to develop renewable energy sources. There is a need for wide-ranging drilling activities in suitable regions around the world so as to tap into the geothermal energy available just under and deep beneath the surface. The currently available machinery fails to satisfy growing demands either in terms of quantity or technology. Herrenknecht faces this challenge with new, innovative vertical drilling machines.