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Chancellor Merkel and Premier Wen visited Herrenknecht.
The German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the Herrenknecht plant (HTE) in Guangzhou on February 3, 2012.
BREAKTHROUGH IN LIMMERN.
On Oktober, 14, 2011, the tunnelling team in Limmern reached the breakthrough of the first shaft with a specially designed Gripper-TBM for the excavation of a 40° slope.
PRESIDENT RICARDO MARTINELLI BERROCAL OF PANAMÁ INSPECTS THE HERRENKNECHT TUNNEL BORING MACHINE FOR THE METRO IN PANAMÁ CITY.
Planning is at an advanced stage to develop Panamá City’s first Metro line, which will involve the construction of a 6.4km long tunnel, using two Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines. The Herrenknecht plant in Schwanau received a visit from the President of the Republic of Panamá, Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal, to mark the...
FIRST PLACE FOR HERRENKNECHT IN BRAND RANKING.
Herrenknecht on top in a brand ranking, commissioned and published by the German WirtschaftsWoche magazine.
NONE BIGGER: TUNNEL BORING MACHINE FOR ORLOVSKI TUNNEL BRINGS NEW WORLD RECORD.
Beginning of July 2011, Herrenknecht received an order for the construction of a Mixshield with a diameter of 19.25 meters. After full assembly in Schwanau, this will be the largest TBM ever built worldwide.
NEW RECORD WITH THE DEEP DRILLING RIG "INNOVARIG".
The Terra Invader 350 "InnovaRig" built by Herrenknecht Vertical and operated by H. Anger's Söhne is currently drilling for hot thermal water in the Bavarian community of Kirchweidach. Specially developed in 2006 for tapping geothermal power at great depths, this high-tech deep drilling rig set a new drilling length record...
SCHÄFER & URBACH NOW PART OF THE HERRENKNECHT GROUP.
Herrenknecht AG has expanded its component portfolio to include Schäfer & Urbach, a renowned manufacturer of system and high-pressure technology.
Warsaw: Major pipe jacking process successfully completed.
The underground connection to the new "Czajka" wastewater treatment plant in Warsaw has been completed successfully and on time. Two Herrenknecht AVND micromachines handled the difficult drives with a total of 5,860 meters with bravura.
WORLD RECORD ALONG THE ENTIRE ROUTE. FOURTH HERRENKNECHT TBM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE LAST GOTTHARD TUNNEL SECTION.
Following final breakthrough in the western tubes, the two 57-kilometer main tubes of the Gotthard Base Tunnel are now fully driven. On March 23, 2011, miners commenced final excavation of the world's longest railway tunnel with the Herrenknecht TBM "Heidi" (diameter 9.43 m).
State Secretary, Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach, visits Herrenknecht AG.
Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach (2nd from r.), state secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, has today visited Herrenknecht AG in order to inform himself about the current state of machine-operated tunnelling technology and the company's international project operations.
