News from Herrenknecht.

HERRENKNECHT CELEBRATES ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 2,000 GUESTS AND A FESTIVE GALA.

Saturday, June 28, 2008, 2,000 guests accepted the invitation of Martin Herrenknecht and the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG to attend a dazzling and entertaining gala in the Baden-Arena in Offenburg (South Germany). 1,550 employees and 450 guests including customers, politicians and industries representatives...

Germany Esplanade in Chongqing ends with benefit concert for earthquake victims in the region. Partners and sponsors donate 100,000 euros.

On Saturday, May 17, 2008, the Germany Esplanade in the metropolis of Chongqinq, in which Herrenknecht is involved, will be coming to an end with a major benefit concert for earthquake victims in the region of Sichuan and in Chongqing.

Germany Esplanade in Chongqing.

Herrenknecht is taking part in the Germany Esplanade from May 9 to May 17, 2008 in the Chinese 32-million-metropolis of Chongqing. The event is a highlight of the tree-year initiative "Germany and China - Moving Ahead Together".

HERRENKNECHT nominated for "HERMES AWARD 2008"

With the new pipeline laying technology Direct Pipe Herrenknecht was nominated as one of 5 companies for the international technology prize.

HERRENKNECHT PARTICIPATING IN THE “GERMAN ESPLANADE” IN CHINA.

Herrenknecht is Station Partner of the three-year initiative “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together”, held under the patronage of Federal President Horst Köhler and President Hu Jintao.

The accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young awarded the best German mid-sized entrepreneurs for the eleventh time. More than 350 nominees for the renowned prize in economics “Entrepreneur of the Year 2007” were picked through a rigorous multiple-step selection process. Dr. Martin Herrenknecht reached second place in...

World premiere for Herrenknecht Direct Pipe: culvert underneath the Rhine River near Worms (Germany) realized in only 13 days.

Herrenknecht has developed a new method called Direct Pipe, which combines the advantages of the established Microtunnelling method and Horizontal Directional Drilling technology. A string of prefab pipes is pulled in with only one step. SONNTAG Baugesellschaft mbH & Co. KG used the new Direct Pipe method to lay a 464m...

FEDERAL PRESIDENT HORST KÖHLER AWARDS DR. MARTIN HERRENKNECHT WITH THE OFFICER'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

Dr. Martin Herrenknecht, founder and Chairman of the Board of Management of Herrenknecht AG, received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from Federal President Horst Köhler in Bellevue Palace in Berlin this morning. On the occasion of the Day of German Unity, the Federal President...

57 new trainees and cooperative education students start working with HERRENKNECHT.

In September and October 2007, 57 young women and men start their careers doing an apprenticeship or cooperative education program with Herrenknecht AG. Currently, Herrenknecht trains a total of 137 junior employees. Compared with last year, this represents an increase of more than 20 %. For Herrenknecht, recruiting...

In spring 2008, Herrenknecht will put into operation an assembly plant for tunnelling systems and service in Chennai (eastern coast of South India). In a first step, the 100% Herrenknecht subsidiary “Herrenknecht India Pvt. Ltd.” will have modern assembly, steel production and storage capacities covering an area of 40,000...