Press archive to June 2007.

10.10.2006

Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, Inc. acquires TBM-Specialists

With the common goal to provide optimal and thorough services to contractors and tunneling projects in the North American Market for tunnel boring machines projects with diameters of 4.2 meters and larger, "Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems USA, Inc" (HTS) and "Construction & Tunneling Services, Inc" (CTS) signed a Purchase...

21.07.2006

HERRENKNECHT VERTICAL GmbH presents its first deep drilling rig.

Just over a year after its foundation, HERRENKNECHT VERTICAL GmbH, a subsidiary of HERRENKNECHT AG, has presented its first, fully assembled deep drilling rig to the public in Schwanau (southern Germany).

19.05.2006

Ready to cross the Yangtze: world´s largest tunnelling machine assembled and ready in 4 months in Shanghai.

At the end of April 2006, right on schedule, Herrenknecht AG handed over the first tunnelling machine with a diameter of 15.43m to the Chinese client "Shanghai Changjiang Tunnel & Bridge Construction Co., Ltd.".

13.04.2006

Herrenknecht begins 2006 with a high volume of orders. Business in China is growing.

In the first quarter of 2006 Herrenknecht AG in Schwanau (South Germany) received orders worth EUR 200 million. China has now become the largest market after Europe.

17.02.2006

Teamwork Tunnelling: It's moving in Madrid's underground.

On the Iberian peninsula 18 Earth Pressure Balance Shields and Hard Rock Machines in total are currently being deployed in metro or road tunnelling and trans-regional railway projects.

15.12.2005

STUVA Prize 2005 in Leipzig.

The STUVA Prize awarded by the Research Association for Underground Transportation Facilities Inc. (STUVA) honors individuals, institutions or projects for significant innovations in the field of underground construction.

27.09.2005

More than one thousand Microtunnelling machines sold in the last 20 years.

Around the world, the name "Herrenknecht" is well known in the tunnelling industry. The broad public associates Herrenknecht particularly with gigantic tunnel boring machines drilling the largest, deepest and longest traffic infrastructure tunnels around the planet.

17.06.2005

World's largest tunnel boring machine accepted by the customers.

The superlative tunnel boring machine is scheduled to go on its journey to Madrid within the next few weeks. Exactly twelve months ago, Herrenknecht received the order for one of the most technically demanding machines in the 28 years of company history.

01.04.2005

German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bulmahn visited water project in Indonesia.

In Mid March 2005, Federal Minister of Education and Research Edelgard Bulmahn visited a trailblazing research project of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) at the south coast of the Indonesian island Java.

23.03.2005

Herrenknecht extends its technological and market range.

For more than 28 years, Herrenknecht AG, based in Schwanau (South Germany), has manufactured state-of-the-art tunnelling technology; being today's international market leader in this field.

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