Press archive to 2006.

Deep drilling rig #4: Contract "signed and sealed"

HERRENKNECHT VERTICAL GmbH sold its fourth deep drilling rig today: Future owner is STREIF Baulogistik, a company of the HOCHTIEF Group. With the rig, STREIF Baulogistik will complete its range of specialized equipment with another highlight.

Relaunch for Herrenknecht website

Herrenknecht has redesigned its website to make it easier for you to get even more information on mechanized tunnelling technology. Visit www.herrenknecht.de for everything about our products and projects, technologies and methods and of course about the company itself.

New vertical drilling rigs to exploit near-surface geothermal energy.

Herrenknecht AG has founded a new subsidiary, "Bohrtec Vertical GmbH", based in Aachen.

"Herrenknecht Formwork Technology GmbH" established

Herrenknecht AG has expanded its service range for customers in mechanized tunnelling by founding the company "Herrenknecht Formwork Technology GmbH". It is a 100% subsidiary of Herrenknecht AG and is based in Schwanau (southern Germany). Herrenknecht Formwork Technology GmbH offers integrated solutions ranging from mould...

Herrenknecht puts third Chinese assembly site into operation.

Herrenknecht AG expands its presence on the Chinese market with the foundation of Herrenknecht (Chengdu) Tunnelling Equipment Co., Ltd. and puts into operation the new assembly site in Chengdu.

Two Herrenknecht EPB Shields for the Metro Line C in Rome.

The Joint Venture "Metro C", lead by the Italian construction company Astaldi S.pa., ordered two EPB-Shields (diameter 6,690mm each) for the construction of the Line C of Rome's metro.

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...

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).

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.".

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.