The transport infrastructure needs in economically emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific are so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion a year...
A Kentucky concrete slipforming contractor has moved in a big way into curb, gutter and parapet construction by utilizing the advanced technology available to them.   Fox Enterprises now constructs offset curb, gutter and parking lot “island” placements using an on-site...
During rehabilitation work near Tokyo, a W 210 large milling machine removed the surface and binder courses on the Jōban Expressway in individual layers. This makes it easier to separate the milled material according to type of mix and...
When a new residential area is developed, the individual contract work sections are often very detailed. Roads and paths have to be paved and access roads to the individual plots constructed. The various traffic areas are often separated by...
The newly-developed Wirtgen AutoPilot 2.0 can produce all manner of offset and inset profiles even more economically and precisely than ever before. The 3D system either uses an existing data model or it creates a new, digital data model...
Soil stabilization is the method of choice when it comes to ensuring the load-bearing capacity and quality of soil in preparation for road construction projects. The targeted addition of stabilizing agents can, for instance, help to reduce the moisture...
The VÖGELE SUPER 1800 class is legendary. No other asphalt paver enjoys greater popularity amongst professional road building contractors worldwide. With a maximum pave width of 10m and a machine length of just 6m, the VÖGELE paver handles motorway...
Modern road construction requires high precision and quality as well as efficient working processes. At the Wirtgen Group stand (F-Nord-245, Kieler Straße), the group of companies will be presenting leading technologies and products for the efficient implementation of new...
Mine operators for some time now have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining: the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests show that surface miners offer considerable advantages in terms of...
You are here: Home News and media News and press releases WIRTGEN GROUP At bauma 2016, Wirtgen is not only presenting the world's biggest...