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Operation reports and news from Felbermayr
1,000 tonnes of service weight to lift a bridge into place
In late April, Felbermayr’s Crane Rentals Department lifted into place a 245-tonne bridge in Vienna. The construction of Vienna’s new Main Station and the associated adaptation of the traffic system…
Innovative machine transport
In January, Felbermayr’s subsidiary Wimmer Maschinentransporte relocated a 68-ton press for an internationally active automotive supplier. The heavy haulage transport to Hungary covering approximately…
Tandem lift for transformer recycling
At the end of February, a transformer core weighing around 108 tonnes was lifted out of the transformer tank by Felbermayr crane rental. The components were then dismantled and as far as possible sent…
Small scale hydroelectric power station on the Danube Island
Work on construction of a small scale hydroelectric power station has been in progress on the Danube Island in Vienna since June 2016. When it is finished the challenging civil engineering project…
Record journey – rail transport of 482 tonnes
At the beginning of December 2016, Felbermayr's Department for International Low-Loader Rail Transport (ITB) carried out the heaviest ever rail transport executed in Europe. A generator stator was…
Tunnel chain Klaus
From April to November, employees of the Felbermayr division civil engineering worked on the expansion of the tunnel chain Klaus. The scope of the contract mainly included road and pipeline…
Special transport delivers Christmas tree
The time before Christmas is often full of challenges and that is also true for heavy haulage operators. Even though traction units and not reindeer pull the trailers and sleighs are replaced by…
Groundbreaking ceremony for logistics warehouse
The groundbreaking ceremony for a 3600-square-metre logistics warehouse in Wörgl took place at the end of September. Felbermayr, the heavy transport and lifting technology specialist, is acting as DB…
Felbermayr opens a new site northwest of Munich
The Felbermayr subsidiaries Wimmer Maschinentransporte and Hagn Umwelttechnik have a new home. The new site covering approximately 40,000 square metres and situated in the Sulzemoos industrial park…
Winning streak for Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels
Riding in the colours of Felbermayr Holding, the winning streak of the power pedallers from Wels remains unbroken from last year to this year.
Lift Lever Vessel Bridge in action
By November, a thermal energy storage system comprising nine heat accumulators will be in operation in the city of Magdeburg, Germany. Bautrans successfully transported the containers, each with a…
No delays in Zederhaus
Work to create an enclosure around the Tauern Autobahn in the Zederhaus region in Austria is proceeding flat out and right on schedule. The civil engineering experts from Felbermayr expect to have…