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"220 tonne drum" renewed in the paper mill
Several departments from Felbermayr Transport- und Hebetechnik and Felbermayr-Bau have been working at the Laakirchen paper mill since December 2023 where a pulping drum for processing waste paper was…
Mobile cranes and semi low-loaders in use for the Vienna Opera Ball
Felbermayr Transport- und Hebetechnik Lanzendorf has been delivering the boxes for the Opera Ball from the warehouse in Haringsee (Lower Austria) to the Vienna State Opera for around 20 years - and…
Colossal: Engineered Solutions positions Europe's largest lifting swing bridge
The team from Felbermayr's Engineered Solutions division was responsible for transporting the new Friesenbrücke bridge in Weener from the beginning of June to mid-December on behalf of Deutsche Bahn.…
Expansion of one of the largest transformer stations in Austria
Three times more electricity is to be transmitted from southern Germany to Austria in the future. To this end, Felbermayr Construction has been working on the expansion of one of Austria's largest…
Felbermayr transports mega cable drums for the energy transition
At the beginning of last year, Felbermayr started a historic transport project for the construction of the important energy infrastructure projects ‘SuedLink’ and ‘SuedOstLink’: Over the coming years…
Rockfall protection for tunnel construction
Because stones kept falling away, a 100-meter high rock face next to the north portal of the Landecker Tunnel on the A12 Inntal motorway was secured with concrete beams. The challenging project was…
1,100 tonnes Steel bridge installed
Moving a steel truss bridge weighing almost 1,100 tonnes in the middle of the German capital and then assembling it over railway tracks was a special challenge even for the heavy-lift experts from…
100-ton mobile crane in use in power plant tunnel
When installing a throttle valve for the new Grimsel dam in Guttannen, Switzerland, the team from the Felbermayr subsidiary Bau-Trans once again showed that challenges are their specialty. Twelve…
Employee apartment block – Excellent work by apprentices
Felbermayr Hochbau completed the shell of an employee apartment block with 76 high-quality units to the north of Wels in just six months. The special thing about it: The apprentices and trainees from…
West-Asphalt receives Upper Austrian Craftsmanship Prize
The Felbermayr subsidiary West-Asphalt was awarded 1st place in the “Tradition & Modernity” category of the Upper Austrian Crafts Prize.
Magical moments on the Danube
At the beginning of September, crane operators and captains, as invisible helpers, along with artists, extras and oversized figures, made magical moments possible at the “Linz Cloud of Sound” (“Linz…
Bungee jump for world-class athletes Stefan and Thomas Rettenegger
It's one thing to fly through the air on skis – quite another to plunge from a gigantic dam in free fall. In August, the two Austrian Nordic combined skiers Stefan and Thomas Rettenegger took on a…