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Trimodal heavy transport for "power plant relocation"
More than ten years ago a gas power plant was planned in the eastern Hungarian city of Vásárosnamény. However, it was never erected even although the major components, such as the turbine and stator,…
"Heavy work" for wheat starch factory
Heavy transports as well as lattice boom and mobile cranes were required within the course of the expansion of a wheat starch factory in the Lower Austrian town of Pischelsdorf in February. Felbermayr…
Crane use in cement plants
Heavy-transport vehicles and mobile cranes from Felbermayr were used in early January for the modernisation of a cement plant in Upper Austria. In doing so, components with individual weights of more…
Exchange of experience at the assembly meeting
For the second time already, the Felbermayr subsidiary company Wimmer Maschinentransporte hosted an assembly meeting in Sulzemoos in Bavaria. Around 40 lead managers attended in order to further…
Rehabilitation of war-time buildings
In early May, Felbermayr’s Building Construction Department started work on the rehabilitation of a number of buildings from the 1940s located in Linz’s Bindermichl district. Master builder work is…
Work platforms provide glittering light
Transport services and crane, fork lift and work platform rentals are part of the portfolio of Bau-Trans’s Vaduz location in Liechtenstein. Boom lifts are really popular in the time leading up to…
Lifting bridge for transformer transport
Late October’s transport of a 150-tonne transformer involved Bau-Trans’s Assembly Logistics and Transport Services Departments as well as ITB (International Flatbed Rail Transports) and Felbermayr’s…
Crane job for world’s biggest church bell
At a height of more than three metres, the largest one of the five bells of the new orthodox Church in Bucharest is regarded as the largest suspended church bell in the world. The 25-tonne bell was…
Heavy haulage using a bridge trailer
In early September Bau-Trans carried out two special transport jobs using a bridge trailer. Departing from Steinhaus close to Wels it transported two 86-tonne containers.
90-metre boom lift in action for cultural monument
Besides its jobs in the industry, the latest purchase of Felbermayr’s Platform Rentals Department is also the perfect solution for creating expert reports and the restoration of cultural monuments.…
120 tonne bridge lifted into place
In Sankt Pankraz in Upper Austria, the so-called Teichlsteg was lifted into place in early May. This marked the closing of a significant gap in the bicycle path network. Thanks to meticulous…
Crane operation for historic barge
In mid-April, two mobile cranes working in tandem lifted the boat MS Österreich onto the slipway of the Fußach (A) shipyard. The technical preparations took several months. The lifting operation…