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Automated intralogistics for Logan Aluminum

Vollert Anlagenbau, intralogistics specialist for the global aluminum industry, is developing a comprehensive intralogistics system with a high-bay warehouse and various transport systems for supply and removal in the warm and cold rolling areas for…

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A good plan: Modular retrofit for increased production

Ensinger, a specialist for high-performance plastics, is meeting its customers’ high demands with far-sightedness and future-oriented planning. With a view to future production increases, the manufacturer used a digital twin to analyze its production…

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Emission-free loading of hollow-core slabs with road-rail vehicle

Austrian building company HABAU GROUP invested 11 million euros into expansion of its hollow-core slab production in its Perg factory site, increasing capacity by nearly 30% per annum. Just like the entire preliminary planning of their new plant…

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Rapid train loading in the Bogatyr open-cast mine

Five new tandem shunting robots by Vollert automate and accelerate train loading in the Bogatyr open-cast coal mine in Kazakhstan. The Wi-Fi-controlled shunting machines move trains with lengths of about a kilometer and a total weight of up to 6,900…

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Automated train loading at ŠKODA with Vollert train handlers

Two automated Vollert loading cranes ensure quick unloading of vehicle batteries for e-car production from trains at ŠKODA’s headquarters in Czech Mladá Boleslav. Automation reduces lading times while increasing safety in handling of sensitive…

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SEW-Eurodrive delivering two millionth DRN motor in Germany to Vollert

SEW-Eurodrive delivered its two millionth DRN motor in Germany to Vollert in May. These IE3 motors have already achieved energy savings in excess of 50,000 GWh world-wide.

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Painting in breath-taking heights

Vollert developed a particularly space-efficient paint shop on two levels for machine and plant constructor KraussMaffei. The workpieces are moving on a crane track at a height of twelve metres. The walk-on painting and working area for the workers…

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Vollert India is expanding production capacities for Asia’s building industry

Vollert India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Vollert Group, is expanding its commitment in Sikandrabad near the Indian capital city of New-Delhi, increasing its production capacities for machines and components for the precast concrete industry to cover…

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Bernegger Group once again acting as a pioneer with Austria’s first energy-neutral precast concrete factory

Bernegger Group has a tradition of always thinking one step ahead – be it in the raw materials industry, the construction industry, or in environmental technology. The same is true as it enters the precast concrete industry. Since May 2022, double…

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Kitchen countertops just-in-time

SWISS KRONO is accelerating picking for innovative countertops and melamine-coated wood panels for furniture production and interior fittings with a heavy-duty high-bay warehouse by Vollert. All wood formats required for picking will be provided in…

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Economically producing aesthetic L-bricks

Stones, walls, and paving systems with high aesthetic value make landscaping distinctive for use in house and garden or in modern urban and commercial construction alike. Many building material manufacturers are already offering a high-quality and…

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UNGLEHRT automates precast concrete production

Whether concrete products for gardening and landscaping or walls, beams and columns - the traditional company UNGLEHRT has been producing high-quality concrete parts for more than 100 years and also specializes in turnkey commercial and industrial…

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Soriba manufactures concrete stairs - optimized in terms of time, cost and CO2

Instead of stationary stair formwork, the French building materials manufacturer Soriba is relying for the first time on a rationalized and automated staircase production in a circulation-based manufacturing process. Movable side rails makes this…

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Automated from coil to fully recyclable aluminum packaging

Vollert designed a fully automated intralogistics system for the flexible packaging specialist Aluflexpack (AFP) in their production plant in Drniš near Split in Croatia. In addition to a high-bay warehouse with a special treatment zone, the material…

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Road-Rail Robot VLEX at Fret SNCF in the French Alps

Shunting expert Vollert deploys its VLEX robot vehicle for rail and road at Fret SNCF's maintenance site in Modane. The compact road-rail robot moves locomotives weighing up to 120 tons effortlessly into their maintenance boxes.

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New construction systems and CO2-optimized plant concepts at the bauma 2022

At bauma 2022 in Munich, Vollert will present the latest machine technology for modern precast concrete production from October 24 to 30 (Hall B1, Booth 225). The focus will also be on the megatrends of digitalization as well as new construction…

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Scrap Transport with Smart Road-Rail Solution

Heavy masses and efficient bulk material loading without endangering people – the transport of scrap and metal presents many challenges. The shunting specialists from Vollert meet this requirement with the robustly designed shunting vehicle for road…

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Grupo Avintia industrializes at high speed Spain's construction sector

In the Iberian Peninsula, the share of industrial construction is less than 1%, compared to 45% in Central and Northern Europe in 2020. Against this background, Grupo Avintia, one of Spain's leading developers, has developed ÁVIT-A, an integral,…

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Planchers Fabre expands beam production

Planchers Fabre, a subsidiary of the Rector Lesage Group, produces a wide range of beam and wall elements for the construction industry. In Pibrac in the southwest of France near Toulouse, the company has now expanded its industrial prefabrication…

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From one cast: Tough Cast technology ensures long lifetime cycles with concrete spreader components

Modern concrete spreaders increase plant productivity in precast concrete plants through precise and fast travel paths and optimized concrete discharge. At the same time, they are an essential quality factor for the produced walls and slabs. In order…

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Russian DNS Development creates new living space at the gateway to the Pacific Ocean

Vladivostok is around 6,500 km from Moscow as the crow flies, Russia's gateway to the Pacific and an important hub on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Nevertheless, the development of population density in the Primorye region on the Sea of Japan is…

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Fast cantilever warehouse for sensitive foils

For a new transformer core production plant in northern China, intralogistics specialist Vollert is developing and supplying a complete, fully automated high-bay warehouse with 1,500 cantilever arms for coils weighing up to 5 tons. Despite the load…

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Baku Metropolitan opens major metro station in the heart of Baku

On May 29, 2021, the new metro station 'November 8' was officially opened in Baku by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. This is another milestone for Baku Metropolitan, as the 26th metro station in the Nasimi district as a…

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In the frame: Blue high heel shoe and the castle ruin „Weibertreu“

Cities and communities in the Heilbronn region were able to present themselves at the Federal Horticultural Show 2020 with a special advertising sign. At the site „Grasiger Hag“ in Weinsberg with a view of the historical castle ruin Weibertreu, this…

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Easy ballast coating at Liebherr

At the Liebherr plant in Ehingen, Vollert planned and built a new ballast painting plant with friction wheel and rope conveyor technology for the coating of crane ballast elements. These are used as counterweights for mobile lattice boom and…

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Intralogistics made fit - without production downtime

A new stacker crane for 11-ton aluminum coils and a modern automatic crane system for extruded profiles have been speeding up the production processes of Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products and Neuman Aluminium since the beginning of the year. For the…

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A success story in Central Asia: Bolashak-T changes Kazakhstan's construction industry as a hidden champion

Kazakhstan is one of the world's richest countries in raw materials. Large oil and natural gas fields are located around the Caspian Sea. As an emerging market with average economic growth of almost 10% (since 1999), Kazakhstan stands out in Central…

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State-of-the-art shunting technology speeds up soybean and corn handling at ADM do Brasil

The agricultural group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) relies on two cable-powered shunting robots STANDARD KR 70 and two diesel-electric shunting robots PRO DER 240 from the German shunting specialist Vollert for handling soy and corn at its modernized…

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True evolution: A novel construction system with reinforced-concrete hollow-core slabs is changing the cities of Central Asia by adding modern architecture

Affordable living space, new architecture highlights, and high earthquake-resilience – the MOTUS construction system combines multiple advantages in one. In addition to solid and sandwich walls, in particular 3-dimensional hollow-core slabs in a…

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Generous Donation of the Employees of Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH to the Clinical Center of Weissenhof in Weinsberg

The employees of the machine and plant manufacturer Vollert situated in Weinsberg made to the clinical center of Weissenhof a generous donation of 1,150 euros in favor of the renovation of the water playground of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent…

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Thai DSC Product expands and invests in modern solid wall production

The Thai construction industry has grown rapidly over the last 20 years. Even though Covid-19 has slowed down the growth, the boom continues, especially around the megacity Bangkok. A pioneer in the industrial pre-production of precast concrete…

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New apprenticeship training year started

The new training year at Vollert started at the beginning of September. No less than 5 apprentices started their apprenticeship as technical product designer, mechatronics engineer and industrial clerk.

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MyHome Group produces semi-finished precast concrete elements for the Chinese construction boom in Jingzhou

Based on a 5D-BIM solution and the highly automated industrial production of precast concrete elements, MyHome Group is accelerating the development of the trillion blue ocean market for prefabricated buildings in China. Shear walls and floor slabs…

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Kerkstoel 2000+ produces architectural precast concrete elements for high demands

Kerkstoel 2000+ and Vollert in cooperation with Prilhofer Consulting are currently setting a highlight in the industrial series production of architecturally sophisticated precast concrete parts in Belgium. Various precast concrete elements of the…

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Covid-19

For almost 100 years we have been your strong and reliable supplier of systems and machinery. The success of our customers and partners was and is firmly anchored in our corporate philosophy. However, how life has changed in the last few weeks…

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Road-rail Robot VLEX now up to 600 t tensile load

With a new model of the road-rail robot VLEX, Vollert extends its compact solution to shunting operations up to 600 tons. Twice as strong, but only 500 mm larger, the new VLEX 40 is also suitable for fast track changes in confined spaces. A swing…

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Indian Starworth Group focuses on exclusive living in the heart of Bangalore

Starworth is one of the fastest growing construction companies in India with 18 residential projects and more than 15 years of expertise. The Provident Park Square construction project in Bangalore is now the first to rely entirely on precast…

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Cooperation with the Technical University of Kenya: African students learn about modern building systems with precast concrete elements

Modern architecture and new building systems create affordable housing for many people in Africa. At the same time, it will become an important job machine for many countries. To this end, the German concrete plant specialist Vollert is now starting…

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Gamuda IBS revolutionizes Malaysia's construction industry

Modern precast architecture is rapidly changing the faces of Asia's megacities. Gamuda IBS is currently setting a highlight in system construction in Malaysia. With the Industrialized Building System (IBS), up to 50-story residential buildings will…

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Heavyweights from Vollert start towards Brazil

On the night of Monday, 25 November, two DER 240 shunting locomotives - each weighing around 100 tonnes – hit the road from Weinsberg to South America.

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New management structure: Vollert positions itself for the future with a new management team

The Weinsberger plant manufacturer Vollert is repositioning itself with a new management structure as of November 1, 2019. In addition to the managing partner Hans-Jörg Vollert, Björn Brandt, Wolfram Hietschold and Oliver Wolschinski will form the…

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Fully automated cantilever warehouse for steel coils

At its headquarters in Hagen-Hohenlimburg, the BILSTEIN GROUP invested in a wide quarto reversing rolling mill and a new slitting line with a fully automated buffer store for steel coils with a width of up to 1,350 mm and a weight of up to 31 tonnes.…

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Vollert brings paint shop from Arburg to a high gloss

In a comprehensive retrofit project, the intralogistics specialists from Vollert modernized the complete conveyor technology of an existing large parts painting plant for the injection moulding machine manufacturer Arburg. While retaining the…

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Automatic, fully hydraulic, efficient: Hungarian Limelog Group expands stationary production of precast concrete parts

Since 2009, the Hungarian Limelog Group has specialised in the transport of high-quality building materials, grain and oversized machines and precast concrete parts inside and outside of Hungary. Since 2011, the company has also been extremely…

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Environmentally friendly coal loading at the new terminal in Riga

New terminals on the island of Krievu in Latvia form the modern infrastructure for loading coal in the port of Riga. Vollert supplied a DER 100 shunting robot to the terminal operator SIA STREK.

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Fourth sheet metal blanks high-bay warehouse for automobile production

Vollert erects a new material flow system with high-bay warehouse. It is already the fourth warehouse of the intralogistics specialist at the Mercedes-Benz press shop in Bremen. At the same time, Vollert increased the overall speed of the existing…

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Just-in-time precast floor slabs for the Belgian housing industry

The Belgian building materials specialist Daerden is expanding its capacity in the production of serially prefabricated semi-finished concrete parts. Just-in-time within 24 hours, it will in future be possible to supply its customers in the booming…

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Loading gravel fully automatically and environmentally friendly

In the quarry of the French building materials specialist Eqiom in the Bar-sur-Aube district, an energy-efficient fully automatic loading station ensures economical processes. For loading gravel, the wagons are constantly pulled through the filling…

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Aluminium profiles for e-mobility in highest quality

Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) is investing in a high-end production line at its Austrian site in Ranshofen. The aim is to produce aluminium profiles of the highest quality for the future topic of e-mobility. With an automatic crane and a fully…

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Modular bathrooms efficiently and variable produced

Finnish building materials specialist Rakenusbetoni- ja Elementti expands its capacities in production of serially pre-fabricated bathroom modules. High-performance room mould by concrete specialist Vollert ensure high-quality surfaces and watertight…

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Earthquake-resistant and made to measure: New method for producing prestressed hollow-core slabs shown for the first time at bauma 2019

At bauma 2019 in Munich from 8 to 14 April (hall B1, stand 311), Vollert will be presenting the latest machine concepts for modern precast concrete production. The centerpiece of exhibits is an innovative manufacturing process for prestressed,…

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3D printing technology inspiring Weinsberg students

3D printers have become indispensable in industry, model making and research. They allow for creating models, samples, proto-types, tools and end products layer by layer in the shortest possi-ble time. The students of the Justinus-Kerner Gymnasium in…

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Uzbek DSK Binokor develops earthquake-proof construction system for more living space

Contemporary architecture defines the cityscape of Tashkent today. Construction boom and the demand for new housing continue unabated. However, Uzbekistan is located within a zone of high seismic activity and thus, earthquake safety is key here. DSK…

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Vollert is one of the top employers for medium-sized companies in Germany

Vollert is one of Germany's top employers for medium-sized businesses. This is the result of a study conducted by Focus-Business in cooperation with the Internet portal kununu.com.

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Please blast, dip, powder a 100 times

Truck trailers are useful, but also big and heavy. This does not make their transport in the paint shop easy. Giga Coating GmbH recently built a completely new surface treatment plant in Twist. Here, up to 15.7 m long and 9 t heavy large parts are…

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The Oschatz concrete plant relies on robot technology

Forms, colours and surfaces become more and more modern; architecture turns increasingly diverse. At the same time, the capacities needed for building projects increase and the cost pressure is rising. The machine technology in precast concrete…

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Special cranes for loads of up to 100 tonnes

Vollert currently delivers a total of 11 fully automated cranes to the mega rolling plant project of the Chinese Zhongwang Group. The manipulators link area storages, furnaces, warm and cold rolling, and transport up to 33 t of heavy ingots and coils…

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Hans-Jörg Vollert attends the 5th European Busi-ness Parliament (EPdU) in Brussels

For one day, 500 entrepreneurs slipped into the role of European parliamentarians at the 5th European Business Parliament in Brussels. Hans-Jörg Vollert of the plant manufacturer Vollert from Weinsberg was present as representative of Germany.

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Hot furnaces, cool mechanical handling

For its new factory, Benninghoven, specialists in the construction of asphalt mixing plants up to 50 m in height and a member of the Wirtgen Group, is investing in a new double-track suspension system from Vollert for the overhead surface treatment…

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Tip and go: Loading by the cargo specialist Innofreight with shunting technology from Vollert

Innofreight Solutions GmbH from Austria has developed an innovative unloading station for the paper and packaging specialist, Mondi. As with voestalpine in Donawitz and at the Chvaletice power plant, Vollert's robust and energy-efficient shunting…

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Vollert receives award as volunteer-friendly employer for civil protection

The Minister of the Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Thomas Strobl, has honored plant manufacturer Vollert as a particularly volunteer-friendly employer for civil protection. As a company with a long tradition, Vollert also undertakes responsibility…

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Industrial pre-production of TERIVA floor beams and slabs in Poland

The Polish building materials manufacturer Uciechowski will in future be producing floor beams and slabs on an industrial scale using the TERIVA building system. Whereas manufacturing was previously purely stationary, it is now based on the latest…

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Temporary shunting with the road-rail robot VLEX

At the InnoTrans 2018 Vollert will present the extremely robust road-rail robot VLEX with articulated steering also as a rental model. In addition to permanent use in railway depots and industry, the emission-free, battery-operated and extremely…

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Weld, paint and fit wagons and trailers in one line

The Brazilian manufacturer Randon has built a 500m long combined welding, painting and assembly line for trailers and railway wagons in the state of São Paolo. Vollert has developed a heavy-duty material flow concept consisting of 13 combined rope…

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High speed production buffer for 3,000 tons of steel wire coils

Vollert erected for Saarstahl AG a new fully automatic high-bay warehouse for up to 665 steel wire coils at the Neunkirchen plant. In addition to the high cycle time of just 190 seconds per double cycle, the heavy-duty engineers also realized the…

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Chinese Baoye Group continues to invest in precast concrete production

The Chinese Baoye Group has built yet another precast concrete plant in Quzhou, 800 km southwest of Shanghai. Baoye will produce double walls and floor slabs of up to 700,000 square meters per year for mega-residential projects. At the heart is the…

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Fast cranes for heavy loads

Neuman Aluminum modernized their material flows in the extrusion plant in Marktl, Austria, during the Christmas holidays. At the core is a new automatic crane system by Vollert with 21 interchangeable cycles for loads of up to 3 tons. It replaces two…

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New tooling for Weinsberger School

Factory lessons must be interesting and exciting in order to inspire children at primary school age for technology and manual work. The associated tools for the new workroom of the Weinsberg primary school were donated by the plant manufacturer…

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Large-part painting systems designed around the corner

For LEWA as a special pump manufacturer and HAMM as a manufacturer of rollers for road construction and earthworks, Vollert developed and installed new floor-guided and overhead material flow systems for surface coating of parts weighing up to 12…

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Brazilian MARNA Pré-fabricados modernises stair production

The Brazilian MARNA Pré-fabricados Group has continuously concentrated on precast element architecture since 2008. The stair production has now been extensively modernized with a VARIOSTEP stair mould 170-17 from Vollert's special product range.

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bétons feidt creates special architecture in concrete

Precast architecture is modern and different. Numerous building projects worldwide prove that. It now has very little to do with standards and norms. One of the long-standing leaders among the manufacturers of such precast elements is the concrete…

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New agency for the US market

Pathfinder Systems, a new agency for the precast concrete industry, is now in charge of the US market.

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Vollert takes over Nuspl

Nuspl Schalungsbau and Vollert Anlagenbau will pool their expertise much more in the future. Nuspl Schalungsbau GmbH + Co. KG, part of the Vollert Group since 2012, has been fully integrated into the Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH as of October 1, 2017,…

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Real endurance runners

Experience says otherwise - and yet, here is the fact: The 1,000-meter-long special ropes used in the two shunting systems with standard gauge pusher trucks from Vollert at the Russian refinery Slavneft-Yanos have done their job for 13 years - in…

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Compact with a smart steering

With the newly developed VLEX road-rail robot, Vollert offers the finest solution for light shunting operation up to 300 tons: Extremely compact and flexible, battery-driven and exhaust-free, the small VLEX is suitable to change tracks fast in a very…

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Chilean delegation gathers information on sustainable building systems

As part of a trade mission to Germany, some of the largest construction companies in Chile got acquainted with the latest trends within the field of sustainable building systems. Already in 2015, Vollert developed a special construction system for…

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Moving multi-ton weights fluidly

With a retrofit and thorough automation concept, MKM Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH in Hettstedt is streamlining its internal storage logistics. The special feature: A floor-free, ceiling-guided warehouse handling machine with telescopic column…

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Thailand uses railway sleepers made of steel reinforced concrete for large-scale railway projects

Thailand has undergone a rapid economic boom since the 1970s. This path was traversed in a very much shorter period than, for example, in Taiwan or South Korea. Despite the current political instability and only 5% growth, the expansion of the…

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Manufacturers of precast concrete elements increase product quality and system productivity through modernization investments

The system technology of many precast concrete element factories comes from the 1990s and is based on the standard of knowledge of the then relatively young field of prefabricated elements. Today, rising cost pressure and ever more versatile…

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Indian Consul General visits Vollert

With an economic growth of more than 7 % Indian is currently one of the most dynamic economic players worldwide. Vollert India Pvt Ltd has been active in India since 2011 and a large number of successful plant projects for the precast concrete…

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A breath of fresh air for anode production

TRIMET Aluminium SE uses a new and so far unique in the world technique for the cooling of green anodes in its Hamburg factory: The pilot plant reduces the resource usage and dispenses with active cooling by water. Instead TRIMET relies on cooling by…

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Delegation from Singapore interested in innovative solutions for the production of room modules

During a fact-finding trip to Germany and the Netherlands, some of Singapore's largest building contractors and precast concrete producers learned about state-of-the-art concrete production for precast room modules. Steffen Schmitt and Hans-Jörg…

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New type of concrete sleeper for Baku's Metro lines

The plant specialist Vollert is implementing a new concrete sleeper production plant in Baku. In conjunction with this, apart from development services for the modern plant technology, the company is also providing extensive engineering services for…

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Earthquake-proof construction systems on a precast basis significantly change the face of Uzbekistan

The face of Tashkent as the capital of Uzbekistan is subject to constant change. The city with more than 2 million inhabitants has been the political, cultural as well as the economic center of the former Soviet state since the 1990s. New residential…

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Highly-lively homes for todays Indian families

Bangalore’s Sobha Ltd. is among the fastest-growing backward integrated property developers in India with more than 360 construction projects completed. In 2015 Sobha set the next milestone in the company‘s history with the installation of the…

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Modular Construction Kits TeCbox for the Schools of Weinsberg

Taking a holistic approach to promoting technology for boys and girls, from preschool to primary schools, through to higher education is the key to assure young staff in technical professions. Weinsberg in its capacity as educational body is now…

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Christoph Müller-Bernhardt new at Vollert

Since 1 November 2016, Christoph Müller-Bernhardt has been the new Senior Sales Manager at plant specialist Vollert. The 50-year-old will support the up-and-coming markets of Africa, South-East Asia and the Arabian world in future, making use of…

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Innovative Technologies for Anode and Aluminium Sheet Production

At ALUMINIUM 2016 (hall 13, stand 13I05), Vollert is presenting innovative material handling and storage systems for smelting works, rolling and extrusion plants. The first system developed with TRIMET Aluminium SE in Hamburg for cooling green…

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Shanghai Baoye relies on state-of-the-art precast construction technology

Precast construction technology has a long tradition of nearly 60 years in China. The boom was brought to a sudden stop in the 1990s, however, by a lack of state subsidies and components of inferior quality. This has changed today, with…

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Gerhard Geist discharged as Managing Director

On September 30, 2016 Gerhard Geist will officially be relieved of his management duties. After nearly 40 years he will now have the opportunity to enjoy his well-deserved retirement. His successor will be Dr. Markus Deimel, who has already been…

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European Parliament Member, Michael Theurer, visited Vollert

Michael Theurer, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Baden-Württemberg FDP gained a close-up insight into the technological capabilities of the plant manufacturer during an on-site company visit at Vollert. Theurer was impressed…

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Quiet and emission-free: E-mobile solutions for shunting and loading operations

At InnoTrans in Berlin (September 20-23, 2016, Hall 23/Booth 305), Vollert as specialist in cost-effective shunting and loading systems for connecting and secondary railway systems will be focusing on mobile electrical shunting solutions. Current…

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Belgian Cordeel Group becomes a key player of the European construction industry

Belgian Cordeel Group is a nationally leading construction company. The general contractor implements diverse building projects, from exclusive apartment facilities to logistics or industrial parks, modern shopping malls, hospitals, schools or…

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BauMax is developing a precast construction system for residential buildings in Chile

A newly developed precast construction system has now conquered Chile. In addition to seismic stability, it offers shorter construction times and higher building quality. Serial production of the new house type has started.

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Caution! Heavy load!

Low-loader manufacturer Faymonville dispatches components weighing up to 12 tons through its overhead painting plant in Luxembourg. The material flow concept also comes from a heavy load expert – from Vollert based in Weinsberg. The control system…

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Twins usually come in pairs: Thai SCG Group invests in modern precast concrete production

Since the 1970s, Thailand has experienced a rapid economic boom. This path was cut in a much shorter period of time than in other countries like Taiwan or South Korea. And in spite of current political instability, the demand for real estate in the…

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All in Precast - from idea to turn-key plant concept

At this year's bauma in Munich, which takes place from April 11 through April 17, Vollert will be presenting new plant and machine concepts for stationary and fully automated production of precast concrete elements at booth 206 in hall B1. Taking…

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Special crane systems for slabs and coils etc.

From the 8th to the 10th of March, the intralogistics specialist Vollert will be presenting impressive material flow and storage systems for heavy and very heavy loads, at the LogiMAT 2016 in Stuttgart (Hall 5, Booth 5A40). In doing so, the focus…

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Precise heavy-load crane systems for ingots and coils, etc.

Whether hot, sensitive, uneven or weighing several tonnes - the automatic cranes in the new mega-rolling plants of the Zhongwang Group in Tianjin now move slabs and coils securely and around four times as fast as conventional systems. The technology,…

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Precast concrete elements for Brazil’s construction industry

In future M3SP will produce up to 400,000 m² of solid concrete elements annually for the Brazilian market. One of the most modern precast plants in South America has been built for this in Cotia near São Paulo.

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From the 3D building model to the production-stage precast concrete element: know-how and plant technology for Kazakhstan’s building industry

With an area of 2,724,900 km², Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world. As a developing country with average economic growth of nearly 10 % (since 1999), Kazakhstan excels in central Asia and leaves most other countries in this region…

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New Caledonia focuses on precast construction

With average temperatures of between 20 and 30 °C as well as fantastic beaches and diving areas, New Caledonia - the French archipelago in the South Pacific, situated 2,000 km east of the Australian coast - is one of the most popular holiday…

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Prestressed concrete sleepers for the American continent

High-speed routes exceeding 200 km/h and higher axle loads place an enormous amount of stress on the permanent ways of railway lines. Prestressed concrete sleepers for track systems are therefore increasingly replacing the steel or timber sleepers in…

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High-bay and automated intralogistics system speeds up production for Aleris

Aleris International, Inc. plans to boost production capacity in Duffel, Belgium with a new Sexto mill. To ensure smooth operation, Vollert Anlagenbau from Weinsberg will provide a fully-automated intralogistics system with high-bay warehouse. Up to…

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Next stop: Paint center

In the new Siemens AG Austria coating center, metros and passenger carriages are automatically transported via a central transport system to the individual coating treatment booths. The transfer table allows for flexible arrangement of individual…

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Up and away – Continental exchanges 75 meters of test track in a matter of minutes

Anything but small, the exchangeable pavement cassettes used in the world's first fully climatized indoor tire testing facility from Continental weigh more than 100 tons and measure 75 meters in length. The facility allows the tire manufacturer to…

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Precast concrete parts for the emerging India

The Indian construction company Precast India Infrastructures Pvt Ltd. has responded to the high demand from the local construction industry for solid walls, solid floors and floor slabs by opening a new production plant. The state-of-the-art pallet…

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Fully automatic coil transport in Hydro aluminium mill

Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH has commissioned Vollert Anlagenbau to modernise its existing plant in Grevenbroich by designing an end-to-end intralogistics system that automatically loads and unloads lorries, stores up to 4,000 tons of…

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E-Mobility for Container Logistics

Battery-powered, emissions-free transporters that operate without a driver are being used for the first time at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA). To quickly and frequently exchange the batteries in the onboard battery boxes, which can weigh…

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Automatic long items and small parts storage for aluminum profile systems

heroal's new high-bay warehouse has the capacity for 10,000 long items and 7,000 euro pallets. A centrally controlled intralogistics system from Vollert ensures a smooth material flow between infeed and outfeed.

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From 0 to 450.000 pre-stressed concrete sleepers: Inkol Insaat starts operating state-of-the-art production plant

One of the most advanced mould circuits for railway sleepers has initiated its operations in the Turkish Afyon. In the future Inkol Insaat will produce 450.000 pre-stressed concrete sleepers per year in a 2-shift operation. Vollert Anlagenbau, the…

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Vollert manufactures transfer cars for coating 13,000 carriages annually

The Tikhvin Railway Car Building Plant (TVSZ) is currently building a state-of-the-art plant for assembling open- and closed-top freight carriages in the Russian town of Tikhvin. To this end, Vollert Anlagenbau from Weinsberg was commissioned to…

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Vollert Anlagenbau develops a 260-ton automatic crane for Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes

A 260-ton automatic crane is the latest highlight in Vollert's intralogistics programme for heavy-duty applications. Capable of travelling up to 2.7 m/s and featuring a 44-m span width, the crane has a 35-ton payload and will be used to transport…

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Friction wheels transport large gearboxes for painting

The SEW-EURODRIVE drive automation system by Bruchsal relies on a simple, flexible material flow system by Vollert Anlagenbau for coating large gearbox units weighing up to 3.5 tons. It combines the advantages of Power&Free systems and requires…

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Yellow giants painted overhead

Liebherr breaks new ground with a new large-scale paint shop for hydraulic excavators: The components, weighing up to twenty tons, are conveyed through the system on a guided track while freely suspended. A special drive solution ensures optimal…

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Moving and Painting Large Items Efficiently

F. X. Meiller Fahrzeug- & Maschinenfabrik commissioned its new facilities for coating large items in early July. Two 70 m-long painting tunnels installed in parallel offer space for 14 stations and can each take up to 12 items weighing 8 tons apiece.…

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Oven for construction machinery

At Wirtgen GmbH in Windhagen, world market leaders in the field of cold milling for road construction, components weighing up to 30 tons are freely suspended. The steel construction of the 230 °C furnaces is completely separated from the transport…

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Facility for loading 10,000 beverage crates per hour

South Korean bottler Login Beverage commissioned Vollert Anlagenbau to deliver a semi-automatic loading station for trucks. The special-purpose loader can move up to 180 pallets carrying 10,000 beverage crates per hour and does the work of three…

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Custom manipulator with three synchronous hoisters lifts aluminium profiles up to 18 metres in length

Schletter GmbH, the largest supplier of solar mounting systems in Europe, has commissioned Vollert Anlagenbau to design a custom manipulator with three hoisters that can work together or separately to lift profiles weighing up to 9 tons with a…

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50 tons of explosion-protected parts painted while suspended

With a new painting plant, Liebherr is setting the standard in commercial vehicle construction. At the plant in Ehingen, parts from mobile and crawler cranes weighing up to 50 tons will be painted while suspended in mid-air. Vollert Anlagenbau from…

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SSAB stores up to 6000 tons of steel in a high-bay warehouse

The steel manufacturer SSAB in Oxelösund produces steel plates in one minute tact cycle. The information which plate comes next for what customer is only available three minutes prior to the production exit, thus the intralogistics system must react…

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Earthquake-resistant: New high-bay warehouse from Xiashun holds 800 aluminium coils

Vollert Anlagenbau GmbH from Weinsberg, Germany, is developing an entire intralogistic system with a fully automated high-bay warehouse for Asia’s leading aluminium foil manufacturer. The contract from China, with a total volume of approximately…

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A dream car every minute

Two stacker cranes in a high-bay racking warehouse supplied by Vollert Anlagenbau of Weinsberg ensure a fresh supply of new cars every day at the new BMW Welt in Munich. The short-stay warehouse provides 284 storage positions on four levels and is…

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Caution, People Hard At Work!

When others are running out of steam, the engineers at Vollert Anlagenbau are just getting into their stride, specialising in intralogistics systems for heavy goods – especially for the metalworking industry. For the aluminium extrusion works of apt…

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