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Issue 04 | 2010
NEWS & REPORTS
Bergmann Limeworks in Azendorf: Machinery was
upgraded with three large scale equipment
of Komatsu!
The Limeworks J. Bergmann from Azendorf has upgraded its machinery with three large scale
equipment from Komatsu. The machines, two crawler excavators and one dumper, which were
supplied by Reif Baumaschinen, support annual extraction of approximately 350,000 tons of limestone
from the two quarries in Azendorf.
“We are a company that is rich in tradition”, says Dr.
Thomas Jendersie. The Mining engineer is the technical
director and general manager of the J. Bergmann GmbH &
Co. Since 1908 the enterprise has been mining limestone
in the Azendorf quarry, approximately 20 kilometers
southwest of Bayreuth. Licenses for further 50 years
have been obtained. The Franken-Maxit-Group belongs
to the Bergmann company, with more than eight locations
in Germany and a branch in the Czech Republic. Hans-
Dieter Groppweis is the managing partner of Bergman
Kalk and the Franken-Maxi-Group. His grandfather Johann
Bergmann has founded the enterprise more than 100 years
ago in Azendorf.
Wheels must roll
Today the group employs approximately 550 staff. 200 of
them work in the Azendorf location. “We are responsible
for the fact that the wheels of others roll”, Jendersie
explains. What he means is that other locations of the
group are dependant on the supplies from Azendorf. “It
must run like clockwork”, says Jendersie. Failures should
not be permitted, particularly in the machinery. “Otherwise
the wheels of others stop”. With regard to the production
plants, as well as the machinery, product quality and high
reliability of supply have highest priority.
Komatsu:
The delivery of the three large-scale Komatsu machines was done on the site of the lime works in Azendorf. The picture shows the technical
director and general manager of the J. Bergmann GmbH & Co., mining engineer Thomas Jendersie (third person from the right in the foreground),
together with the retailer for Reif Baumaschinen responsible for Ansbach, Stefan Kirsch (on his left), as well as staff of Bergmann at the symbolic
handover of keys.
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