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Issue 04 | 2010
NEWS & REPORTS
TECHNOLOGY DAYS 2010 AT NEW KLEEMANN PLANT:
WIRTGEN GROUP PRESENTS FULL
RANGE OF PRODUCTS LIVE
Technology Days 2010 at new
Kleemann plant:
State-of-the-art machine technology and tomorrow’s
construction methods were the focal points of the
Wirtgen Group Technology Days in September 2010.
The Wirtgen Group with its global network of 55
subsidiaries and more than 100 dealers had invited
contractors from the road construction and processing
industries to Göppingen. More than 2,600 visitors from
over 80 countries gathered at the new Kleemann plant
where they not only toured the world’s most advanced
production plant for crushing and screening equipment
but also discovered the innovative technologies of the
Wirtgen Group live and right up close.
During the two-day event, the Wirtgen Group
presented customers with a multi-faceted offer of
expert information and a great variety of machine
demonstrations. Being the third event of this kind, the
Technology Days have established themselves as an
international meeting place of the industry. Visitors
arrived from all parts of Europe – from the North Cape
all the way to Andalusia. Several hundred visitors from
Asia, more than 250 visitors from North and South
America, as well as numerous customers from the
Middle East, Australia and Africa also seized this unique
opportunity. Live demonstrations of machines from all
divisions of the Wirtgen Group were undoubtedly the
highlight of the programme, which was complemented
by expert lectures, a comprehensive machine exhibition
and a tour of Kleemann’s new main plant.
Kleemann presents most advanced
plant in the industry
Kleemann GmbH, the renowned manufacturer of
crushing and screening plants, has been a member of
the Wirtgen Group since 2006. This course of action
has enabled the group of companies to specifically
broaden its product portfolio. As both a clear
commitment to Germany as a manufacturing base
and a strong sign of confidence to its workforce, the
Wirtgen Group has been investing, since 2008, in the
construction of a new main plant not far from the old
production facilities. Whilst other companies in the
industry drastically reduced their investments and put
new construction projects on hold in 2008 and 2009 on
account of the global economic crisis, a state-of-theart
production plant was put up in Göppingen which
offers ample space for future developments. This kind
of far-sightedness, along with the courage to make
anti-cyclical investments, is a hallmark of the strategy
pursued by the Wirtgen Group. The consistent and
continuous expansion of the German main production
plants in recent years has provided Wirtgen, Vögele,
Hamm and Kleemann with four state-of-the-art
production sites that offer perfect preconditions for the
development, engineering and production of state-ofthe-art
construction machinery and plant.
Kleemann’s new main plant is the foundation for
expanding the Mineral Technologies line of business
which offers an extremely promising potential for
growth on a global scale. The site, which extends
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