Company News: Herrenknecht
Updated: 14 Sep 2009
Herrenknecht AG is a technology and market leader in mechanized tunnelling. As the only company worldwide, Herrenknecht delivers cutting-edge tunnel boring machines for all ground conditions and with all diameters ranging from 0.10 up to 19.0 meters. The product range includes tailor-made machines for traffic and transport tunnels (Traffic Tunnelling, diameter > 4.2 meters) and supply and disposal tunnels (Utility Tunnelling diameter < 4.2 meters).
Business Category Engineering/Contractor; Manufacturer
Regions of Operation North America; Latin America; Caribbean; Europe; Central and Northern Asia; Middle-East Asia; South-East Asia; North Africa; Central and East Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa; Australasia
HEADQUARTERS OF THE HERRENKNECHT AG.
- Schlehenweg 2
- 77963 Schwanau
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