Magazine The Road

The Wirtgen Group digital magazine for road construction

Feature articles

Cold recycling on Germany’s oldest autobahn

The A 555 will become a reference project for the use of cold in-plant recycling. STRABAG paves a recycled base layer of 26 cm of bitumen-stabilised material (BSM) in record time. The Wirtgen KMA 240i produced 240 t of BSM mix per hour in continuous operation.

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Vögele machines build race circuit in mountains of Japan

Tight bends and uphill gradients up to 19%: Three Vögele pavers and one MT 3000-3i Offset material transfer vehicle were deployed on the construction of a race track near Tokyo.

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Sustainability as a responsibility and an opportunity

We place a particular emphasis on sustainability in everything we do, and have set ourselves ambitious goals that will enable us to address and overcome all the ecological and economic challenges it involves.

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Passion

Hungary’s first mixing plant with 70 % recycled material content

Thanks to the country’s first parallel drum, the plant can produce fresh asphaltic mixtures containing up to 70 % reclaimed asphalt.

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Cold milling in the sports hub of the Eternal City

Renovation of the Stadio Olimpico running track in Rome using a Wirtgen W 200 Fi.

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Hamm compact rollers in railway construction

HD CompactLine compact rollers are all-rounders, suitable for asphalt construction, earthworks and gardening and landscaping. What many people don't realize is: They can also be used to construct railways.

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Innovation

Technology upgrade for automatic tracking of milling performance

The Wirtgen Performance Tracker now allows the precise assessment of machine efficiency with the aid of relayed job information.

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Hamm Smart Compaction

In its Smart Compaction product range, Hamm provides intelligent solutions to take the hard work out of compaction, compaction measurement and compaction documentation.

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Screeds - a core competence

Vögele screeds are the core component of every Vögele road paver. Their variety of models, huge range of applications and intuitive operation are valued all over the world and make it easy for users to achieve a great precision and first-class compaction values.

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At Wirtgen Group

Apprentices’ techdays 2023

Kleemann trainees win an innovation award

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The Wirtgen Group is a part of John Deere

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Apprentices’ techdays 2023

Kleemann trainees win an innovation award

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The Wirtgen Group is a part of John Deere

Find out more about John Deere John Deere Construction

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History

The history of the Wirtgen Group at Bauma

2022 finally sees the return of Bauma – and the Wirtgen Group will be there. We revisit the first appearance of Wirtgen at the fair in Munich, and tell you how our Bauma story began.

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The history of the Wirtgen Group at Bauma

2022 finally sees the return of Bauma – and the Wirtgen Group will be there. We revisit the first appearance of Wirtgen at the fair in Munich, and tell you how our Bauma story began.

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Wirtgen at heart

Is road construction your dream job?

Tell us how you got into it and share your stories with the readers of THE ROAD. Stories about exciting projects, using new technologies, the challenges you faced and overcame, and those little things that warmed your heart or brought a smile to your face – the editorial team and readers of THE ROAD look forward to your contributions from the real world of road construction.

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The Wirtgen SF 1000 C is an impressive performer – even after 30 years

Borkowski GmbH in Langerwehe has a real rarity from Wirtgen that’s still going strong. Their SF 1000 C road milling machine has been rehabilitating roads across the region for the past 30 years. Although she’s a little long in the tooth, she’s still as fit as a fiddle and as reliable as the day she rolled off the production line. Read the fascinating story of this SF 1000 C – and why the people at Borkowski are still delighted to have the old girl on their team.

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