The most important milestones at JOSEPH VÖGELE AG

1836
The beginnings

Ulrich Joseph Vögele founds the JOSEPH VÖGELE smithy in Mannheim

1872 onwards
Successful rail-building

VÖGELE becomes the key European manufacturer of rail track points

1925
Start of involvement in road construction

VÖGELE starts producing concrete mixers and keeps on expanding this segment

1928
Start of a new era

VÖGELE develops the first asphalt paver

1977
New product at Bauma

VÖGELE presents the first infinitely variable extending screed

1985
First spray paver

The SUPER 1800 SF is the first machine capable of bonding layers by paving asphalt and spraying emulsion in a single pass.

1996
Stronger together

VÖGELE and WIRTGEN merge to form the WIRTGEN GROUP

2013
The starting gun for “Dash 3”

VÖGELE presents its new generation of pavers with state-of-the-art, user-friendly technology which is kind to the environment

2019
The biggest paver in the world

VÖGELE introduces the SUPER 3000-3i at Bauma - with a pave width of up to 18 m

Today
All set for "Road Construction 4.0"

From machine technology to 3D control and on to process optimisation, VÖGELE offers the full range of road construction solutions from a single source

Innovative and successful to this very day

VÖGELE has grown from a blacksmith into a world market leader: with a unique product range, forward-looking technologies and the world’s most modern production facility for road pavers. Find out here what VÖGELE stands for today, what the company is about and where the road construction machinery of tomorrow is produced.

VÖGELE today