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 with up to 70 % reclaimed asphalt content.


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Cold Milling in the Sports Hub of the Eternal City

Renovation of the Roman Stadio Olimpico racetrack using a Wirtgen W 200 Fi.



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Hamm compact rollers in railroad 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 railroads.

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The History of the Wirtgen Group at Bauma

2022 will finally see the return of the Bauma fair – 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 will finally see the return of the Bauma fair – 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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