July 2026 | time to read: 7 min

Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke (bam) has replaced its existing asphalt facility in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria with an ultra-modern Benninghoven plant featuring a lateral loading silo RPP 3000 Plus. With its integrated hot gas generator system, the asphalt mixing plant supports RAP recycling rates of up to 100% while simultaneously complying with operational emissions limits. The plant also enables the production of reduced-temperature asphalt by the addition of surface-active agents and the use of foam bitumen. Thanks to these sustainable solutions from Benninghoven, which help to reduce the carbon footprint of asphalt production, bam is setting up its site in Luhe-Wildenau to be fit for the future.

Formed in Munich in 1969, Bayerische Asphaltmischwerke GmbH & Co. KG für Straßenbaustoffe (bam) is one of Germany’s largest producers of asphalt. Operating from 5 branches and around 40 production facilities, bam manufactures high-quality asphalt products capable of meeting a wide range of customer requirements. As an innovator, the company actively pursues cost-effective, low-emission, and resource-friendly solutions for the production of asphaltic mixtures, and works with partners whose technological innovations are able to meet these goals.

A proven partnership

As witnessed by recent examples like Würzburg-Fuchsstadt and Mühldorf-Mettenheim, Benninghoven and bam have been working together since the 1980s, – and always with the goal of combining efficiency with sustainability. For the new asphalt mixing plant in Luhe-Wildenau, Benninghoven proposed an impressive solution that not only fulfilled bam’s high standards for quality but also took into account the height limits for the plant and the integration of existing plant sections.

Ready to meet any customer requirement

With its newly installed technologies, the company can look forward to a flexible future, and the ability to create a wide variety of products with optimum efficiency, precision, and process reliability. This product spectrum ranges from rolled asphalts in many different formulations to reduced-temperature asphalt. This versatility will ensure that bam can meet all of its customer requirements and use cases. This represents real economic value for the company: as a trusted road construction industry supplier, it needs to respond promptly to changing customer demands.

Focus on occupational safety

On average, asphalt mixing plants from Benninghoven remain in operation for 30 years or more. These plants not only maintain an impressive level of performance and quality but are also designed to prioritize the needs of their personnel. These are the people who keep the various parts of the mixing plant working smoothly on a daily basis, and therefore ensure customers can be supplied promptly and reliably with their asphaltic mixtures. The plant in the Upper Palatinate is no exception here: with its well-designed component layout, the ergonomic control system ensures ease of maintenance and optimum access to all plant areas. The comprehensive approach to occupational safety makes every working day safer.