| Harsco Infrastructure Deutschland GmbH | |
| Type: | GmbH |
| Foundation: | 1929 |
| Location: | Ratingen, Germany |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | Construction, Civil Engineering |
| Products: | Formwork, Scaffolding, Safety Systems and Services |
| Homepage: | www.harsco-i.de |
The Harsco Infrastructure Deutschland GmbH (formerly Hünnebeck GmbH), with its headquarters located in Ratingen, Germany, is a subsidiary of the Harsco Corporation. The company develops, rents and sells formwork and scaffolding products for the main construction trade and civil engineering projects.
Emil Mauritz Hünnebeck founded the Rautennetz GmbH in 1929 in Essen, which dedicated itself to the construction and further development of the "lozenge net" technique. Then in 1937, the company relocated its main offices to Düsseldorf. In the following years, large construction projects such as shipyards and airplane hangars were built inside and outside of the country utilizing patented methods.
In 1956, the Deutsche Stahllamelle Hünnebeck GmbH in Lintorf erected a plant with 16 halls, several administration buildings as well as a stockyard for the production of steel-tube props and telescopic ceiling beams on its 155,000 sqm large premises with private railway siding. The company was later renamed to Hünnebeck GmbH in 1961. The sales outside of Germany were made through contracts with exclusive importers. At the beginning of the 1960s, the first foreign subsidiaries were founded, such as the Skandinavisk Hünnebeck A/S in Denmark, followed by subsidiaries in Austria in 1968 and Sweden in 1970.
Hünnebeck was taken over by the Thyssen AG in 1988 and merged with the affiliated service organization, RöRo. As a result of Germany's reunification, the company expanded into the new federal states with 12 branch offices. In 1995, the first steps were made in the U.S. and a 50% share of Safway Services Inc., in Milwaukee was acquired.
On 31 August 2003, the American investment company Sun Capital acquired most shares of Hünnebeck GmbH and its 9 European subsidiaries at that time. As of November 2005, Hünnebeck officially became part of the Access Services division of the American Harsco Corporation, situated in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
At the end of 2009, the three tradition-rich companies, Hünnebeck, SGB and Patent, joined forces to operate under the common name Harsco Infrastructure. This gave rise to a global supplier of formwork, scaffolding and powered access equipment as well as industrial services with sales of approximately 1.11 billion US dollars (2011).
• Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates – Hünnebeck formwork technology was used in the construction of the highest skyscraper of the 21st century.
• Golden Terrace, Poland – Hünnebeck equipment employed in the building of one of Europe's biggest shopping centres.
• Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany – For the construction of the new main rail station, Hünnebeck supplied the formwork solution for both office towers.
• Hipogeno de Andacollo, Chile – Hünnebeck was part of one of the largest expansion projects for mines in South America.
• Power Plant Boxberg, Germany – Great amounts of formwork and scaffolding equipment as well as intensive technical supervision were Hünnebeck's main contributions.