Putzmeister Explained

Putzmeister Holding GmbH
Foundation:1958
Founder:Karl Schlecht
Key People:Christoph Kaml (CEO)
Industry:Design, manufacture and sales concrete pumps.
Products:Concrete Equipment

Putzmeister is a German manufacturer of concrete pumps and other equipment for pumping, distributing and placing concrete, mortar and other high-density solids, and for preparing, temporarily storing, processing and transporting these materials. The firm is headquartered at Aichtal, and is the largest in its field.[1] It also provides pumps for a wide range of different materials, for example slurries, fly ash, sewage, compost and water.[2]

Putzmeister is German for "Plaster Master" (Putz Meister). In 2017, the company had 3,000 employees worldwide.

History

Putzmeister was founded by Karl Schlecht in 1958.[3] Schlecht designed a mortar machine based on his diploma thesis at the University of Stuttgart.[4]

In 1986, Putzmeister 52Z's were used in the Chernobyl nuclear accident, pumping over 300000m2 of concrete to entomb reactor number 4, setting a world record at the time for volume pumping.[5]

During the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents at the Fukushima plant, multiple Putzmeister concrete boom pumps were flown to Japan from locations around the world. After the initial success of a M58-5 unit,[6] additional M62-6s and 70Z's were transported to Japan on-board chartered Antonov An-124s, the world's second largest cargo plane.[7] The 70Z is the world's largest boom pump,[8] able to reach over, and able to be controlled remotely from away. The pumps will be deployed to try to stabilise the four reactors with additional water pumping capacity.

In May 2008, Putzmeister reached a world record in vertical concrete pumping, via their specially designed concrete pumps type BSA 14000 SHP-D, in building the Burj Khalifa.[9] In 2008, Putzmeister broke its own record by pumping concrete to a height of more than 700 m at Burj Khalifa.[10]

As the largest German-Sino transaction ever, at the end of January 2012 Putzmeister was sold to the Chinese Sany Heavy Industries, the construction-equipment maker run by China's richest man Liang Wengen.[11]

Products

References

  1. Web site: Welcome at Putzmeister . 2023-09-27 . European Union . en-US.
  2. Web site: Putzmeister – Pumps For Conveying Concrete, Mortar And High-Density Solids . 2008-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080424015942/http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/pumps/putzmeister/ . 2008-04-24.
  3. Web site: Putzmeister AG (May 24th, 2006) . 2008-09-15.
  4. Web site: Information about Putzmeister . 2008-09-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719051427/http://www.karl-schlecht.de/companies/putzmeister.html?L=1 . 2011-07-19 .
  5. http://www.putzmeistermedia.com/Other/Chernobyl_Site%20Report1.pdf Chernobyl Site Report1
  6. http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/pm_online/hs.xsl/Concrete%20pump%20is%20used%20to%20cool%20in%20Fukushima_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister – Concrete pump helps in Fukushima
  7. http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-725FDD7D-8BA6FB8C/pm_online/hs.xsl/9419_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister – Four concrete pumps for Fukushima
  8. http://www.thestreet.com/story/11077371/1/worlds-largest-concrete-boom-pumps-en-route-to-japan-to-help-cool-nuclear-reactors.html "World's Largest Concrete Boom Pumps En Route To Japan To Help Cool Nuclear Reactors"
  9. Web site: 2010-05-12 . Burj Khalifa -- Conquering the World's Tallest Building . 2023-09-27 . For Construction Pros . en-us.
  10. Web site: Putzmeister to invest Rs 125 crore in its India operations . 2008-09-15.
  11. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-27/sany-will-buy-cement-pump-maker-putzmeister-in-biggest-china-german-deal.html Sany Will Buy Cement-Pump Maker Putzmeister in Biggest China-German Deal

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