Alexander Knam, CEO of Kleemann GmbH and Wirtgen Group CEO Dr Volker Knickel. Image: Wirtgen Group
Kleemann hosted a successful Wirtgen Group Technology Days, which saw more than 2,000 guests from over 100 countries attend the headquarters.
The two-day event highlighted the Wirtgen Group’s achievements in digitalisation and sustainability through machines and technology for construction projects and industries.
The event had around 70 exhibits from Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven, CIBER and John Deere including 11 world premieres.
“Innovation is in our genes. As we are aware from the feedback we receive from our customers, there is increasing demand for smarter, safer and more sustainable solutions in markets around the globe,” Wirtgen Group chief executive officer Dr Volker Knickel said.
“We have concentrated our efforts on this, and can now present state-of-the-art machine technologies and digital systems with which we support and assist our customers in all aspects of the digital transformation.”
The Wirtgen Group presented solutions for its customers’ production systems in a series of live demonstrations. Image: Wirtgen Group
Kleemann presented the new MSS 502i EVO scalping screen with an alternative, fully electric drive option. Asphalt production offers the greatest potential when it comes to reducing CO₂ emissions. In response to this, the company group also presented the new generation of burners from Benninghoven, which supports the use of up to four different fuels at the same time. This means, for example, that an asphalt mixing plant can be flexibly operated with the most appropriate energy source – including, for the first time, exclusively with green hydrogen.
The event also included several product demonstrations, which showcased technology in action from the Wirtgen Group. The demonstrations highlighted how Wirtgen’s production system solutions, including the use of low-temperature asphalt, concrete, and asphalt recycling, can deliver environmental and economic benefits by ‘doing more with less’ and allow companies to be ‘smarter, safer, and more sustainable’.
The event included 70 demonstrations and around 11 world premieres. Image: Wirtgen Group
“This enables our customers to realise more construction projects with fewer resources, build and rehabilitate more infrastructure and simultaneously increase their profitability,” Knickel said.
He said that digital assistance systems and process automation will also contribute to offsetting the shortage of qualified personnel throughout the industry
“This also means that less experienced machine operators will be in a position to deliver qualitatively identical results to those a skilled specialist would achieve.”
Kleemann conducted a tour of its production facilities. Image: Wirtgen Group
Kleemann hosted the two-day event at its headquarters and conducted a tour of its production facilities. The new plant was first opened in 2009 but has been repeatedly extended and upgraded for sustainable operations in line with Wirtgen’s strategy.
Kleemann chief executive officer Alexander Knam sooke about the development of the company’s headquarters site in Göppingen.
“In past years, we concentrated our efforts on target-oriented expansion of our product portfolio and now offer suitable solutions for every application, no matter whether for recycling or natural stone processing,” Knam said.
“To achieve this, we invested in areas such as expanding our production capacities and improving our assembly or logistics processes.
“With these investments, we have laid the foundation for the ongoing production of our products and technologies under ideal conditions, namely sustainably and efficiently.”
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