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SPOTLIGHT ROAD & ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

WIRTGEN GROUP showcase highly specialised

solutions for worldwide road construction

The focus of this year’s Road Technology Days held by the WIRTGEN, VÖGELE and HAMM brands was on
synergies, 3D applications and networked job site processes. The climax of the event was the live machine
demonstrations.
When no less than three global market newly constructed 22,200m2 dispatch hall between milling, paving and compaction
leaders present their latest technology, it's at the VÖGELE brand headquarters. “A technologies and the corresponding synergy
bound to draw the crowds: some 4,000 personal and professional exchange with our e ects for road construction contractors.
customers and road construction experts international customers is very important Inspired by the slogan “Synergies powered
from more than 80 countries flocked to us,” says Domenic G. Ruccolo, CEO of by WIRTGEN GROUP”, WIRTGEN,
to the Road Technology Days held by the WIRTGEN GROUP. “ at’s the only VÖGELE and HAMM showcased
WIRTGEN, VÖGELE and HAMM on way we can develop tailored country- and coordinated machine and application
19 and 20 April. On the 370,000m2 site of customer-speci c solutions in an industry technologies in operation: a total of 25
JOSEPH VÖGELE AG in Ludwigshafen with such diverse and highly di erentiated machines milled, fed material, placed
am Rhein, the three companies of the requirements. This makes the Road asphalt and compacted on an area of around
WIRTGEN GROUP’s Road Technologies Technology Days an ideal platform for 3,000m2 in two live demonstrations. “In
business sectors provided practical exchanging knowledge and experiences.” the live demonstrations, we’re not just
insights into the latest developments in Since 2005, the event has been held presenting state-of-the-art technology
the elds of cold milling, cold recycling, alternately at the brand headquarters of and solutions for road construction: our
soil stabilization, paving and compaction. cold milling specialist WIRTGEN, road customers also see for themselves how the
In addition to specialist talks by selected paver manufacturer VÖGELE and roller machines of the WIRTGEN GROUP
experts and technology exhibitions, visitors manufacturer HAMM. work together in practice and the synergies
were also able to enjoy live demonstrations, this creates for the entire road construction
factory tours and a machinery exhibition e best of three worlds process. at’s why the live demonstrations
featuring around 70 exhibits. The high At this year’s Road Technology Days, have always been a key feature of our
point of the event was a gala evening in the the focus was very much on the interplay Technology Days and why they’re unique

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