Hünnebeck

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{{Infobox Company|
company_name = Hünnebeck Group GmbH|
company_logo = [[Image:Hünnebeck.jpg|220px|Logo der Hünnebeck Group GmbH]]|
company_type = [[GmbH]]|
foundation = 1929|
location = [[Ratingen]], [[Germany]]|
key_people = Markus Nagel, COO <br> Dr. Markus Adams, CFO|
area_served = Worldwide|
industry = [[Construction]]|
products = [[Formwork]], [[Scaffolding]], [[Civil Engineering|Engineering]]|
homepage = [http://www.huennebeck-group.com/ www.huennebeck-group.com]|
}}

The '''Hünnebeck Group GmbH''', with its headquarters located in Ratingen, Germany, is a subsidiary of the Harsco Corporation that is active in the area of formwork and scaffolding systems. Around 85 per cent of revenues are made through the rental and service provision of the formwork business. The majority of the small- and medium-size enterprises which are its customers, come from the construction trade as well as the building industry, whereas the revenues in the scaffolding segment are mainly composed of sales to non-industrial clients.<blockquote>

== History ==

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 years that followed, 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 thus merged with the since 1953 affiliated service organization RöRo. As a result of Germany’s reunification, the company expanded into the new federal states with 12 further 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. Nowadays the company is represented in more than 30 countries. In Europe, the near and Middle-East, Africa and South America, Hünnebeck sells its products and services through 15 established subsidiaries, whereas the other countries are supplied through licensed distributors and dealers.

Effective from the 31st of 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 is part of the Access Services division of the American Harsco Corporation, situated in Harrisburg/Pennsylvania. With some 6,500 employees, the Access Services division has achieved a turnover of 1.4 billion US-dollars in 2007.

== Products ==

Hünnebeck primarily develops, rents and sells formwork systems for walls and soffits. These systems are made up of the large-frame formwork MANTO, crane-independent formwork RASTO/TAKKO, circular formwork RONDA, beamless soffit formwork TOPEC, conventional timber beam formwork, custom nail-plate constructions and the self-climbing formwork SCF. Part of the standard portfolio is the frame-scaffold BOSTA and the modular scaffold MODEX. Aside from that, Hünnebeck employs safety engineering (platforms, side protection system PROTECTO, etc.) and the “Lifeline” mobile and semi-mobile flood and disaster relief program.

As part of its services, Hünnebeck offers the rental of equipment, formwork cleaning and repairs, formwork and scaffold-planning as well as project development.

== Prominent Projects ==

• [[Burj Dubai]], United Arab Emirates – Hünnebeck formwork technology was used in the construction of the highest and safest skyscraper of the 21st century.

• Golden Terrace, Poland – Hünnebeck equipments employed in the building of one Europe’s biggest shopping centers.

• [[Berlin Central Station]], 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 an intensive technical supervision were Hünnebeck’s main contributions to this large-scale project.

== Corporate Management ==

The Hünnebeck Group GmbH in Ratingen, along with its 15 subsidiaries, is lead by COO Markus Nagel and CFO Dr. Markus Adams.

The Hünnebeck GmbH in Ratingen is responsible for the German market. Here, Martin Hemberger assumes the position of CEO and Markus Kehren that of CFO.

== Pictures ==

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== External links ==
* [http://www.huennebeck-group.com/ Website of Hünnebeck Group GmbH]

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