26/05/2023

The new UltraEco - the lightest 9 m³ truck mixer on the market

The new version of Schwing-Stetter's UltraEco truck mixer brings the body weight of the drum down to less than 3 tonnes and, on a weight-optimised EURO-6 8x4 chassis, thus still allows a payload of 8 m³ of concrete with a permissible total weight of 32 tonnes. Read more

03/02/2023

25 Years of SCHWING-Stetter India - Anniversary Presentation at bauma CONEXPO

In its 25th anniversary year, SCHWING-Stetter India will present itself at this year's bauma CONEXPO INDIA with numerous groundbreaking and new developments in the concrete and construction machinery sector. Read more

10/01/2023

VAI Resort - Fisher Industries

The city of Glendale, Arizona will be giving resort goers the ultimate experience in 2024. The VAI Resort will be the largest resort in the state of Arizona once construction is complete. This massive getaway destination is planned to have 1,200 hotel rooms and suites with potential for a licensing partnerships with the premium room product. Read more

16/11/2022

SCHWING-Stetter at bauma 2022 - a complete success

SCHWING-Stetter came up with no less than 12 innovations at this year's 33rd Bauma, the world's leading trade fair for construction, building materials and mining machinery as well as construction vehicles and equipment, and convinced interested parties and customers from all over the world of the quality and range of services offered by the company based in Herne and Memmingen. The expectations for SCHWING-Stetter were exceeded in a positive sense. Read more

04/11/2022

Going with the Flow

Traffic congestion is a major pain point of cities anywhere in the world. Denver, Colorado is no exception. In the city there is a 10-mile stretch of highway, Central I-70, that separates several communities and is known as one of Denver’s economic backbones. This stretch of highway is aligned with over 1,000 businesses, provides a connection to the always buzzing Denver International Airport and carries roughly 200,000 vehicles per day. Read more

17/06/2022

The Job of a Lifetime

The demolition of Qualcomm stadium in San Diego, California marked the end of an era of memories for the Pernicano family. It also meant the race was on to build the new home of the San Diego State Aztec football team for the 2022 season. Although getting rid of Qualcomm stadium left a hole in the city, this made way for the state-of-the-art Snapdragon Stadium that will hold 35,000 cheering fans.  Snapdragon stadium is centered in the heart of San Diego’s Mission Valley. Read more

29/03/2022

Pumping for Power

When working on two combined-cycle power plants, it is important to get the equipment necessary to finish the job efficiently, effectively, and safely. Located in Illinois, Jackson Generation Energy Center and Three Rivers Energy Center have both required several specialized pieces of equipment to complete the jobs. Read more

23/07/2020

Wupperverband invests in new sewage sludge pump system at the Buchenhofen site

The Wupperverband, based in Wuppertal, operates 14 reservoirs, eleven sewage treatment plants, a sludge incineration plant as well as flood retention basins and stormwater tanks in the catchment area of the river Wupper. At the Buchenhofen site in Wuppertal/Germany, a high-performance wastewater treatment plant ensures clean conditions. The sewage sludge that inevitably arises during the treatment of wastewater in Buchenhofen and surrounding sewage treatment plants is dried and incinerated in the adjacent incineration plant in an environmentally friendly manner. A new, turnkey pump system from SCHWING has recently been installed for transporting the sewage sludge and feeding the incineration... Read more

18/12/2019

New S 61 SX truck-mounted concrete pump for betonlift with exceptional wrapping - first use in the port of Hamburg

It's getting more colorful on Hamburg's streets: the north German pump service provider betonlift GmbH & Co. KG has come up with something special for its new S 61 SX large boom pump from SCHWING. The new flagship has a striking wrapping over the familiar beige paintwork. The truck-mounted concrete pump was recently used for the first time in the port of Hamburg. In contrast, the cooperation between the two companies SCHWING and betonlift is long: For many decades there has been a trusting and mutually valuable cooperation between customer and supplier. As a long-time buyer of truck-mounted concrete pumps, truck-mixers, stationary pumps and other equipment, the Hamburg-based company has been... Read more

11/11/2019

Stetter mobile batching plant M 3.0 contributes to the expansion of Frankfurt Airport

The new mobile M 3.0 batching plant from Stetter is being used for the first time in the construction of the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. The system was ready for operation in August 2019 having only required three days to assemble and since then has been supplying one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Europe with up to 135 m³ of fresh concrete per hour. Fraport AG is significantly expanding the capacities of Frankfurt Airport with the construction of the new Terminal 3. Once completed in 2023 Frankfurt Airport will be able to handle a further 21 million passenger arrivals and departures. Approximately 270,000 m³ concrete will be required to build the shell of the... Read more

27/06/2019

Construction company has relied on truck-mounted concrete pumps from SCHWING for more than 50 years

Decades of business relationships are something special in today's fast paced world. H. Huetter Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG and SCHWING GmbH can look back on a particularly long partnership. In 1966, and thus more than 50 years ago, the first SCHWING truck-mounted concrete pump – an ABP 30 on a Unimog chassis – was handed over to the construction company from Dorsten/Germany at a price of just under 90,000 Deutsche Mark. Since then, the family business has remained faithful to the pump manufacturer from Herne/Germany. For concrete production, this first truck-mounted concrete pump (still without a boom) carried delivery pipes with a diameter of DN 80. Arriving at the construction site, the... Read more

21/05/2019

Long journey: S 36 X and S 38 SX truck-mounted concrete pumps reach Australia

SCHWING's truck-mounted concrete pumps are in high demand among pump operators in Australia for their performance, economy and reliability. At regular intervals, units built according to the Australian Design Rules (ADR) leave the main plant in Herne / Germany and make their way to Down Under. Read more

13/04/2019

Patent infringement at bauma 2019: SCHWING-Stetter obtains injunction against competitor

SCHWING-Stetter has prohibited a competitor from continuing to exhibit the technology from the patent in its products at the current bauma 2019 due to patent infringement. Read more

01/04/2019

111,000th Stetter truck-mixer completed

Stetter is celebrating a special anniversary this year: the 111,000th truck-mixer has now rolled off the production line at the main plant in Memmingen, Bavaria. Further production plants for truck-mixers are operated by subsidiaries in Brazil and India, among others, whereby India plays a special role due to the extremely high market share of a good 80% for truck-mixers. Read more

06/03/2019

SCHWING-Stetter at bauma 2019

bauma 2019 - the largest trade fair in the world - will start in Munich in just a few weeks. SCHWING-Stetter will also be there again, presenting some of its many innovations and new models. Meanwhile, preparations are in full swing. At the end of January, the Media Dialogue 2019 was the first information event to take place at the event location. In individual discussions with editors, the exhibits were presented or informed about innovations and special features relating to bauma 2019.  Read more