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parasols to provide shade in a pedestrian zone. In this way, protection systems, i.e. expansion joints, bridge bearings,
the company quickly developed a wide and varied range of vibration dampers and seismic devices. They all have one
products and services: in civil engineering and construction, thing in common, namely, that they protect the structure
both above and below ground, in mechanical and plant against damage caused by forces in motion. The same
engineering or in control and automation. In addition to engineering know-how is also the basis of the rapidly
holding a large number of patents of its own, the company growing fields of roller coasters and amusement rides. Here
offers its customers comprehensive application experience the forces in motion are used to create special effects.
and brings through its wide range of know-how the ability to With more than 700 employees worldwide, Maurer Söhne
implement solutions that have been fully thought out to has developed into a leading specialist when the interplay
cover all project aspects. between forces and motion in various structures is involved.
In the 1960’s, a number of large travelling scaffolding-type This is also expressed in the company slogan: Forces in
structures for bridges that had spans of more than 100 m Motion.
were produced, soon after that followed the entry into the
creation of other components for such bridge structures. DOINGTHE BASIC RESEARCH
Today, Maurer Söhne is the world market leader in the field MAURER SÖHNE FOUNDATION
of structural protection systems, and this goes far beyond Due to economic pressures, in normal cases companies
pure bridge building. restrict their research to bringing about concrete product
More than half of the company turnover that has now developments. However, genuine technical progress and
risen to well over 100 million € is derived from structural innovation often only come about due to pure basic research
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