Mühlhäuser (company)

Karl-H. Mill houses
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	1907
resolution	2020
Reason for dissolution	Takeover by Mining Equipment Ltd, Durango (Colorado)
Seat	Michelstadt , Germany
management	Markus Calculator, Rainer Oestreicher, Paul Zeder
Number of employees	130
Branch	Equipment for tunneling
Website	www.khmtunnel.com

Mühlhäuser is a manufacturer of rail-bound and trackless transport solutions for tunnel construction based in Michelstadt in the Odenwald in Hesse .

The company manufactures narrow-gauge railways , rails and switches, as well as conveyor belts , shotcrete - and injection machines, molds , trucks and solar - Handcars .

On June 28, 2019, preliminary insolvency proceedings were opened. The company has since been taken over by Mining Equipment Ltd in Durango (Colorado) .

history

Company premises in Michelstadt

Mühlhäuser was founded in 1907 by the three Mühlhäuser brothers and is now run by the fourth generation. The company offers customer-specific logistics solutions for tunneling and mining.

Production began with the manufacture of a wood and steel side unloader in 1912. In the years that followed, the company developed solutions for the various needs of road, rail, tunnel and tunnel construction that are used worldwide. Karl-Heinz Mühlhäuser, who became the sole owner in 1941, managed the constantly growing company until the 1960s. His son, Heinz-Peter Mühlhäuser, headed the increasingly international company for almost 50 years as managing partner. In 2013 he handed over the shares to his son Hubertus Mühlhäuser, who also acquired the shares from his uncle and cousin and is now the sole owner.

Mühlhäuser Eurotunnel tipping lorry

Mühlhäuser supplied machines for the construction of the New Elbe Tunnel , the New York Subway , the Eurotunnel and the Gotthard Base Tunnel . After the completion of the Eurotunnel, Mühlhäuser bought back some used vehicles in order to rent them out for other tunnel construction projects or to sell them overhauled. For the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the company built special ambulance and fire brigade trains as well as a huge vacuum cleaner to keep the tunnel clean.

Projects (selection)

Road tunnel

• Emstunnel , Germany
• Malmo City Tunnel, Sweden

Subway tunnel

• Extension of the Jubilee Line , London Underground , UK
• Singapore Metro , Singapore
• Gautrain , South Africa
• IRT Flushing Line Extension, New York City Subway , USA
• Omsk Metro , Russia
• Delhi Metro CC18 to CC34, India

Drinking water tunnel

• LHPC Lesotho Highlands Project, South Africa
• NY City Water Tunnel, USA
• Water Line de Las Palmas Tigre , Argentina

Drainage / water tunnel

• San Carlos Pressure Tunnel, Colombia
• Mahaweli Project, Sri Lanka
• Melbourne, Australia
• Lee Tunnel, UK
• SeC Trunk Sewer Tunnel, Canada
• Uma Oya Project, Sri Lanka

Railway tunnel

Mühlhäuser rail vehicles at the Boßler tunnel

• Gotthard tunnel , Switzerland
• Channel Tunnel , UK
• Crossrail Tunnels, UK
• Bossler Tunnel , Germany

Web links

Commons : Mühlhäuser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Karl-H. Mühlhäuser Corporate Video (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Management
2. ↑ Number of employees at Mühlhäuser as of June 30, 2016: 100 at the Michelstadt site. In the Mühlhäuser-Obermann Group a total of 130. In addition, partners worldwide on construction sites and in projects as well as other external parties.
3. ↑ Products
4. ↑ Mühlhäuser in difficulties: Michelstädter traditional company files for bankruptcy. Echo, June 29, 2019.
5. ^ Mining Equipment Acquires Mühlhäuser. Mining Equipment Ltd, July 22, 2020.
6. ↑ Mühlhäuser asset buyouts. TunnelTalk February 6, 2020.
7. ↑ Transport logistics: In the longest tunnel in the world. ACTIVE online, September 26, 2008.
8. ↑ Ullrich Höltkemeier: The tunnel builders - transport systems for tunnel construction from the Odenwald. Construction Practice, August 9, 2006.
9. ↑ References: Tunneling Projects.