Maurer SE

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Maurer SE

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legal form Societas Europaea
founding 1876
Seat Munich
management Christian Braun & Max Meincke
Number of employees 449
sales EUR 89.6 million
Branch Mechanical and plant engineering
Website www.maurer.eu
As of December 31, 2017

Scheme of an expansion joint

The Maurer SE is a company of the steel, mechanical and plant engineering. It was founded in Munich in 1876 , where the head office is still located today. There is also a branch in Lünen / Westphalia and a branch in Bernsdorf near Dresden . The company has its own production facilities in China, India and Turkey.

Basic data

The company operates in the three areas of structural protection systems, steel construction and special machine construction. In 2017, an average of 449 people were employed, who achieved sales of EUR 89.6 million. In 2014, the company previously run as a GmbH & Co. KG changed its name to Aktiengesellschaft Maurer AG, and on November 21, 2016, the name was changed to a European company, Maurer SE.

Structural protection system

Here are expansion joints and bridge bearings manufactured. In the Russki Bridge over the eastern Bosporus in Vladivostok , which was completed in 2012, Maurer Söhne installed swiveling cross members with a movement of up to 2,400 mm, spherical and horizontal force bearings with up to 34,000 kN load, semi-active rope dampers with 1,100 mm stroke and hydraulic dampers with 3,000 kN overload protection . Earthquake devices and vibration dampers are manufactured for bridges and steel chimneys, among other things.

Maurer Söhne experienced the blackest day on April 11, 1996, when a subcontractor caused a major fire while repairing an expansion joint at Düsseldorf Airport . In the fire accident, 17 people died and 88 were injured. Terminals A and B were almost completely destroyed, and Terminal C was affected by smoke gases.

steel construction

In this area steel structures, steel bridges and steel chimneys are realized. The BMW World in Munich was realized with, among others, Maurer Söhne and the architects Coop Himmelb (l) au .

Special mechanical engineering

Mason Rides

Maurer Rides is a brand and, as a subsidiary, a German manufacturer of amusement park attractions based in Munich. It was founded in 2003 as an independent unit of the Maurer Group. Most of the production takes place at the Munich location by the parent company.

Among the famous theme park attractions of Maurer Rides include Venus GP Japanese Kitakyushu , Winjas in Phantasialand in Brühl, Tarántula and Abismo in Parque de Atracciones de Madrid in Madrid, Formule X as Abschuss- steel roller coaster at the amusement park Drievliet Family Park at The Hague . In 2020, Maurer Rides will deliver the first roller coaster to be installed on a cruise ship. The roller coaster will be installed on the Mardi Gras of Carnival Cruise Line from Miami.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Federal Gazette: Maurer SE - Consolidated financial statements for the financial year from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017. June 15, 2019, accessed July 23, 2019 .
  2. Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2017 of Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG
  3. http://www.maurer.eu/de/unternehmen/geschichte.html
  4. Business register , Bundesanzeiger Verlag, accessed on December 27, 2016.
  5. Comprehensive structural protection on the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world. (PDF; 1.1 MB) Maurer Söhne, accessed on January 8, 2013 .
  6. About us - Maurer Rides. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
  7. Behind the scenes of the cruise: the first roller coaster at seaBehind the scenes of the cruise: the first roller coaster at sea. In: Cruise pilot. June 24, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 15.4 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 1.3 ″  E