{{Short description|German construction equipment company}} {{Infobox company | name = Putzmeister Holding GmbH | logo = File:PM Logo RGB 4000px.png | type = Subsidiary | company_slogan = | foundation = 1958 | founder = Karl Schlecht | location = Aichtal, Germany | key_people = Christoph Kaml (CEO) | industry = Design, manufacture and sales concrete pumps. | num_employees = | market cap = | products = Concrete Equipment | revenue = | parent = Sany Heavy Industries | homepage = {{URL|putzmeister.com}} }} '''Putzmeister Holding GmbH''' is a German manufacturer of concrete pumps and other equipment for pumping, distributing and placing concrete, mortar and other high-density solids, and for preparing, temporarily storing, processing and transporting these materials. The firm is headquartered at Aichtal, and is the largest in its field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome at Putzmeister |url=https://www.putzmeister.com/web/european-union |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=European Union |language=en-US}}</ref> It also provides pumps for a wide range of different materials, for example slurries, fly ash, sewage, compost and water.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/pumps/putzmeister/ | title = Putzmeister – Pumps For Conveying Concrete, Mortar And High-Density Solids | accessdate=2008-09-15 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080424015942/http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/pumps/putzmeister/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-24}}</ref>
Putzmeister is German for "Plaster Master" (Putz Meister). In 2017, the company had 3,000 employees worldwide.
==History== Putzmeister was founded by Karl Schlecht in 1958.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/Fakultaeten/WWF/Lehrstuehle/IM/events/Special_lectures/putzmeister.de | title = Putzmeister AG (May 24th, 2006) | accessdate=2008-09-15}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Schlecht designed a mortar machine based on his diploma thesis at the University of Stuttgart.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.karl-schlecht.de/companies/putzmeister.html?L=1 | title = Information about Putzmeister | accessdate = 2008-09-15 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719051427/http://www.karl-schlecht.de/companies/putzmeister.html?L=1 | archivedate = 2011-07-19 }}</ref>
In 1986, Putzmeister 52Z's were used in the Chernobyl nuclear accident, pumping over {{convert|300,000|m3|yd3|abbr=on}} of concrete to entomb reactor number 4, setting a world record at the time for volume pumping.<ref>[http://www.putzmeistermedia.com/Other/Chernobyl_Site%20Report1.pdf Chernobyl Site Report1] & [http://www.putzmeistermedia.com/Other/Chernobyl_Site%20Report2.pdf Chernobyl Site Report1] – Putzmeister website.</ref>
During the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents at the Fukushima plant, multiple Putzmeister concrete boom pumps were flown to Japan from locations around the world. After the initial success of a M58-5 unit,<ref>[http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/pm_online/hs.xsl/Concrete%20pump%20is%20used%20to%20cool%20in%20Fukushima_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister – Concrete pump helps in Fukushima] Press information no: 1627, date: 22 March 2011; [http://www.komei.or.jp/en/news/detail/20110320_4766 "New Komeito post-quake initiatives being adopted,"] New Komeito Party. March 20, 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14.</ref> additional M62-6s and 70Z's were transported to Japan on-board chartered Antonov An-124s, the world's second largest cargo plane.<ref>[http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-725FDD7D-8BA6FB8C/pm_online/hs.xsl/9419_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister – Four concrete pumps for Fukushima] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322143534/http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-725FDD7D-8BA6FB8C/pm_online/hs.xsl/9419_ENU_HTML.htm |date=2012-03-22 }} Pressinformation no: 1628, date: 28 March 2011</ref> The 70Z is the world's largest boom pump,<ref>[http://www.thestreet.com/story/11077371/1/worlds-largest-concrete-boom-pumps-en-route-to-japan-to-help-cool-nuclear-reactors.html "World's Largest Concrete Boom Pumps En Route To Japan To Help Cool Nuclear Reactors"], PR NewsWire, 04/09/11</ref> able to reach over {{convert|67|m}}, and able to be controlled remotely from {{convert|2|mi}} away. The pumps will be deployed to try to stabilise the four reactors with additional water pumping capacity.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}
In May 2008, Putzmeister reached a world record in vertical concrete pumping ({{convert|606|m}}), via their specially designed concrete pumps type BSA 14000 SHP-D, in building the Burj Khalifa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-12 |title=Burj Khalifa -- Conquering the World's Tallest Building |url=https://www.forconstructionpros.com/concrete/equipment-products/concrete-pumps/article/10293208/burj-khalifa-conquering-the-worlds-tallest-building |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=For Construction Pros |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2008, Putzmeister broke its own record by pumping concrete to a height of more than 700 m at the Burj Khalifa.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1595&Itemid=2 | title = Putzmeister to invest Rs 125 crore in its India operations | accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>
As the largest German-Sino transaction ever, at the end of January 2012 Putzmeister was sold to the Chinese Sany Heavy Industries, the construction-equipment maker run by China's richest man Liang Wengen.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-27/sany-will-buy-cement-pump-maker-putzmeister-in-biggest-china-german-deal.html Sany Will Buy Cement-Pump Maker Putzmeister in Biggest China-German Deal] Bloomberg Online, recovered 27 January 2012</ref>
== Products == * Concrete Placing Systems *Concrete pump **Truck-Mounted Concrete Placing Boom Pump *** Boom Pump Product Range: 20Z-Meter, 28Z-Meter, 31Z-Meter, 32Z-Meter, 36Z-Meter, 38Z-Meter, 38Z-5-Meter, 39Z-Meter, 40Z-Meter, 42Z-Meter, 47Z-Meter, 51Z-5-Meter, 56Z-Meter, 63Z-Meter. **** "C" Valve (BRF model designation) **** "S" Valve (BSF model designation) **BSA Trailer Pumps: BSA 100 Series, BSA 14000 Series, BSA 21000 Series. ** Truck-Mounted Line Pumps: City Pump CP 2110 HP, City Pump CP 2112H, City Pump CP 2116H, VS 50 PTO, VS 70 PTO, VSP 70. ** Thom-Katt Trailer Pumps: TK 7, TK 20, TK 40, TK 50, TK 60, TK 70. * Mortar Machines *Shotcrete Machines *Tunneling and Mining Equipment * Industrial pumps
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Putzmeister Aichtal.jpg|Putzmeister headquarters in Aichtal, Germany File:Putzmeister concrete pump.JPEG|A Putzmeister concrete pump in Germany in 1985 File:Putzmeister moertelpumpe.jpg|Putzmeister brand positive displacement mortar and plaster pump </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Putzmeister}} * [http://www.beka.cl Beka Putzmeister Chile]
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