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Contemporary production of precast concrete stairs

• Fig. 1 The silo is fed via the outside bucket...

• Fig. 2 The floor truck supplied by WMW in the...

• Fig. 3 The row-type silo plant with dosing flaps...

• Fig. 4 The truck discharge bunker with ground...

• Fig. 5 The production hopper for special...

• Fig. 6 Inside the feeding bunker where the...

• Fig. 7 The cone mixer type KKN 750/1125 of Kniele...

• Fig. 8 In this way, the raw materials are carried...

• Fig. 9 The mixer is fed with raw materials by a...

• Fig. 10 View from the control platform into the...

The concrete manufacturing plant Gilne Treppenbau located near Osnabrück (Germany) is an owner-managed company in the second generation. Managing directors are Matthias Neyer und Thomas Gilhaus. The company name derives from both surnames.  The concrete plant has been manufacturing concrete staircases in various designs for decades. Biger sales program and higher requirements on concrete quality made a reconstruction of the concrete plant necessary. 

At the beginning, the company was specialized in spiral staircases. Owing to this niche product the company was steadily growing in the market of concrete staircases. Twelve years ago, they started to manufacture and deliver complete staircases. The current sales program of the family-run business includes precast concrete staircases, landings, concrete spiral staircases, balconies and natural stone.  The customer base was growing internationally as well. Thus, the company these days is not only supplying to construction sites throughout Germany but also to sites abroad. However, also precast...