Tunnel boring machine producer Herrenknecht AG has acquired a majority stake in H. Anger’s Söhne, strengthening their deep drilling capabilities for geothermal.
Herrenknecht AG has acquired a majority stake in H. Anger’s Söhne Bohr- und Brunnenbaugesellschaft mbH with retroactive impact from January 1, 2023. This can additional strengthen the Herrenknecht Group’s current portfolio of automated drilling rigs and tools. Collectively, applied sciences “made in Germany” will advance the warmth transition.
Two owner-run household firms are combining their experience: Herrenknecht AG is buying two thirds of the shares in H. Anger’s Söhne Bohr- und Brunnenbaugesellschaft mbH with retroactive impact from January 1, 2023. The Hessisch Lichtenau-based drilling contractor is well-known for safely and efficiently drilling a number of difficult geothermal wells.
“A really perfect addition to our product vary within the subject of automated drilling rigs,” emphasizes Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, CEO of Herrenknecht AG. “We are going to use the shared entrepreneurial and engineering DNA to drive ahead the warmth transition and simplify entry to pure sources.”
In Germany alone, 50 % of warmth technology must be climate-neutral by 2030. As a non-fossil vitality supply with its fixed availability, geothermal vitality is vital to attaining this objective. In keeping with the German authorities’s plans, the enlargement and use of this warmth supply is subsequently to be prioritized within the coming years, which can Lead to a necessity for brand new drilling rigs, tools and drilling providers.
H. Anger’s Söhne Bohr- und Brunnenbaugesellschaft mbH employs round 150 individuals. It focuses on drilling geothermal wells to depths of as much as 7,000 metres. Along with geothermal vitality, tasks are carried out for reservoir and subsurface
investigations. The corporate’s foremost vary of providers additionally contains nicely development for ingesting, mineral and thermal water.
Herrenknecht AG
Herrenknecht AG is the one firm worldwide to ship tunnel boring machines for all geologies and in all diameters – starting from 0.10 to 19 meters. The product vary includes tailored machines for visitors, provide and disposal tunnels,
applied sciences for pipeline set up in addition to further tools and repair packages. Herrenknecht additionally manufactures drilling tools for vertical and inclined shafts in addition to deep drilling rigs.
In 2022, the Herrenknecht Group achieved complete output of 1,232 million euros. The impartial household enterprise employs about 5,000 individuals worldwide, together with roughly 200 apprentices and trainees. With round 70 home and abroad subsidiaries and related firms working in associated fields, Herrenknecht gives complete, quick and focused providers shut to every challenge and contractor.
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