All quarrying operations under one umbrella – Liebherr L 556 User Manual
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Recycling GmbH Lahnau was founded in 1998 and has a direct
interest in two basalt quarries and a clay and quartz sand
quarry. The company also operates its own earth deposit and
construction waste dump plus three construction waste
recycling plants in the region of central Hesse. The most
important part of the company’s activities, however, is quarrying
work to customer specifications.
“When I joined the company 13 years ago, there were 11 of us.
Today, the company has more than 70 employees actively working
in commercial operations. This development certainly has a lot
to do with our broad range of services,” explains Ralph Lang,
technical manager and director. “We offer all services related to
the quarrying process under a single umbrella.” The company
looks after moving spoils and earth and has its own authorized
blasting expert. Quarrying raw materials is also possible without
explosives using hydraulic hammers. From releasing to loading
to transporting, Recycling GmbH Lahnau is able to perform all
surface quarrying operations. Manufacturing of end products
with mobile crushers and sieves, plus decontamination and
renaturalization of surface quarrying sites, are also part of the
services available.
Recycling Lahnau orientates its services to the individual needs
of the customer. Ralph Lang puts it like this: “We offer both
partial services and the complete execution of all quarrying and
preparation work. For the customer, that means that he doesn’t
have to invest heavily in new machines or take on new staff. Many
of our customers also appreciate the fact, for example, that they
have full flexibility in how they plan their delivery volume. This
enables them to respond to fluctuations in the market and, at the
same time, to plan reliably. You know how much a ton of mined
materials costs at the start of the year, for example.”
R 946 loading a TA230.
All quarrying operations
under one umbrella
The company name Recycling GmbH Lahnau is misleading. For many years, the focus of the company’s activities
has been on quarrying operations, and its range of services covers all tasks relating to the quarrying and
preparation of natural stone, gravel, sand and clay. The professionals from the German state of Hesse do this with
75 large machines – 48 of them from Liebherr.
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