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independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources bomag news newspapers books scholar jstor free images december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message bomag gmbh type limited liability company gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung industry mechanical engineering founded 1957 headquarters boppard germany total assets 324 million euro turnover by the bomag group in 2009 balance sheet total number of employees about 1 800 employees worldwide website www.bomag.com bopparder maschinenbau gesellschaft mbh better known by the acronym bomag is a german company and a global market leader in compaction technology and manufactures soil asphalt and refuse compaction equipment as well as stabilizers and recyclers . in 2005 bomag was acquired by the fayat group and since then also sells asphalt pavers and cold planers under the bomag label . bomag mph 121 contents 1 company history 2 company information 3 references 4 external links company history edit bomag was founded in 1957 by karl heinz schwamborn in boppard . 1 in the same year he developed a new design for compaction technology for a model of a double vibratory roller with all drum drive . 2 in 1962 the first 7t double vibratory roller in the world was launched . the first branch office abroad opened in 1961 in austria followed by branches in china the usa france italy great britain canada japan and hungary up to 2002 . in 1970 schwamborn sold the company to the american company koehring . 3 the original site in boppard was no longer adequate so the company moved in 1969 to the hellerwald industrial estate in the district of buchholz neuwied where it remains today . 4 a research centre was added seven years later . in 1982 production and steel engineering operations on the 7 000 m site were expanded . four years later a further 10 000 m were developed for assembly testing and painting heavy machinery . a powder coating plant was installed in 1997 and the site expanded again by 9 000 m in 1998 . koehring sold its interest in bomag in 2001 to the american company spx corporation 5 which in turn sold the company again in 2005 to the french corporate group fayat . 6 in july 2009 bomag shed around 320 jobs worldwide 160 of which were in boppard due to an unprecedented 50 percent drop in turnover that year . company information edit bomag produces a range of 20 product groups and has 500 dealers in more than 120 countries . with around 1200 employees as of 2010 in boppard the company is one of the largest employers in the region . references edit der tiefbau in german . 1970 . pp. 1024 . karl h. schwamborn . gesch ftsf hrender gesellschafter der bomag . wird eine wesentliche beteiligung an koehring ... kreis biedenkopf lahn studierte er von 1952 bis 1957 maschinenbau an der technischen hochschule in darmstadt . new civil engineer . t. telford . 1976 . pp. 25 . bomag s compact compactor bomag market leader in the uk for double drum vibrating rollers is breaking into the ... vibratory field and around 50 000 units have been sold since karl heinz schwamborn formed the company in 1957 . 10 k transcript . 1975 . pp. 237 . mr. schwamborn was the president of bopparder maschlnenbaugeeellschaft mbh bomag of boppard west germany a company he founded in 1957 until its acquisition by registrant in 1970 . he continued as president of bomag until its ... der tiefbau in german . 11 . 1969 . pp. 1097 . so bezog die bomag im fr hjahr 1969 im industriegel nde boppard hellerwald neue fertigungshallen und ein neues verwaltungsgeb ude . der neubau war erforderlich geworden um die produktion der st ndig ansteigenden nachfrage ... mergent international manual . 1 . mergent . 2001 . pp. 2770 . engineering news record . 17 23 . 253 . mcgraw hill publishing company . 2004 . pp. 7 . spx sells bomag and hypac while ingersoll rand sells dresser publicly owned spx corp. charlotte n.c. has agreed to sell its premium priced bomag and hypac brands of road building machinery to privately owned fayat ... further reading verkehrs und versch nerungs verein boppard 1872 2004 . f nfzig jahre rund um boppard in german . verkehrs und versch nerungs verein boppard 1872 . isbn 978 3 00 013196 7 . external links edit wikimedia commons 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