appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message menck gmbh type private limited non trading industry subsea services founded 1992 headquarters kaltenkirchen germany area served global key people bernhard bruggaier managing director fabian hippe managing director products hydraulic pile driving hammers number of employees 140 website http www.menck.com menck gmbh is a specialist offshore engineering company and part of the acteon group ltd. headquartered in kaltenkirchen north germany menck gmbh provides specialised hydraulic pile driving services for the oil and gas industry and in the construction of other offshore structures such as bridges and wind farms . contents 1 history 2 major projects 3 references 4 external links history edit menck gmbh can trace its roots back to 1868 when it was established in hamburg by johannes menck and diedrich hambrock . the company started out as a steam and diesel shovel builder but after the second world war it focused more on the production of diesel hammers . in 1966 menck was bought by the us company koehring which went bankrupt in 1978 . in 1992 menck gmbh was formed and acquired by jay ray mcdermott the following year . the company moved its headquarters to kaltenkirchen germany in 2002 and was acquired by the acteon group ltd in 2003 . 1 menck gmbh was the first ever winner of the ben c.gerwick award in 2008 . 2 major projects edit since 1996 menck gmbh has been involved in some major construction projects across the world including tokyo bay bridge japan 1992 tagus bridge portugal 1996 jamuna bridge bangladesh 1996 utgrunden wind park sweden 2000 3 rion antitirion bridge greece 2001 4 samso wind park denmark 2002 5 woodrow wilson bridge usa 2002 benicia martinez bridge usa 2003 6 north hoyle wind park uk 2004 7 container terminal bremerhaven germany 2006 8 q7 wind park netherlands 2007 9 jade weser port germany 2008 10 gunfleet sands wind park uk 2009 11 padma bridge bangladesh 2015 references edit j. ray mcdermott completes sale of menck gmbh . 2003 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . menck receives first annual ben c. gerwick award . 2008 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . organisations working on utgrunden . 2000 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . hammer time . 2008 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . organisations working on sams . 2008 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . deep foundation challenges at the new benicia martinez bridge . 2009 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . measurement and interpretation of underwater noise during construction and operation of offshore windfarms in uk waters pdf . december 2007 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . offshore competence pdf . 2007 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . north sea construction installing monopiles for the dutch q7 offshore wind farm . 2007 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . heerema marine contractors order largest hammer ever built . 2007 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . a fresh breeze from offshore pdf . 2010 . retrieved 11 november 2011 . external links edit menck gmbh retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title menck gmbh & oldid 707734104 categories engineering companies of germanycompanies established in 1992oilfield services companieshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 march 2016 at 13 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view