& co. kg founded 1945 by wilhelm layher headquarters g glingen germany key people carolin langer georg layher number of employees 1 240 2008 2009 website www.layher.com layher holding gmbh & co. kg is a globally leading 1 german manufacturer of scaffolding protective and event systems and ladders . the company operates two production facilities in germany . the headquarters in g glingen eibensbach produces steel scaffolding components while the second plant in neighbouring g glingen makes aluminium and wooden components . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 projects 4 awards 5 weblinks 6 references history edit the timber merchant wilhelm layher established the company in 1945 to make agricultural implements and ladders out of wood . as the german economy recovered he identified the need for construction scaffolding and by 1948 was already specializing in the production of ladder scaffolding . his daughter ruth langer and his two sons eberhard and ulrich layher also worked in the company and successfully continued the business after the death of the founder in 1962 . 3 under their management layher evolved into the biggest manufacturer of system scaffolding with speedyscaf in 1965 and allround scaffolding in 1974 not only were the systems which are still standard today marketed but also starting in 1970 the first steps towards internationalization were taken with subsidiaries in the netherlands france and switzerland . 4 in 1987 eberhard layher decided to retire for age and health reasons selling his share to his brother and sister . 5 still 100 percent family owned today 6 layher now has subsidiaries in around 40 countries 7 and partner companies all over the world . in germany operative business is handled by wilhelm layher gmbh & co kg managed by jochen kirchner wolf christian behrbohm and stefan st cklein . the company has 30 service centres all over germany but does not itself offer any scaffolding construction services 8 instead it acts only as the manufacturer and supplier for customers from scaffolding crafts construction industry and the events business . 9 its associate company layher bautechnik gmbh based in ulm sells not only layher scaffolding systems but also construction equipment construction machinery and warehouse equipment . its managing director is hans k chler . products edit the family owns 600 patents and protective rights worldwide . 10 in 1965 the system scaffolding specialist designed for example the definitive insertion frame system for facade scaffolding construction with its speedyscaf made from steel and aluminium . in 1974 allround scaffolding superseded conventional scaffolding construction techniques using steel tubes and couplers with its bolt free wedge head connection technology . layher presented its further innovation by using higher tensile steel grades new production processes and design improvements we have succeeded in minimising the weight of the basic components of our speedyscaf and allround scaffolding systems without reducing their high load capacities . assembly speed can be increased up to 10 % transport capacity up to 12 % . 11 matching the scaffolding systems there are also protective systems like temporary roofs and facade coverings for site protection and based on a substructure using allround equipment the event system for constructing temporary stages or stands . access technology made of aluminium and wood is also part of the product range . 12 projects edit system scaffoldings are not only being used for work and protective scaffolding but also for a variety of further tasks for instance shoring temporary access or site protection . today layher products are worldwide in use on sites in the industry or in sports and cultural events . in 2009 for example a 150 metre long and 56 metre high ski ramp was assembled in moscow as a promotional event for the 2014 winter olympics using about 1 300 tons of allround scaffolding . 13 for viewing the excavations in ancient pompeii a weather protection roof and a temporary pedestrian walkway were erected in 2010 using allround scaffolding . 14 this modular system was also used a short time later for the cannstatter volksfest not as a pedestrian walkway but as a 30 metre wide escape stairway . 15 the use of the allround bridging system in 2012 enabled the scaffolding for the stave church in borgund norway . 16 in 2013 followed the construction of a 600 square metre allround shoring tg 60 structure for the pumped storage power station project linthal 2015 in switzerland . 17 also high in the swiss mountains the speedyscaf ensured in 2014 the rapid assembly of a work scaffold at the h rnli hut below the matterhorn 18 and the arup building of the university of cambridge was temporarily roofed over using a 2 600 square metre keder roof xl . 19 currently a 100 000 cubic metre construction of allround scaffolding and allround scaffolding lightweight ensures the restoration of the adolphe bridge in luxembourg . 20 awards edit baden w rttemberg competence prize for quality and innovation in 2011 . 21 award from the then federal environment minister peter altmaier for energy efficiency in 2012 . 22 first prize of the polish chamber of commerce for scaffolding in the category of safety and technology for its safety assembly p2 in 2013 . 23 weblinks edit official website references edit florian langenscheidt bernd venohr hrsg . deutsche standards . lexikon der deutschen weltmarktf hrer . die k nigsklasse deutscher unternehmen in wort und bild . gabal k ln 2010 isbn 978 3 86936 221 2 . heilbronner stimme 22.10.2009 layher feiert sein neues werk isoliertechnik 6 95 in 50 jahren von 0 auf 600 pro magazin 1 2007 gut ger stet in die zukunft isoliertechnik 6 95 in 50 jahren von 0 auf 600 bietigheimer zeitung 04.02.2012 layher legos f r m nner am bau allgemeine bauzeitung 24.04.2015 ger stkonstruktion exakt an architektur angepasst allgemeine bauzeitung 24.04.2015 wir machen unseren kunden keinerlei wettbewerb allgemeine bauzeitung 24.04.2015 ger stkonstruktion exakt an architektur angepasst bpz baupraxis zeitung 3 2000 ein werdegang wie im drehbuch allgemeine bauzeitung 26.04.2013 neues systemger st leichtere bauteile und h here tragf higkeit allgemeine bauzeitung 24.04.2015 ger stkonstruktion exakt an architektur angepasst deutsches baublatt 1 2 2009 skirennen mitten in moskau der ger stbauer 6 2010 live veranstaltung im haus der keuschen liebenden bautechnik 12 2011 f r den ernstfall ger stet bietigheimer zeitung 18.02.2012 g glinger ger st f r kirche der bauunternehmer 06 2013 erfolgreicher gro einsatz f r das tragger st tg 60 von layher bei linthal 2015 allgemeine bauzeitung 16.05.2014 sicherer ger stbau am matterhorn allgemeine bauzeitung 16.05.2014 kederdach f r raschen baufortschritt bd baumaschinendienst 3 2015 br ckensanierung leicht gemacht http www.tqu group.com kompetenzpreis bw preis2011.htm http www.baumagazin.eu auszeichnung fur energieeffizienz http www.rusztowania 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