a global german industrial company based in leipzig . takraf is short for tagebergbau ausr stungen krane und f rderanlagen surface mining equipment cranes and conveying equipment . it is one of the world s leading manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and systems for open pit mining bulk material handling minerals processing and a wide range of services & components . the company is especially well known for its huge bucket wheel excavators semi mobile crushing plants innovative conveying solutions and heap leach systems . the company was founded in 1958 in the former german democratic republic but it goes back to the year 1725 when the first factory for construction equipment was founded in lauchhammer near dresden . after germany s reunification takraf became part of the man company and was later acquired by tenova spa which is part of the international techint group in 2006 . among their products are some of the largest mobile land based objects on the planet such as the bucket wheel excavators rb293 and srs 8000 . see also edit overburden conveyor bridge f60 takraf india pvt. ltd. external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to takraf . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tenova takraf & oldid 731527351 categories companies established in 1958leipzigman sehidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 22 46 . 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