Wirtgen Group

Wirtgen Group is a German road-construction equipment group based in Windhagen. Its origins are associated with Reinhard Wirtgen, who established the business in 1961. The group develops and supplies machinery and technologies used in road construction and maintenance, including road milling, paving, compaction, crushing and screening, and asphalt production. Its product range serves contractors and other customers working on roadbuilding projects, from preparing and processing materials to paving and compacting road surfaces. The group brings together specialist machinery businesses and product brands including Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, and Benninghoven. Their complementary product portfolios address different stages and tasks in road construction. Wirtgen is especially associated with road milling and cold recycling; Vögele with road pavers; Hamm with rollers and compaction; Kleemann with crushing and screening plants; and Benninghoven with asphalt mixing plants. Wirtgen Group became part of Deere & Company following Deere’s acquisition of the group, completed in 2017. It continues to operate as a road-construction equipment business within Deere’s wider portfolio. The group’s official website provides country selection and lists markets across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Oceania, reflecting its international customer reach. Its commercial focus is specialized machinery, plant, and associated solutions for road construction and materials processing.

Wirtgen Group traces its origins to a road-construction machinery business established by Reinhard Wirtgen in Germany in 1961. The company developed from a specialist equipment operation into a group serving a broad range of roadbuilding tasks. Its history reflects the increasing specialization of road construction: separate kinds of equipment are needed to prepare and recycle road surfaces, lay paving material, compact surfaces, process aggregates, and produce asphalt mixtures. The group’s present-day portfolio includes the Wirtgen, Vögele, Hamm, Kleemann, and Benninghoven brands. These businesses contribute distinct product areas: road milling and recycling, paving, compaction, crushing and screening, and asphalt mixing. Together, the brands allow the group to supply machinery across several interconnected stages of road construction rather than focusing on only one machine category. A major ownership change came when Deere & Company acquired Wirtgen Group. The transaction was completed in 2017, bringing the German road-equipment group into Deere’s portfolio. Wirtgen Group has continued as a specialist road-construction equipment business under Deere ownership. Its official website is organized for an international audience, with country selection and markets listed across multiple world regions. Today, the group’s identity is centered on road-construction machinery, plant, and technologies for roadbuilding and related material-processing work.

• 2017

  Acquired by Deere & Company

• 1961

  Business established in Germany

A specialist global supplier of integrated road-construction machinery and technologies, with complementary brands serving multiple stages of roadbuilding and materials processing.

• Wirtgen

  Road milling, cold recycling, and related road-construction equipment.

• Vögele

  Road pavers.

• Hamm

  Rollers and compaction equipment.

• Kleemann

  Crushing and screening plants.

• Benninghoven

  Asphalt mixing plants.

• 2017

  Deere & Company acquisitionOther

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