The VÖGELE main factory

Quality starts here

Paving high-quality roads efficiently and economically demands reliable specialist machinery. Our main factory in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in Germany is geared precisely to meeting those demands. At the world's most advanced road paver manufacturing facility, a team of specialists develops and builds some 40 different machine types and 16 screed types. Optimal processes are guaranteed by the workforce of over 1,200 expert staff, intelligent production machinery, and efficient factory design.

370,000 m²

Site

100,000 m²

Roofed area

2,900 m²

Training area

Quality means precision
  • Did you know, for example, that we use special honing machines to remove microscopic imperfections that are up to 20 times finer than a human hair?
  • ... the assembly of a VÖGELE paver is assured by more than 500 test points?
  • ... the digital operator information system assists our employees at every stage of the production process, so eliminating any errors?
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Intelligent manufacturing technologies

The aim of our production operation is to provide customers with flawless, customized machines and spare parts while keeping delivery lead times as short as possible. We are continually investing in intelligent machinery and automated processes to meet the high demand for road pavers, power feeders and screeds with maximum efficiency. This enables us to increase our capacities, consistently avoid errors, and streamline processes. We focus particularly on our screed production.

Screed production technology
Expert staff

Our employees are specialists. Their dedication, know-how and customer focus ensure the success of our products every day. They are enthusiastically committed to road construction, and are the key pillars in building and maintaining our high quality standards. That's why we place great value on our in-house training programs, as well as offering exciting career development opportunities, and a highly motivational work environment. For more information on job opportunities and current openings, visit our Careers page.

Working for VÖGELE
Sustainable factory concept
  • Low emissions by using solvent-free powder coating rather than wet painting
  • Recycling of waste heat to heat the factory sheds
  • Conservation of heating energy by high-speed doors with minimal opening times
  • Extraction systems featuring energy-saving vents and frequency converters
  • Biological treatment of wastewater without use of chemical additives
  • Local surface water infiltration
  • State-of-the-art lighting concepts and control systems
  • Intelligent ventilation control: automatically shut down when office windows are opened
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Products

The VÖGELE product range includes the right road paver for every application, screeds with innovative precision engineering and VÖGELE PowerFeeders, which deliver pure power for large-scale job sites. And there are excellent solutions for digital road construction, too.

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Technologies

Our innovative machines put our customers on track for success. Advancements in engineering are all well and good – but for us, the focus is on turning these advancements into solutions that benefit our customers. This is what makes us the No. 1 in road pavers.

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