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Advisory Board for Willke Holding GmbH

Since January 2015, there has been an advisory board for the corporate company.

In recent years, the company founder Roger Willke has withdrawn more and more from the company. Finally, he handed over the management to his two sons Moritz and Niklas Willke on January 1, 2015. They are supported by Torsten Basedow.

So far, the inter-generational cooperation has been very constructive and productive. For this reason, both the founder’s decades of experience and the young entrepreneurial spirit of his successors will be incorporated into future decisions.

This is why an advisory board for the Willke group of companies was established at the same time as the change in the company’s top management took place. The advisory function of the board with Roger Willke as chairman is flanked by the expertise of a Berlin lawyer. Added to this is the comprehensive industry knowledge of an entrepreneur friend of mine from Hamburg.

The new company structure is intended to keep the Willke Group on the right track in the future.

New member of the group: SES Logistik GmbH

SES Logistik GmbH now belongs to Willke.

For more than 35 years we have been active as a medium-sized family business in railway construction, both in Germany and in Scandinavia. During this time the field of logistics has increasingly become a key competence of our company. With the takeover of SES Logistik GmbH we want to further expand our know-how and infrastructure.

SES Logistik GmbH will remain an independent company. As before, it is to operate as a reliable service provider in railway logistics. The contact persons of SES Logistik GmbH you already know will continue to be available for you. The 24-hour on-call service will also remain available under the number 0151/656 22 716.

The fields of activity of both companies complement each other perfectly and offer new potentials in their interaction. For example, we have already not only increased operational safety through refurbishment and upgrading measures at the railway facility in Ludwigslust but can also significantly expand and improve the possibilities for handling materials and containers (combined transport).

In the future our aim will continue to be to get many new on the road. This way, we want to further expand our services for you with an additional plus in safety.

Willke Group establishes welding department

Since 01.01.2013 Willke Track Service has its own welding department.

In the course of a future-oriented move of the Willke Group, a welding department was founded on 01.01.2013. Consequently, welding work in Germany and Scandinavia can be carried out within the group in the future.

For this reason, five welding teams and two construction supervisors will be working for the company from spring 2013 under the management of Ulf Langschwager. In addition, the department has its logistically favourable headquarters in Reinbek in the east of Hamburg. This enables us to be available for German as well as Scandinavian clients in a timely manner. Continue reading “Willke Group establishes welding department” →

Framework contract of the Peine-Salzgitter public transport company

The framework contract for track construction and switch repair measures of the Peine-Salzgitter public transport company was signed.

On 24.10.2012, Willke rail construction GmbH & Co.  KG received the framework contract for railway construction and switch repair measures of the Peine-Salzgitter public transport company. Subsequently, the contract was concluded with a term of three years until the end of 2015. It also calls for various maintenance work to be carried out at the plants and tracks of VPS in Peine, Ilsenburg and Salzgitter.

The Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH (VPS) is a company of Salzgitter AG and carries out transports with the most diverse requirements for its subsidiaries.  Over the decades, VPS has firmly established itself in the market with its professional logistics services and extensive experience.  In terms of transport volume, VPS is the tenth largest of approximately 150 railway companies in Germany. The associated infrastructure comprises around 320 km of tracks and 1,000 units of switches and is distributed among the locations Salzgitter, Peine and Ilsenburg. VPS manages the public lines of VPS Infrastruktur GmbH and currently 24 connecting railways

New orders in Denmark for Willke Danmark ApS

The year 2012 brings orders for line renewal in Denmark.

In mid-December 2011, the joint venture Willke Danmark ApS / H.F. Wiebe was awarded the contract for railroad renewal between Skanderborg and Herning in Denmark. The work will run in the core period from April to August 2012 and essentially comprise 40 km of track renewal with ballast cleaning, plus 35 level crossings. Parallel to the track renewal, several switches and tracks will be rebuilt with new track boxes in ten stations. The contract is therefore worth a total of approximately 16,000,000 euros.

Furthermore, Willke Danmark ApS will start another project in Copenhagen Osterport from mid-March. In this very demanding project, a total of nine concrete switches of various sizes from EW190 – EW1200 are to be completely renewed from 30.03. – 10.04.2012, including the installation of a FPL. In addition, there will be approx. 1,200 m of track renewal with ballast renewal and work on drainage, cable ducts and the overhead line. The contract volume for this project is approx. 3,000,000 euros.

New track construction in Gevingas tunnel Norway

Line construction between Hommelvik-Hell in the Gevingasentunnel.

On the railway line between Hommelvik and Hell the companies H.F. Wiebe and Willke have joint forces and are involved in the construction of the new track system through the recently constructed Gevingasentunnel. In addition, various conversions need to take place at Hell station.

The tunnel structure has a length of approx. 5,700 m plus the associated connections of another approx. 1,000 m. Three switches are also being built in Hell. Construction will start in August 2010, as it is scheduled to be completed in May 2011.

Track renewal Herning-Holstebro line

Job from the Banedanmark: Renewal of the Herning-Holstebro line.

Together with the company H.F. Wiebe from Achim, Willke Danmark ApS finally received the order from Banedanmark to renew the tracks between Herning-Holstebro.

For this reason, the following extensive work will be carried out on the line between 01.05.2010 and 31.08.2010:

  • 38.5 km track renewal using assembly line techniques
  • 36 km of track-mobile ballast cleaning
  • 5,000 m conventional track renewal in the stations with renewal of eleven switches
  • 7,000 m Production Drainage
  • New construction of 21 level crossings
  • 4,500 m conventional formation rehabilitation

New track construction U4 Hamburg Hafencity

Client Hochbahn AG: New construction of the underground railway line U4 in Hamburg.

Together with the companies BBL Bahnbau GmbH from Lüneburg and SHG GmbH & Co. KG from Uelzen, the joint venture is carrying out the track construction work on the U4 Hamburg underground line for Hochbahn AG under the technical management of the company Willke.

This major project will start in May 2010 and is expected to be completed in several construction phases by the end of 2012.

All construction materials for the approx. 2,800 m long tubes and the approx. 900 m long rectangular tunnel will then have to be drained through openings of only 100 square metres using suitable lifting equipment. The following work will also be carried out:

  • 7,400 m track installation in front of the head
  • 20,000 t of ballast placed before head
  • 13,700 m installation cable ducts various designs
  • 14,200 m² installation of sub-ballast mats

In order to complete this work under the difficult conditions, work will be carried out around the clock in 3-shift operation during the entire construction period.

New legal form and assignments in 2010

New legal form.

Willke GmbH is now starting with the legal form GmbH & Co. KG into the new decade. This change is part of a restructuring of the group of companies and came into force on 05.11.2009.

New jobs.

Willke rail construction has several construction projects in its order book for the first quarter of 2010.  At Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG, OHE for short, we are carrying out various track and switch construction works. These include the reconstruction of 1,825 m of track, 1,200 individual sleeper replacements, several turnout sleeper renewals and the reconstruction of two level crossings.

For Deutsche Bahn AG, we are rebuilding a total of ten switches at Hamburg Central Station on five weekends in March and April. This work is being carried out under the most difficult logistical conditions, as the neighbouring track can only be closed during a four-hour night-time shutdown.

In addition, the Willke company will be working in Switzerland for the first time in March. A 627 m long railway track is being renewed at Basel Bad station.

In addition, there are long-term projects in Switzerland, which will start in the second quarter of 2010 and will be completed in several stages by 2012.

After entering the Norwegian market and the associated first reconstruction of Oslo station, Willke will continue to work on projects in Norway and Denmark together with the company H.F. Wiebe from Achim.