Development and manufacturing of road pavers, screeds and feeders for road and highway construction.
JOSEPH VÖGELE AG
Ludwigshafen am RheinNew on Amplifa
About Joseph Vögele
The JOSEPH VÖGELE AG is a mechanical engineering company based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and belongs to the WIRTGEN GROUP, an association of construction machinery companies within the Deere & Company corporation. The main focus of production is on the manufacture of road pavers with wheel or crawler drive in the Mini, Compact, Universal and Highway classes. The largest model, the SUPER 3000-3, achieves a paving width of up to 18 meters, a paving thickness of up to 50 cm and a paving output of up to 1,600 tons per hour. The product portfolio also includes PowerFeeder material feeders for a continuous material flow as well as 16 models of extending and rigid screeds, which apply the asphalt or concrete pavement with the corresponding profile and paving thickness. The offering is complemented by digital solutions such as automatic leveling and construction site documentation, SprayJet technology for pavement rehabilitation, as well as training, spare parts supply and the reconditioning of used machines. The company operates internationally and supplies markets including North America and Australia.
- Site
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Processes
- Asphalt paving with road pavers (SUPER and VISION series), SprayJet technology (spraying of bitumen emulsion during paving), InLine Pave (asphalt paving in a single pass without a cold joint), Material preparation/conveying with PowerFeeders (feeders), Reconditioning/repair of used screeds (retrofit), Training at the Customer Training Center (machine and application technology), Supply of spare parts and wear parts (original parts), Reconditioning/repair of used machines and screeds
- Materials
- Asphalt, Concrete, Bitumen emulsion, Steel
- Founded
- 1836
- Employees
- 1.000 (2024)
- Industries
- Mechanical engineering, Road and highway construction, Asphalt paving, Airport construction, Infrastructure
- 01
Development and design of the machines
- 02
Manufacturing of road pavers, screeds and feeders
- 03
Assembly and quality inspection
- 04
Sales and worldwide deployment
- 05
Service: spare parts, reconditioning of used machines, training at the Customer
Materials & Processes
Asphalt
Paved material processed by the pavers for road surfaces.
Concrete
Paving material for concrete carriageways laid with the pavers and paving trains.
Bitumen emulsion
Sprayed binder in the SprayJet technology for pavement rehabilitation.
Steel
Material for screeds and machine components, among other things in screed reconditioning.
Locations
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DEHeadquarters and plant (relocated in 2010 from Mannheim-Neckarau)
- Part weight / size
- Highway Class pavers, paving width up to 18 m
- Lot size
- Series single-item production
- Materials
- Steel, asphalt, concrete
- Road paver SUPER 3000-3 (Highway Class, up to 1.600 t/h)
- Road paver SUPER 1900-3
- Road paver SUPER 1803-5 X (wheel drive)
- SprayJet paver SUPER 1800-5 X
- Road paver SUPER 2100-5 X
- Small paver Mini Class
- Paver Compact/Universal Class (up to 10 m)
- PowerFeeder feeders
- Screeds (16 models, extending and rigid screeds)
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt paving with road pavers (SUPER and VISION series)Assembly | – | Paving width up to 18 m (SUPER 3000-3) × max. paving thickness 50 cm | – | – | Asphalt, Concrete |
| SprayJet technology (spraying of bitumen emulsion during paving)Surface | – | – | – | – | Asphalt, Bitumen emulsion |
| InLine Pave (asphalt paving in a single pass without a cold joint)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Asphalt |
| Material preparation/conveying with PowerFeeders (feeders)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Asphalt |
| Reconditioning/repair of used screeds (retrofit)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Steel |
9 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road paver (crawler drive, Highway Class) | VÖGELE SUPER 3000-3 | – | Paving width up to 18 m, output up to 1.600 t/h, paving thickness up to 50 cm | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Road paver | VÖGELE SUPER 1900-3 | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Road paver (wheel drive, Dash 5) | VÖGELE SUPER 1803-5 X | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| SprayJet road paver (Dash 5 X) | VÖGELE SUPER 1800-5 X SprayJet | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Road paver (Dash 5) | VÖGELE SUPER 2100-5 X | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Road paver (small paver, Mini Class) | VÖGELE Mini Class | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Road paver (Compact/Universal Class) | VÖGELE Compact Class / Universal Class | – | Paving width up to 10 m | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Feeder (PowerFeeder) | VÖGELE PowerFeeder | – | – | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
| Screeds (extending and rigid screeds) | VÖGELE | – | 16 screed models | – | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
Additional services
History
- 1836
Founded by the blacksmith Joseph Vögele in Mannheim; initially a supplier to the railway (switches, traversers, turntables, shunting systems).
- 1925
Shift of focus to road construction; first concrete paving trains, soil stabilizers and asphalt surface pavers.
- 1960
Construction of a plant in Hockenheim for the lubrication pump division taken over from Bosch (sold to Willy Vogel AG in 1999).
- 1996
Acquisition of the majority stake in the Joseph Vögele AG by the Wirtgen Group.
- 2002
Squeeze-out of the last shareholders; delisting from the stock exchange.
- 2004
Repatriation of production of the smallest road paver from Slovenia to Mannheim.
- 2006
About 800 employees generated revenue of 320 million euros.
- 2009
iF Design Award for products of the VISION series.
- 2010
Relocation of the company from Mannheim-Neckarau to Ludwigshafen-Rheingönheim.
- 2013
iF Design Award for the SUPER 1900-3 road paver (Dash 3 generation).