SBM: Highly innovative mix of world premieres, new developments and proven technologies
04.04.2025
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The Austrian company SBM Mineral Processing will be presenting itself at the upcoming bauma with a highly innovative mix of world premieres, new developments and proven technologies. The full-package supplier in the fields of mineral processing and concrete mixing technology is also recalling its beginnings 75 years ago. Like numerous subsequent milestones, these were also associated with a ground-breaking innovation.
Company history
In 1950, Franz Wageneder, the owner of a gravel pit in Upper Austria, laid the foundation stone for the contemporary company SBM Mineral Processing GmbH with his revolutionary swivel-beam-mill. “We proudly bear the initials of the revolutionary impact mill technology in our name, and of course we will be celebrating '75 years SBM' in style at bauma,” explains Erwin Schneller, Managing Director of the company, which currently has some 180 employees at its headquarters in Oberweis near Gmunden, Upper Austria. “In fact, we have paved the way for many new technologies, which in turn have had a significant influence on the developments in both the aggregates sector and the building materials industry. Already at an early stage we had developed mobile crushers and were also among the pioneers of track-mounted crushing plants as the basis for the modern recycling of building materials. The same applies to concrete mixing technology, where we continue to set standards in on-site production of high-quality concretes for construction projects with challenging requirements for various output capacities and the most demanding environmental conditions.”
The trade fair presence at bauma
Numerous exhibits on a total of around 650 m² of hall and outdoor space will build the bridges to the present and the future in Munich: “The pioneering nature of our developments becomes particularly evident in mobile processing, where more diesel-electric crushing plants will celebrate their BAUMA premieres this year than ever before. SBM has been systematically focussing on efficient and environmentally friendly electric hybrid drives for over 40 years and now offers perfectly sophisticated systems in all power classes with its REMAX impact crushers and JAWMAX® jaw crushers. In turn, we utilise the control technology advantages for the intelligent automation of the production process - in around two years' time, we will further extend our lead in this area with the first 'autonomous crusher'.”
The SBM portfolio continues to include the construction and modernisation of stationary gravel and ballast plants, concrete mixing plants and construction material recycling centres. “In this difficult market, which is currently characterised by a small number of major projects, we are relying above all on our lean and highly flexible structures as a medium-sized plant manufacturer.” These include the ‘SBM Technical Centre’, an in-house rock laboratory for the precise design and reliable validation of the required equipment, short communication channels between development and construction, as well as a wide range of high-performance individual machines for mineral processing, and modular stationary solutions for concrete technology.” Particularly for modernisations, but also for small to medium-sized new plants we score points with innovative and customised concepts that offer operators maximum cost efficiency and predictable security of the business location,” says Erwin Schneller, outlining the ambitious objectives of SBM plant engineering, whose activities in the major Central European markets are managed centrally from the headquarters in Oberweis.
CONTACT
SBM Mineral Processing GmbH
Oberweis 401
4664 Oberweis/Austria
+43 3612 270-3240
