PERI GmbH
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| Type of Company | GmbH |
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| Founded | 1969 by Artur Schwörer |
| Headquarters | Weißenhorn, Germany |
| Key people | Artur Schwörer, Alexander Schwörer, Dr. Josef Spieler |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Construction |
| Products | Formwork, Scaffolding, Engineering |
| Revenue |  € 900 million (2006) |
| Employees | 4.000 (2006) |
| Subsidiaries | 45 |
| Website | www.peri.de |
PERI was founded in 1969 and is today one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems. Along with the headquarters in Weißenhorn, Germany, the company has 45 international subsidiaries, Including Belfast in Northern Ireland, and 70 stock yards around the world. The company has over 4,000 employees of which 700 are engineers (as of 2006). 2006 revenues are 900 million Euros.
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[edit] History
PERI was founded in 1969 in Weissenhorn, Germany, by Artur Schwörer. The first product was the T 70 V wooden lattice girder which had a high load capacity and a patented node connection. This was replaced by the GT 24 girder in 1984. The ACS (Automatic Climbing System) was PERI's milestone in self-climbing technology. It is used to form high buildings without a crane. At the beginning of the 80s, PERI was at the forefront of using aluminium in the construction business. This trend soon won over sceptics as people on the job sites quickly realized that a 20% weight reduction is a big advantage, because striking has to be done by hand after concreting.
During the past 10 years, PERI’s revenues grew from 250 to over 900 million Euros and the number of employees from 1,700 to 4,000.
[edit] Product overview
The product range includes formwork girders, panel and wall formwork, column formwork, slab formwork, climbing brackets, platform systems, self-climbing formwork, shoring systems, props, push-pull props, plywood, brace frames for single-sided concreting, tie systems and services, software and training.
[edit] Projects
Some examples of projects realised with PERI system solutions:
- Cuatro Torres Highrise, Madrid, Spain - PERI ACS self-climbing formwork for highest skyscrapers in Spain
- Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago), USA
- Trump World Tower, New York, USA - Only two days for a complete floor
- Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal - Angled wall areas with architectural concrete surfaces
- Oresund Bridge, Denmark – forming machine for monolithic tunnel
- City Tunnel, Malmö, PERI formwork solution allows construction of 10-day cycles.
- Millau Viaduct, France – the highest bridge pier in the world (245 m)
- Tour Granite, Paris, France (183 m)
- 21st Century Tower, Dubai, UAE - Core, Slabs and Facade in a 3-Day Cycle
- Tunnel Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE - Vehicular Tunnel
- Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany - Automobile Museum
- Mega Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand – 4 bridge pylons with heights of 170 m
- Turning Torso, Malmö, Sweden – twisted highrise building designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava
- Torre Agbar, Barcelona, Spain – 142 m highrise building
[edit] External links
- PERI GmbH – International Webpage
- PERI Ltd. UK – PERI United Kingdom
- PERI Formwork Systems, Inc. – PERI USA
- PERI GmbH Worldwide – Websites of PERI Subsidiaries worldwide
[edit] Images
 Hotel Marques de Riscal, Elciego, Spain |
 Herzogberg Tunnel, A2 Motorway, Austria |
