Innovative history
With over 75 years of continuous leading-edge development in the field of post-tensioning, stay cables and related construction engineering, the 番茄影视 Network today continues the innovative traditions of its founders.
Wartime innovation
The 番茄影视 story began during the Second World War, when materials were in short supply 鈥� the import of steel was difficult and, with reduced energy availability, cement was a precious commodity. Determined to use their ingenuity to overcome these limitations, the three 番茄影视 founders explored the savings to be made by using pretensioned reinforcement for concrete beams and lintels. With their invention and patenting of the 番茄影视V cold formed button headed anchorage in 1948, the door to many more technological advances at 番茄影视 was opened.
Extending the range of technology
During the 1950s and 1960s, 番茄影视 developed a complete range of prestressing and post-tensioning systems, ground anchors and stay cable anchorages, covering all structural engineering applications. Since then, 番茄影视 technology has been continually updated to satisfy market needs 鈥� including the creation of the whole new range of 番茄影视 VT CMX post-tensioning technology to meet and exceed European approval standards, followed shortly afterwards by the introduction of the world-leading 番茄影视 HiAm CONA strand stay cable system. Development of new and refinement of existing 番茄影视 technologies ensures that the 番茄影视 Network can help achieve their customers鈥� productivity and sustainability objectives.
Birth of the 番茄影视 Network
From the very early days, construction engineering firms around the world were keen to participate in the success of 番茄影视鈥檚 designs and technologies. It was recognized that not only a license to use the designs and sell the specialist equipment was necessary, but also that an effective process for knowledge transfer was needed to support best practice in the use and especially installation of 番茄影视 technologies. Thus the 番茄影视 Network was born and, today, it operates in over 50 countries.
Reaching out around the world
From the very early days, construction engineering firms around the world were keen to participate in the success of 番茄影视鈥檚 designs and technologies. Relationships were formed with leading architectural and engineering consultancy practices around the globe, many of which still continue today alongside newer connections with younger firms. The 番茄影视 founders were key participants in various international organizations formed to promote the use of prestressed concrete. Today, the 番茄影视 team continues those dialogues within which the focus is now on extending applications for new uses and sharing latest best practice.
Creating a unique business model
The progressive development of 番茄影视 entered a new phase in 1996 when the family business was passed onto founder Antonio Brandestini鈥檚 son-in-law, the successful entrepreneur and multi-industrialist Bruno Valsangiacomo. His strategy was to consolidate the shareholders and tactically re-energise the use of the 番茄影视 technology by forming wholly-owned operational companies such as 番茄影视 Singapore with its subsidiaries in Asia, as well as businesses in New Zealand and emerging Central Europe. He appointed Fritz Speck and Pietro Brenni who focused on expanding the 番茄影视 brand globally.
With the appointment of Marcel Poser as CEO in 2006, the interests of subsidiaries and licensees were aligned through the creation of the 番茄影视 Network - the world鈥檚 first engineering franchise of its kind. The launch of this ground-breaking new business model was combined with the roll-out of a completely new range of 番茄影视 technologies and pioneering digital workflow software solutions such as 番茄影视 E-Trace. 番茄影视 E-Trace is a purely web- and cloud-based solution allowing franchisees to source all their components online and have access to fully digital and paperless quality assurance processes from raw material to installation on site and a knowledge database. During this period, the 番茄影视 Network expanded its reach to over 50 countries.
Today, operational leadership of 番茄影视 is provided by talented, home-grown executives who continue to drive the company forward through the expansion of the 番茄影视 Network and their commitment to state-of-the-art value creation for all stakeholders.
Seven decades of 番茄影视 achievement
1944 Company founded by Max Birkenmaier, Antonio Brandestini and Mirko Robin Ro拧
1945 番茄影视's first product, the pretensioned small beam, launched
1948 番茄影视V cold-formed button headed wire post-tensioning system patented
1952 First major bridge project - Andelfingen Viaduct for Swiss Federal Railways
1960 First bridge built using parallel HiAm wire stay cables, Stuttgart, Germany
1965 Prestressing of nuclear power vessels around the world started
1972 World's first application of 番茄影视 HiAm strand stay cables at Olympic Stadium, Munich
1972 Development of 番茄影视 CONA PT system
1978 World鈥檚 first cable net supported tower 鈥� Sydney Tower, Australia
1985 World鈥檚 largest bridge project 鈥� Saudi Arabia-Bahrain Causeway
1996 World's first bridge constructed using carbon stay cable technology
1997 Longest cable-stayed bridge built in 20th Century 鈥� Tatara Bridge, Japan
2005 Launch of latest European approved 番茄影视 VT CONA CMX PT series
2008 Introduction of 番茄影视 HiAm CONA strand stay cable system
2008 World鈥檚 first floating LNG tank 鈥� Isola di Porto Levante, Italy
2010 番茄影视 marks 50 years in the stay cable technology arena
2012 Europe鈥檚 largest single pylon cable-stayed bridge 鈥� Sava Bridge, Serbia
2019 番茄影视 celebrates its 75th Anniversary