Faymonville Group

Faymonville Group
IndustryLogistics
Founded1960 Rocherath, Belgium.
Headquarters
Luxembourg
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Alexander Fickers (CEO)
ProductsTrailer
Hydraulic modular trailer
SPMT
BrandsMAX Trailer
Faymonville
Cometto
Number of employees
1000+
Websitehttps://www.faymonville.com/company/
Faymonville manufacturing unit in Rocherath, Belgium. In the 1960s

Faymonville Group is a trailer and heavy transport equipment manufacturer operating worldwide. Started back in the 1960s in Rocherath, Belgium as a blacksmith shop later started to manufacture and sell agriculture machines and tractor cabins in 1962 opened a new production unit to fulfill the demand of forestry vehicles. In the late 1960s, the company manufactured its first semi-trailer. Today it manufactures every type of trailer for different transportation needs, ranging from flatbeds to SPMTs. With 4 production facilities spread around Europe in Luxembourg, Belgium, Poland and Italy while having its headquarters in Luxembourg.[1]

With time, the group has acquired and created brands to cater different transport requirements. Faymonville group developed Max trailer brand in 2012 to cater basic transportation needs.[2] In 2017 Faymonville group acquired Cometto which is a leading player in SPMT and industry transporter manufacturing.[3] With Faymonville as primary brand.

History

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The brand started as a blacksmith shop in a village, Rocherath, Belgium. Later developed a manufacturing unit for sale and production of agriculture equipments and tractor cabins. In late 1960 the company manufactured its first semi-trailer, having the large number of glass manufacturers motivated the growth of the brand and their first low bed trailer in 1973 for transporting glass. Looking for a solution to transport glass panes vertically, they developed a special inloader trailer in 1977. In 1980 the first extendable trailer with hydraulic steering was manufactured by the company.

With ever so growing demand, the old manufacturing unit could not compensate. For the same reason, in 1988 a new unit was built in Büllingen, Belgium. Which could handle higher demand and production. Since then, the product line was expanding to meet new needs of customers. New production units were added in 2003 in Luxembourg, 2006 in Poland and a CKD assembly unit in Moscow.[4]

In 2013 Faymonville developed a facility in Noginsk, Russia to cater the needs of the Russian customers mainly due to harsh weather conditions trailers needed regular repairs and maintenance. At the facility, the company offers assembly of the trailers and also training for the drivers to operate the trailers properly.[5]

In 2015 Faymonville got patent rights for dual lane multi-axle transport vehicles, called the "897 patent." trailers to develop a HMT for American market which fit under the regulations of the local authorities.[6] In the result of obtaining the patent, Faymonville launched its DualMAX dual lane HMT modules in American and Canadian markets which had special widening characteristic to change the width of the trailer from 14 ft to 21 ft this feature makes the transportation of the empty module easy and also complies with the regulations. The company claimed that single axle line has a payload capacity of close to 24 tons.[7]

In 2019 Faymonville acquired Stürzer Heavy Trucks, a sale and service dealer based in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. As a result of the new acquisition a new company was formed Faymonville Trade & Services to provide sale and service of special equipment from their Faymonville, Max Trailer, and Cometto brand but also sales and service for heavy-duty tractors from other manufacturers will be made available at the same facility.[8]

Location Use Area Brand
Poland Trailer production 50,000 m2 MAX Trailer
Luxembourg Research &

Development

36,250 m2 Multiple
Belgium automation, robotics and

mechanical processing

30,000 m2 Multiple
Italy SPMT production N/A Cometto
Russia Knock-down kit N/A Multiple

Brands

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Faymonville trailers at IAA Commercial Vehicles show 2014 in Hannover, Germany.
  • MAX trailer
  • Faymonville
  • Cometto

MAX trailers

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MAX Trailer brand is developed by the Faymonville Group in 2012 for basic transport need and transporting payload of 15 to 60 tons, having 2 to 6 axles. The range includes normal trailers, semi-trailer, lowbed trailers and flatbed trailers. Faymonville open their first facility in Goleniow solely for assembly of their MAX trailer lineup in 2013.[9]

In 2024, Faymonville announced the launch of their wind tower adapter, with free rotation device, to fill the last gap in their range.[10]

Products

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  • MAX100
  • MAX200
  • MAX300
  • MAX410
  • MAX510
  • MAX600[11]

Faymonville

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Scania tractor with Faymonville FlexMAX trailer hauling wooden logs.

Faymonville brand is specialized in manufacturing and selling specialized and unconventional trailers for oversize load transportation, which can handle 60 to 500 ton of payload. The brand is well around the world for its extendable trailers and hydraulic modular trailers Products.

Global

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  • MegaMAX
  • GigaMAX
  • VarioMAX
  • VarioMAX Plus
  • MultiMAX
  • MultiMAX Plus
  • ModulMAX
  • CombiMAX
  • TeleMAX
  • FlexMAX
  • CargoMAX
  • TimberMAX
  • FlexMAX
  • FloatMAX
  • PrefabMAX[12]

North America

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  • MegaMAX-US
  • TeleMAX-US
  • MultiMAX-US
  • HighwayMAX
  • DualMAX[13]

Cometto

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A Space shuttle being hauled on a special designed transporter by cometto at Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6.

Started in 1954 as workshop for vehicles, bridge cranes and systems in the name of Officine Cometto at Cuneo, Italy. Cometto was one of the first hydraulic trailer manufacturers in the world. The company showcased their first hydraulic modular trailer in 1963 Italian Motor Show, two modules consisting of 7 axle rows each having a combined payload capacity of 300 tons.[14] In the early 1970s, Cometto and Crane Fruehauf started to sell and manufacture HMTs in England.[15]

With constant growth, the company became a major manufacturer of industry transporter. Some remarkable transporters build by Cometto include 1100 ton capacity SPMT for Hyundai Heavy Industries and 3000 ton capacity SPMT for Nippon Express, which is till date its largest transporter ever built.[16]

In 2017 Cometto partnered with Scania a Sweden-based truck manufacturer for the supply of engines to run their SPMT module power packs DC09 and DC13 family of engines will be used in regular modules and special modules will be supported by the heavy-duty V8 family engine.[17]

In 2021 The Swiss Federal Roads Office developed a mobile bridge project to reduce conjunctions and keep the roads operating while they are being repaired. This project was named ASTRA, a gantry bridge consisting of 72 MSPE modules, eight SPMT modules and 16 ModulMAX SP-E modules powered by 22 power packs and 22 valve packs and controlled by two control cabins with the help of a satellite navigation system. The complete bridge measured 240 meters long when first operated at the road section between Recherswil and Luterbach in Switzerland.[18]

Products

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  • MSPE
  • ECO1000/1500
  • ModulMAX SP-E
  • BladeMAX
  • SYT
  • ETH/ETL
  • MTH[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Faymonville. "A look back at the past - Faymonville - Leading manufacturer of semi-trailers". Faymonville. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Get the perfect price-performance ratio with MAX Trailer". www.maxtrailer.eu. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ HeavyLiftPFI2017-03-08T00:00:00+00:00. "Faymonville acquires Cometto". Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International. Retrieved 16 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Faymonville. "A look back at the past - Faymonville - Leading manufacturer of semi-trailers". Faymonville. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ Staff Writer (24 October 2013). "Faymonville to open new branch in Russia". Global Trailer. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Faymonville gets US patent rights for dual lane trailers". American Cranes & Transport. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. ^ HeavyLiftPFI2016-05-30T00:00:00+01:00. "Another American sale for Faymonville". Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International. Retrieved 6 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Faymonville acquires Stürzer". International Cranes and Specialized Transport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  9. ^ HeavyLiftPFI2013-07-10T00:00:00+01:00. "Faymonville opens Polish MAX facility". Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International. Retrieved 6 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "New Wind Tower Adapter for Faymonville". HeavyTorque. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Our products | Faymonville". www.maxtrailer.eu. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  12. ^ Faymonville. "Products - Semi-Trailers for heavy haulage & special transport". Faymonville. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ^ Faymonville. "Discover our product range for North America - Faymonville Trailers". Faymonville. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  14. ^ "EIGHT-WHEELER FEVEA | 8th November 1963 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Crane answers 64-wheel poser | 14th October 1977 | The Commercial Motor Archive". archive.commercialmotor.com. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  16. ^ Cometto. "A look back at the past - Cometto S.p.a." Cometto. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Cometto partners with Scania for engines". equipmentindia.com. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Cometto supplies parts for Swiss ASTRA project - Cranes Today". www.cranestodaymagazine.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  19. ^ Cometto. "Discover the leading technology for self-propelled trailers". Cometto. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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