Mageba (stylised as mageba) is a civil engineering service provider and manufacturer of bridge bearings, expansion joints, seismic protection and structural monitoring devices for the construction industry."Sensors to monitor the health of cable stay bridge at WEH". Free Press Journal, Jul 19, 2016 The company is headquartered in Bulach, Switzerland, and operates through offices in Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific. In all, mageba has official representations in over 40 countries.
History
mageba was founded in 1963 in Bulach, Switzerland. By 1969 the company was designing and manufacturing a variety of bridge bearings and expansion joints, and had heavy duty testing facilities in operation. In 2004 the company merged with Proceq."Mageba and Proceq join forces". Bridge Design and Engineering. 16 Sep 04 The resulting company continued to design and manufacture bridge bearings and expansion joints."Mageba and Proceq Merge ". The eBearing News, November 1, 2004
In April 2011, mageba USA LLC was founded with offices in New York and San Jose. By then mageba had production facilities in Fussach (Austria), Shanghai (China), and offices in Uslar and Stuttgart (Germany) and Cugy (Switzerland). By 2012, the company had four facilities in India,"Swiss co Mageba opens fourth unit in WB". Hindu Business Line, March 23, 2012 and was also operating in Russia, South Korea, and Turkey.
mageba has supplied bearings and expansion joints to more than 10,000 bridges around the world, including the Audubon Bridge in Louisiana USA, Incheon Bridge in South Korea the Golden Ears Bridge in British Columbia, Canada(2009), the Bandra Worli Sea link in India,"Bandra Cable-Stay Bridge, India". Road Traffic Technology. the Øresund Bridge which has linked Denmark and Sweden since 2000, and the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong.
mageba also installs and services bridge components."Setu set for repair debut". The Telegraph, Calcutta, June 8, 2015. by Subhajoy Roy
A recent focus of activities of the firm has been the provision of structure surveillance services, including installation and remote monitoring of sensors, inspections and testing."Mumbai: Metro gets real-time sensors to keep an eye on its cable-stayed bridge". DNA India, Ateeq Shaikh | 14 Jul 2016-06
References & Publications
External links https://www.mageba-group.com/global/ Mageba International Website https://www.mageba-group.com/us/ Mageba USA Website https://www.youtube.com/magebagroup Mageba's YouTube channel http://en.structurae.de/products/data/index.cfm?id=21 Structurae page