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{{Infobox_Company |
  company_name   = Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH|
  company_logo   = [[File:Putzmeister Logo.jpg]]|
  company_type   = |
  company_slogan = |
  foundation     = 1958|
  location       = [[Aichtal|Aichtal, Germany]]|
  key_people     = Norbert Scheuch (CEO)<br /> Dr. Gerald Karch <br />|  
  industry       = Design, manufacture and sales concrete pumps.|
  num_employees  = |
  market cap     = |
  products       = Concrete Pumps|
  revenue        = |
  homepage       = [http://www.putzmeister.de/ www.putzmeister.de], [http://www.putzmeisteramerica.com/ www.putzmeisteramerica.com]
}}'''Putzmeister''' is a [[Germany|German]] manufacturer of [[concrete pump]]s, headquartered at [[Aichtal]] and the largest in its field.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.putzmeister.de | title = Putzmeister official home page}}</ref> It also provides pumps for pumping a wide range of different materials, for example [[slurries]], [[fly ash]], [[sewage]], and [[compost]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/pumps/putzmeister/ | title = Putzmeister - Pumps For Conveying Concrete, Mortar And High-Density Solids | accessdate=2008-09-15 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080424015942/http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/pumps/putzmeister/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-24}}</ref>
Putzmeister is German for "Plaster Master" ([[:de:Putz (Baustoff)|Putz]] [[:de:wikt:Meister|Meister]]). 

==History==
Putzmeister was founded by Karl Schlecht in 1958.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/Fakultaeten/WWF/Lehrstuehle/IM/events/Special_lectures/putzmeister.de | title = Putzmeister AG (May 24th, 2006) | accessdate=2008-09-15}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Schlecht designed a mortar machine based on his diploma thesis at the [[University of Stuttgart]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.karl-schlecht.de/companies/putzmeister.html?L=1 | title = Information about Putzmeister | accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> In 2008, Putzmeister broke its own record by pumping concrete to a height of more than 700 m at [[Burj Khalifa]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1595&Itemid=2 | title = Putzmeister to invest Rs 125 crore in its India operations | accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>

In 1986, Putzmeister 52Z's were used in the [[Chernobyl nuclear accident]], pumping over 400,000 cubic yards of concrete to entomb reactor number 4, setting a world record at the time for volume pumping. <ref>[http://www.putzmeistermedia.com/Other/Chernobyl_Site%20Report1.pdf Chernobyl Site Report1] & [http://www.putzmeistermedia.com/Other/Chernobyl_Site%20Report2.pdf Chernobyl Site Report1] - Putzmeister website.</ref>

During the [[2011 Japanese nuclear accidents]] at the [[Fukushima]] plant, multiple Putzmeister concrete boom pumps were flown to Japan from locations around the world. After the initial success of a [http://www.concretepump.co.nz/m58-5.html M58-5] unit,<ref>[http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/pm_online/hs.xsl/Concrete%20pump%20is%20used%20to%20cool%20in%20Fukushima_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister - Concrete pump helps in Fukushima] Press information no: 1627, date: 22 March 2011; [http://www.komei.or.jp/en/news/detail/20110320_4766  "New Komeito post-quake initiatives being adopted,"] New Komeito Party. March 20, 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14.</ref> additional [http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-CACA2C77-EFBA589C/pm_online/hs.xsl/32_548_ENU_HTML.htm M62-6s] and [http://www.putzmeisteramerica.com/products/boompumps/70z/index.cfm 70Z's] were transported to Japan on-board chartered [[Antonov An-124]]'s, the world's second largest cargo plane.<ref>[http://www.pmw.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-725FDD7D-8BA6FB8C/pm_online/hs.xsl/9419_ENU_HTML.htm Putzmeister - Four concrete pumps for Fukushima] Pressinformation no: 1628, date: 28 March 2011</ref> The 70Z is the world's largest boom pump,<ref>[http://www.thestreet.com/story/11077371/1/worlds-largest-concrete-boom-pumps-en-route-to-japan-to-help-cool-nuclear-reactors.html "World's Largest Concrete Boom Pumps En Route To Japan To Help Cool Nuclear Reactors"], PR NewsWire, 04/09/11</ref> able to reach over 220 feet, and able to be controlled remotely from {{convert|2|mi}} away. The pumps will be deployed to try to stabilise the four reactors with additional water pumping capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375120/Massive-cargo-plane-transports-2m-remote-controlled-concrete-pump-stricken-Japanese-nuclear-plant.html|title=Massive cargo plane transports £2m remote-controlled concrete pump to stricken Japanese nuclear plant|author=Wil Longbottom|publisher=Daily Mail|date=9 April 2011|accessdate=9 April 2011}}</ref>

== Products ==
* [[Concrete pump]]
** Concrete boom pumps
** Concrete placing systems
** BSA trailer pumps
** Truck mounted line pumps
** Mortar machines
* Industrial pumps

== Gallery ==
{{Commons|Category:Putzmeister}}
<gallery>
File:Putzmeister Aichtal.jpg|Putzmeister Headquarters in Aichtal, Germany.
File:Putzmeister concrete pump.JPEG|A Putzmeister concrete pump in Germany in 1985. 
File:Putzmeister moertelpumpe.jpg|Putzmeister brand positive displacement mortar and plaster pump.
</gallery>

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[[Category:Manufacturing companies of Germany]]
[[Category:Companies based in Baden-Württemberg]]

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