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IndyCar Set for Six-Car Side-By-Side Battle at Music City Grand Prix

New Nashville city circuit designed with excitement and safety at the forefront.

4 February 2021
Monitoring solution Geobrugg GUARD

Nine GUARDS for Luxembourg

To guarantee constant monitoring, nine Geobrugg GUARD devices were installed on these two rockfallbarriers in Luxembourg.

28 January 2021

New Circuit Lighting System Leads Way for Increased Night Racing Worldwide

F1 safety equipment manufacturers join forces for a groundbreaking lighting project. A new lighting system developed by two leading F1 circuit suppliers is set to lead to more night races for championships worldwide by reducing costs and simplifying the logistics involved.

15 December 2020

We reduce our CO2 footprint permanently

The new photovoltaic system helps Geobrugg reduce its CO2 footprint: It saves up to 253 tons of CO2 emissions annually. A positive side-effect for the employees: in summer, production halls heat up less due to shading.

4 December 2020
écrans à anneaux - protection contre les chutes de pierres

GEOP becomes Geobrugg

As of December 1, 2020, Geobrugg AG, headquartered in Romanshorn, Switzerland, will take over the long-standing business partner GEOP, based in Portes-lès-Valence, France. Until now GEOP was part of CAN Croissance from Mirmande, France.

2 December 2020
New Indonesian circuit aiming to host 150,000 fans on race day - under construction in autumn 2020

Work Ramps up at Mandalika - MotoGP’s Biggest Ever Circuit Project

Major construction work is accelerating at Indonesia’s Mandalika International Street Circuit in preparation to host MotoGP’s first-ever street circuit race and potentially its biggest ever crowd. Swiss company Geobrugg has now shipped 1,550 mobile debris fence panels for placement around the circuit and 31 moulds to create the concrete blocks that are essential for each turn. These will arrive at the track, on the island of Lombok, in January with an aim to complete circuit construction by mid-2021.

20 November 2020

virtual GEO-Summit 2020

We proudly invite you to our first virtual GEO-Summit. The Summit includes several high profile speakers who will present the latest research in the world of Geohazards.

30 September 2020

Cyberattack

The BRUGG Group was the victim of a cyberattack on Thursday morning, September 10, 2020.

14 September 2020

Geobrugg launches remote monitoring service

In September 2020, the Geobrugg GUARD, a device for remote monitoring of barriers, enters the European market. Developed for the most adverse environmental conditions, GUARD monitors rockfall and debris flow barriers, avalanche barriers, or similar systems.

1 September 2020

From race to road

From race to road - FIA Mobile Debris Fence

5 August 2020
new edition  TECCO® book
Steel wire net barrier protecting the Hoover Dam, Picture Geovert

Hoover Dam protected from Rockfall

GBE-barrier - protection at the Hoover Dam

9 July 2020
Ring net holding back 9 tons tree

Stubach, Austria: 9 tons of tree impact

This RXE-2000 barrier is over 5 meters high. The tree was about 22 meters high and weighs nearly 9 tons. The replacement of the affected rings and the post is planned. The suspension rope will not be damaged.

8 June 2020

Geobrugg Webinars

We are offering webinars: Geobrugg experts from all over the world present basic and advanced topics on geohazard, mining and motorsport protection.

4 May 2020

Geobrugg Update Regarding Coronavirus

At Geobrugg, we take the outbreak and worldwide spread of the coronavirus seriously. The protection and health of our employees, customers, suppliers, and other partners is our highest priority. At the same time, we aim to make our solutions available in the best possible way and to be there for you as the reliable partner that you are used to.

23 March 2020
Zandvoort - debris fences at the banked sections

Zandvoort's Banked Turns Completed Ahead of F1 Return

The creation of Zandvoort's unique banking has been a joint effort between circuit design and safety companies across the world.

27 February 2020
Train and rockface stabilized with TECCO® mesh
F1 Zandvoort: Geobrugg will install around 3,400m of permanent debris fences (Credit: Dromo).

F1 Fence Posts Break Ground at Zandvoort

The installation of FIA homologated debris fences has begun at the Zandvoort circuit, Netherlands, a key milestone for upgrading the track to host Formula 1 in 2020. 

9 December 2019
Successful rockfall protection
Catching fence with impact, Valwig, Germany
Catch fence with block

Rockfall stopped in Italy

At the State Road 99, near Campogrosso (Veneto, Northern Italy): Blocks detached from the rock face were caught by a GBE-1000A rockfall barrier. The barrier had been installed after numerous rockfall impacts in spring 2019.

21 October 2019
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