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27-599: Mammoet was founded on the 13th of May, 1807 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, when Dutch entrepreneur Jan Goedkoop founded a maritime company with the purchase of a 140-tonne cargo vessel. The company, called 'Gebroeders Goedkoop' (‘Goedkoop Brothers’), offered both maritime cargo and passenger transport. In 1862, the company acquired its first tugboat, and from 1920 onwards, the company focused on tug and salvage services. In 1971, Goedkoop merged with Van Wezel from Hengelo (Netherlands):

54-749: A 600-tonne tunnel boring machine in London. The company also played a key role in the construction of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array . Also, in 2024, Mammoet transported, lifted and positioned the Oder railway bridge on the German-Polish border. The company is active in the petrochemical industry , the mining and metals industry , civil construction and the energy sector - such as nuclear power , conventional power, offshore and onshore wind power . Globally, approximately 7,000 people work for

81-452: A company that specialized in heavy transport and cranes . The new company was called Mammoet Transport. In 1972, another company was acquired, Stoof Breda, which at that time was one of the market leaders in engineered heavy lifting and transport in the Netherlands. In 1973 Mammoet Transport became a subsidiary of Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) located in Amsterdam. At

108-528: A few hundred farms and agricultural workers' houses. Hengelo was never granted city rights , as it was a village until its expansion in the 19th century during the industrial revolution. In that period, however, various landmark buildings were erected, especially the Waterstaatskerk (1839), and the Lambertusbasiliek (1890), a Roman Catholic basilica built in 1890 devoted to Saint Lambert . After

135-507: A similar logo: Hengelo Hengelo ( Dutch: [ˈɦɛŋəloː] ; Tweants : Hengel ) is a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands , in the Twente region, in the province of Overijssel . It is part of a larger urban area that also includes Enschede , Borne , Almelo and Oldenzaal . Due to its geomorphology, being situated relatively low in the landscape, Hengelo

162-529: Is a place where streams converge. By consequence, it became a crossroad, inhabited early on in history, which has made it into an infrastructural hub and an industrial centre today. For the 19th century industry, water was needed for bleaching textile, while factories also needed water for their steam engines, and for cooling. Over time, Hengelo became known as metaalstad , for its machine factories and electrical engineering companies. In addition, salt mining developed into an important industry too, which also led to

189-473: Is a worker-oriented school located. Salt mining Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations . Before the advent of the modern internal combustion engine and earth-moving equipment, mining salt was one of the most expensive and dangerous of operations because of rapid dehydration caused by constant contact with

216-554: Is still located there. Hengelo is twinned with: Hengelo has seven high schools. These high schools are the Montessori College Twente , Bataafs Lyceum , Twickel College, Avila College, C.T. Stork College, Grundel Lyceum and 't Genseler. There is also an MBO school, ROC of Twente . The Tio Business School (HBO, University of Applied Sciences) is also located in Hengelo. There is also Twents Vakcollege 't Woolde which

243-468: The Song dynasty , a well with a diameter about the size of a bowl and several dozen feet deep was drilled for salt production . In Southwestern China, natural salt deposits were mined with bores that could reach to a depth of more than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), but the yields of salt were relatively low. As salt is a necessity of life, salt mining played a pivotal role as one of the most important sources of

270-529: The Weser–Rhine Germanic tradition. In the mid 13th century, an estate was built, called Huys Hengelo, which existed till 1826, when it was demolished. A village grew around the estate, including a church and a cemetery. During the Spanish occupation of the Netherlands , Huys Hengelo was the centre of several fights and revolts. The municipality of Hengelo was founded in 1802, which by then consisted of

297-536: The Imperial Chinese government's revenue and state development. Most modern salt mines are privately operated or operated by large multinational companies such as K+S , AkzoNobel , Cargill , and Compass Minerals . Some notable salt mines include: In slang, the term salt mines , and especially the phrase back to the salt mines , refers ironically to one's workplace, or a dull or tedious task. This phrase originates from c.  1800 in reference to

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324-545: The Netherlands, Hengelo features an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen classification); however, winters tend to be less mild than the rest of the Netherlands due to its inland location. Summer is also warmer than places near the coast. Although the former military airport is derelict and plans to revive the place were canceled in 2012, the weather station of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

351-473: The Netherlands. By extension, Hengelo also became a reference for modern architecture, with innovative housing designs, such as Klein Driene I & II (1945-1965, C. Pouderoyen & W.R. van Couwelaar ), Housing Hengelose Es (1962-1968, Van den Broek & Bakema ), and De Kasbah (1969-1973, Piet Blom ). Hengelo is a major transportation hub in the region, which encompasses various modalities. Like most of

378-510: The best interest of SHV. On 22 March, 2023, Mammoet received permission from the Russian government to sell its Russian subsidiary to Chinese Conglomerate Tianjin co Ltd . Following the start of the latest phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022, SHV stopped all its new operations and investments. Mammoet has been involved in several high-profile projects, including the transportation of

405-567: The company, in about 90 offices and branches. The head office of the holding company is located in Utrecht (Netherlands). The European headquarters is located in Schiedam (Netherlands). Mammoet has offices in North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. The following persons have been active on Mammoet's Executive Board of Management: Two (former) units of Mammoet use

432-474: The construction of its railway station, in 1866, industrial development accelerated, with a focus on technology: Stork B.V. , Hazemeyer, N.V. Heemaf (now part of France's Alstom , Brush HMA , Brush-Barclay, Eaton Corporation , Essent , Heemaf BV, Vattenfall , and Wabtec ), KHZ (now AkzoNobel ), and Hollandse Signaal Apparaten (now part of the Thales Group ). Especially Stork played an important role in

459-439: The development of Hengelo, building garden village Tuindorp 't Lansink (1910s), with housing for its personnel, while also contributing to building public facilities in the city centre, such as a library. Hengelo was also the home town of Hengelo Bier , a local brewery. Nowadays, the beer brand Twents is produced in Hengelo, brewed by De Twentse Bierbrouwerij . This brewery was founded in 2007 and was, until 2019, located in

486-627: The location was inhabited during the Mesolithic , between 12,000 and 5,000 years BP . The area has most likely been continuously inhabited ever since. On the same site, finds from the Iron Age and Roman times have been excavated too. Different settements, moreover, existed within the current municipality. Recent archaeological research in the north of Hengelo has led to the discovery of a prehistoric grave field , as well as another settlement from Roman times, with pottery and other artefacts corresponding to

513-475: The monumental factory complex Hazemeijer. During World War II , the city was bombed by the Allies because of the presence of the railways and the war industry activities of local factories that served the occupier. The heart of the town was accidentally destroyed during the bombing of Hengelo on 6 and 7 October 1944, killing several hundreds of people. In addition, after World War II, the synagogue that had survived

540-497: The principles of the garden city movement. Due to the vicinity of University of Twente and ArtEZ University of Arts , in Enschede, many students and graduates have come to live and work in Hengelo. Besides economic growth, this has also contributed to the city's development in regard to arts and culture. In what is known as the historical centre of Hengelo, archaeologists have found a camp site for hunters and gatherers, indicating that

567-434: The production of chemical derivatives. Due to its strategical importance, Hengelo was bombed during World War II. Afterwards, a reconstruction plan was developed that made it into a modern city, partly at the cost of still remaining historical structures. Well-known Dutch planners and architects have left their traces inside and outside the city. Among their most notable efforts are several residential areas, being inspired by

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594-553: The salt (both in the mine passages and scattered in the air as salt dust) and of other problems caused by accidental excessive sodium intake. Salt is now plentiful, but until the Industrial Revolution , it was difficult to come by, and salt was often mined by slaves or prisoners. Life expectancy for the miners was low. The earliest found salt mine was in Hallstatt, Austria where salt was mined, starting in 5000BC. Ancient China

621-399: The same time, the company name was changed to Mammoet. In 1973, Mammoet Shipping was founded. In 1981, KNSM and Mammoet became part of Nedlloyd Group. In 2000, Mammoet was acquired by, and merged with, Van Seumeren Kraanbedrijf, a company that had been founded in 1966. In 2001, Mammoet sold its maritime branch Mammoet Shipping to shipping company Spliethoff Group  [ nl ] , and

648-439: The techniques of producing salt. Salt mining was an arduous task for them, as they faced geographical and technological constraints. Salt was extracted mainly from the sea, and salt works in the coastal areas in late imperial China equated to more than 80 percent of national production. The Chinese made use of natural crystallization of salt lakes and constructed some artificial evaporation basins close to shore. In 1041, during

675-523: The war, an entire block called De Telgen, a monastery at the Thiemsbrug, the farm dating from the 17th century where Wolter ten Cate was born, and the 19th-century town hall, were all demolished. This has also left the city without much of an historical centre. However, the reconstruction plan of Hengelo, including its town hall (1958-1963, J. F. Berghoef), received critical acclaim and is nowadays considered as an important example of post-war city planning in

702-508: Was among the earliest civilizations in the world with cultivation and trade in mined salt. They first discovered natural gas when they excavated rock salt. The Chinese writer, poet, and politician Zhang Hua of the Jin dynasty wrote in his book Bowuzhi how people in Zigong , Sichuan , excavated natural gas and used it to boil a rock salt solution. The ancient Chinese gradually mastered and advanced

729-407: Was rebranded to BigLift Shipping  [ nl ] . In 2020, Mammoet merged with UK-based engineered heavy lifting company ALE , forming the largest engineered heavy lifting and transport company in the world. On 14 March, 2023, parent company SHV holdings decided to put Mammoet up for sale. SHV CEO Jeroen Drost suggested that Mammoet required huge investments in the future, and it was not in

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