Tous Actualités
Suivre
Abonner Geobrugg AG

Geobrugg AG

Geobrugg AG: Prestigious "Safety Initiative of the Year" award goes to Switzerland

Geobrugg AG: Prestigious "Safety Initiative of the Year" award goes to Switzerland
  • Informations
  • Download

Romanshorn (ots)

- Indication: Picture can be downloaded free of charge under:
     http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100020904/?langid=2 -
The advancement of spectator protection behind the fences of 
motorsport racing circuits was high on the agenda of this year's 
Award judges at the Professional MotorSport World Expo. The new and 
innovative Geobrugg Debris Fence was named "Safety Initiative of the 
Year 2010" during the award ceremony on November 16th in Cologne, 
Germany.
Wolfgang Sievernich, editor of motorsport-guide, was one of many 
Awards judges who praised Geobrugg's innovative debris fence. He 
said, "This Swiss company has enabled the level of passive safety at 
racetracks to be increased, further protecting the spectators behind 
the fence. When one compares the new solutions with those already in 
the market, one ought to make fences that meet the new performance 
standards compulsory around the world."
Jochen Braunwarth, Business Development Manager of Geobrugg 
comments: "As a newcomer in professional motor sport, Geobrugg is 
very proud to receive this award. Coming from the field of natural 
hazard protection, we had the experience and confidence of 
successfully stopping high energy impacts with our barriers, such as 
a 16 ton concrete block in free fall from a height of 32 m impacting 
at 90 km/h (5,000 kJ impact energy). We have worked hard to transfer 
our leading-edge core competences with rockfall barriers in the 
mountains to the world of professional motor sports. A series of 1:1 
live crash tests of the new Geobrugg Debris Fence at the Swiss 
Dynamic Test Centre (DTC) with the FIA test sphere as well a crash 
car have proven the advancement in passive safety in line with the 
FIA Institute's test specifications."
Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) will be the first to implement the 
new performance standard in spectator protection by installing the 
Geobrugg Debris Fence at their new Herman Tilke designed track in 
Dawsonville, Georgia, USA. Racing at AMP is expected to begin in 
February of 2011.
Further information under:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f0mldqy-44
www.geobrugg.com/debrisfences
About Geobrugg AG:
Geobrugg AG, Romanshorn/Switzerland
Geobrugg AG develops and produces netting, mesh and ropes made 
from high-tensile steel wire for technologically mature protection 
systems and architecture applications which are installed worldwide. 
Geobrugg AG employs 90 people in the headquarter of Romanshorn, 
maintains manufacturing facilities in the USA, Japan and China, as 
well as sales offices and representatives in more the 40 countries 
around the globe. Geobrugg AG concentrates on three business areas: 
Protection Systems against natural hazards, Security Engineering and 
Rope Architecture.
Geobrugg AG is a company of the international BRUGG Group which 
reports a consolidated group turnover of CHF 697 million ( 
www.brugg.com ).

Contact:

Jochen Braunwarth
Business Development Manager Security Engineering
Phone: +41/71/466'84'24
E-Mail: jochen.braunwarth@geobrugg.com

Urs Brechbühl
Director Global Marketing
Phone: +41/71/466'81'85
E-Mail: urs.brechbuehl@geobrugg.com