05.09.2025

Jekko partners with research centre

Italian crane manufacturer Jekko has partnered with Center Construction Robotics (CCR), a research hub within the 'Construction Cluster' at RWTH Aachen Campus in Western Germany.
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Testing a Jekko unit at the CCR research hub last month

The collaboration began last January with the Maxx project, which focuses on digitalisation and automation in construction. The Maxx – Mobile Assembly X-System was demonstrated at Bauma, where it won the Innovation Award in the Research category.It was developed by CCR with the German Government and industry partners including Jekko, KUKA, and Fundermax.
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Receiving the Bauma Innovation Award (L-R) Diego Tomasella of Jekko, Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, of the Center Construction Robotics and Carsten Bielefeld of Jekko Deutschland

As a research partner, Jekko will work alongside CCR to address industry challenges including material reuse, digitalisation, and automation, developing solutions for the construction market.
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A team photo during Bauma

Jekko chief executive Diego Tomasella said: "We are proud to extend our partnership with CCR and to keep contributing to innovative projects that shape the construction industry of tomorrow."
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An aerial shot of the CCR research lab