Rent Schwing
Equipment in Canada

Schwing was founded in Herne, Germany, in 1945 in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, during a period when European construction activity was beginning to rebuild the continent's damaged infrastructure. The company became one of the pioneering developers of concrete pump technology, working during the 1950s and 1960s to prove that hydraulic concrete pumping was a viable alternative to manual concrete placement methods that were labour-intensive and limiting in terms of placement height and distance.

The S-series truck-mounted concrete boom pump is the product that established Schwing's global identity. These machines mount a hydraulic folding boom - reaching 30 to over 60 metres on the largest models - on a commercial truck chassis, providing a mobile concrete placement platform of extraordinary versatility. Canadian high-rise construction, where concrete must be placed on upper floors far above the reach of any crane bucket or direct chute arrangement, depends on truck-mounted boom pumps as a fundamental enabling technology.

Schwing's position as the world's second-largest concrete pump manufacturer after Putzmeister reflects both the scale of its engineering investment and the breadth of its global distribution network. The competition between these two German manufacturers has produced continuous innovation in pump valve geometry, remote-control systems, and boom articulation mechanisms that benefit every concrete contractor renting pump equipment.

Canadian bridge construction represents one of the most technically demanding applications for concrete boom pumps, requiring placement of high-performance concrete mixes into bridge deck forms and pier structures under conditions where pump reliability and mix handling quality directly determine structure integrity. Schwing's valve block and hydraulic circuit designs handle these demanding concrete mixes - high-strength, low water-to-cement ratio formulations that are more difficult to pump than standard residential concrete - with the reliability that critical structure applications demand. Schwing America's regional Canadian support infrastructure serves contractors in the major construction centres.