W & F will Dutch
In December 1996, Hollandsche Beton Groep nv (HBG) acquired the majority of shares in Wayss & Freytag AG from AGIV. W&F was now a group company of the worldwide-operating Dutch market leader.
HBG was founded on January 18, 1902 by Dr. ir. A.C.C.G. Hemert as „Hollandsche Maatschappij tot het maken van werken in gewapened beton“ (a Dutch company for construction with reinforced concrete). Through wise expansion, acquisitions and mergers, the company had with its early foreign branches in Chile (1904), East India (1910) and later around the globe, but above all with its dredging business, turned into a large construction group. After the merger of the company „Hollandsche Beton Maatschappij nv“, which had borne this company name since 1929, with „Hollandse Constructie Groep nv“ in 1968, the new name “HBG” was introduced.
W&F was split into two independently operating companies, Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG and Wayss & Freytag Schlüsselfertigbau AG, after the acquisition by HBG in 1999. In 2006, Wayss & Freytag Schlüsselfertigbau AG merged with the associate company „Müller-Altvatter GmbH & Co KG“ to become BAM Deutschland.