Mero-Schmidlin (UK) plc

Type	Private
Industry	Construction
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Camberley, United Kingdom
Owner	MERO TSK Group, Würzburg
Website	www.mero-schmidlin.com

Mero-Schmidlin (UK) plc is a business specializing in building construction systems. It is based in Surrey in the United Kingdom, and is owned by the German MERO-TSK Group.

The name MERO is an abbreviation for Mengeringhausen Rohrbauweise (Mengeringhausen's tubular structures).

History

The MERO company was founded by Max Mengeringhausen in Würzburg, Germany in 1948.^[1] In 1957, the Mero construction technique, which uses hollow steel tubes connected into steel nodes in a predetermined geometry, was presented at the Berlin International Construction Fair.^[1] In 1988, Mero (UK) plc was established to service customers in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Then in February 2006, following the acquisition of Schmidlin Facadetechnology AG in Switzerland by TSK Group, Mero (UK) plc's German parent company, Mero (UK) plc changed its name to Mero-Schmidlin (UK) plc.^[1]

Operations

The company's activities are as follows:^[1]

• Construction systems
• Curtainwalling
• Raised floor systems

Notable structures using the technique

• Stockholm Globe Arena, Sweden – Dome with diameter of 110 m (1989)
• National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom – 128x90m single span spaceframe roof (1990)
• The Eden Project, Cornwall, United Kingdom – Biome structures
• The Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom – exhibition hall and 3D Cinema to the Building Design Partnership designed science park, completed in 2001.
• The Deep, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom – Large aquarium designed by Sir Terry Farrell completed in 2001, having taken seventeen months to construct.