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Mero (own spelling MERO ) is the brand name for a globally used tubular steel modular system in the field of space frames ( RFW ) and at the same time the company of the manufacturer company based in Würzburg.

Max Mengeringhausen developed " MERO " in the 1930s. He used steel pipes, which are pointed at the ends and connected them to static structures with spherical connection elements which will provide certain angle settings in the design ( Meroknoten ). Since the construction of prefabricated parts and connections are quickly fixed, the Mero RFW can be easily transported and assembled on site. The company's name is made up from the beginning of the surname of the founder "Quantity Ring" and "Ro" for pipe construction.

Mero constructions were used, eg, for the roof construction of motorway service stations, border crossings and airports as well as at warehouses and other roof structures in planar and curved shape. The best known examples in Germany are the roofing of the "old" Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the glass hall of the Leipzig Fair, the railway station at Frankfurt Airport ( Main) and the main railway station in Berlin.

The product range has been expanded over the decades and includes not just building systems, but also airport technology ( Airport ) technique, ground systems ( double bottom ) and exhibition systems. The latter have become known under the name Meroform.

Mero was founded in 1928 by Max Mengeringhausen in Berlin and the company headquarters moved to Würzburg in 1948. In 1966, the double bottom production started in the new branch factory in Prichsenstadt. The pipes of the company were now also used in the construction and maintenance of aircraft. So Mero tubes were used in 1969 for the construction of the dock facility for the first jumbo jet Boeing 747 at Lufthansa in Frankfurt. In 1969, Mero was involved in numerous other projects.

In 1974, the first roof construction with the help of the then newly founded IT data center was calculated static. For Mero was awarded in the same year with the German Steel Construction Award. Mero is involved since 2009 in the construction of the Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, which is said to have the world's largest space frame.

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