What is 25 years? A quarter of a century. A silver anniversary. Time that settles on you, like site dust on your boots at the end of the day.
For MB Crusher, it’s much more. It’s hands covered in grease. It’s insights born between one job and the next. It’s ideas that took shape exactlywhere theywere needed: on site. That’s where the Azzolin brothers grew up. That’s where it all began.
“We needed a solution. We had to reuse materials, cut costs, and stop wasting time and money.”
From this need came a simple yet powerful idea: a bucket that collects and crushes. That’s how Meccanica Bregan- zese was born. That’s how MB Crusher came to life.
A story made of job sites. To tell them all would require an encyclopaedia—one of those that filled the bookshelves
of 90s homes. We’ve chosen a few. We’d like to share them with you.
2001 – The beginning. When the idea still smelled of diesel
It all started in the minds of the Azzolin brothers. Rai- sed among construction sites and excavators, they faced a problem: how to manage all the waste produ- ced on site. Every job left behind tonnes of inert mate- rial to dispose of—and disposal was costly.
The idea came almost by subtraction: the excavator was already there. All that was needed was a bucket that could do more than dig—it had to crush as well. A crusher bucket.
And so Meccanica Breganzese srl was born, a name that reflects its roots in Breganze, in the province of Vicenza, where their father Carlo had been building the town’s first road connections since the 1950s.
It’s 2002. The first MB Crusher bucket takes shape— both in concept and in steel: the BF90.3, designed for the excavators the brothers used on site.
By the following year, the warehouse is filled with products ready to reach the first construction sites in the province.
The range expands. And the first customer testimo- nials arrive—recognising in that bucket the solution to problems they had faced for years.
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It’s 2005. Digital has not yet taken over. From the province of Rimini come the first photos of a crusher bucket at work: analogue prints, site lighting, dust.
Modest, perhaps. And yet, already history.
In Verona, at Samoter, companies encounter MB Cru-
sher for the first time. A decisive meeting.
The market knows only large crushing plants. MB introduces a compact, autonomous solution that can be fitted directly onto the machinery already on site.
Less than four years after the company’s founding, it crosses national borders.
In 2006, a BF120.4 crusher bucket is loaded onto a ship and reaches a residential construction site in the United Arab Emirates.
It is the first MB Crusher bucket to operate outside Italy.
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Good ideas—those that solve real problems—get recognised.
In 2007, MB Crusher wins first prize at the Grand Prix of the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva.
An international award for a solution born from the practical needs of those who deal daily with high costs and tight deadlines.
That same year, the first foreign branch opens: MB
France Sarl is established.
A year of consolidation. The company continues to grow, refine its technology and build trust. Con- struction sites remain the ultimate testing ground.
Born for the USA. A project that sounds almost unbelievable: building 1,635 homes for the United States Army. MB Crusher is there. Its crusher buckets manage demolition materials, crush on site, reduce truck journeys, and cut disposal costs.
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In 2009, MB Crusher units are at work along one of the first motorways connecting Hyderabad to Banga- lore, in India. A vast project in a country building at a rapid pace.
It is also the year the company transforms: from an srl to a joint-stock company. The organisation grows, production increases. The German branch, MB Deu- tschland GmbH, opens. The MB-S screening bucket range is also launched.
MB Crusher enters major global events. Construction sites become international stages.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, MB crusher buckets are at work on the Soccer City Stadium site. Chosen by Liviero Civils, the MB units manage the inert mate- rial waste produced during construction.
In the same year, MB lands in Japan: the MB Japan- branch opens, and a crusher bucket operates on the Tokyo underground construction site. Two continents, two iconic projects. One single year.
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2011 marks expansion into two vast and very diffe- rent markets. The Indian branch MB Crusher India Pvt. Ltd. opens, along with the American branch MB America, Inc. Meanwhile, in Forlì, Italy, a company chooses an MB crusher bucket to work independent- ly and secure new contracts. Cost savings become a competitive advantage.
In 2012, MB Shanghai opens. The MB-L range is also introduced—the first crusher buckets designed for loaders, skid steers, and backhoe loaders: more compact machines, the same cost-saving logic.
But 2012 also speaks through the voices of Italian cu- stomers. From Parma, Dallagiovanna Luigi srl shares: “Among the many advantages of the BF 70.2 is the ability to always rely on high-quality material, along with a significant reduction in disposal costs.”
And from Sasso di Neviano Arduini (Parma), Mas- similiano Cavalli recounts purchasing his BF90.3 to crush river stones along the banks of the Parma stre- am—one of the most demanding jobs there is. The result? Fine stabilised material and aggregates from 40 to 70 mm.
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2013 brings a new addition to the range: the MB-R drum cutter line is introduced. And a project arrives that says more than any brochure about the versatili- ty of MB products.
In Morocco, a company selects 7 screening buckets and 2 crusher buckets for one of the largest infra- structure projects in the region: motorways, industrial buildings, and pipelines. In particular, 250 km of pi- peline works, where road base material is recovered directly on site thanks to screening buckets.
The company moves to its new headquarters in Fara Vicentino, just a few kilometres from its original offi- ces. The connection to its roots remains strong.
45,000 square metres of space, research and design labs, production departments, sales and administra- tive offices. Over 250 people at work. Every piece of equipment is created here and shipped worldwide. In the same year, MB units are at work in Brazil for the FIFA World Cup 2014, specifically at the Arena Per- nambuco stadium.
The MB-G range is also introduced: sorting grap- ples.
2015 takes MB Crusher to one of the most remote and fascinating places in the Caribbean: the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Here, MB units work to pro- tect the natural environment.
The new MB-LS range of screening buckets is also launched, designed for loaders, skid steers, and backhoe loaders.
2016 – Brazil, the Caucasus, and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh metro
In 2016, the Brazilian branch MB Crusher Do Brasil opens. It is also the year MB equipment operates across three distant yet equally demanding sites.
In Azerbaijan, a fleet of 13 screening buckets works on the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), transporting gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey.
In Saudi Arabia, MB equipment produces material for the Riyadh metro construction sites—one of the Middle East’s most ambitious infrastructure projects.
2017 – Bavaria and Djibouti: from the heart of Europe to East Africa
In 2017, MB Crusher operates in the historic centre of Bavaria, Germany. An urban site where the compact- ness of the bucket—no mobile crushers to move, no fixed plants to install—makes all the difference.
On the other side of the world, in Djibouti, the BF120.4 crushes basalt for the DIFTZ, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone. Extremely hard rock, extreme climate.
2018 – Beaches, bridges, and Qatar preparing for the World Cup
2018 is a busy year.
In Valencia, Spain, a coastal maintenance company uses an MB-S14 screening bucket to clean 9 km of beaches, separating sand from vegetation and waste. The natural material is reused in a local park.
In Dresden, Germany, work is needed to remove concrete filling the arches of the historic Augustus Bridge over the Elbe, causing structural issues. The client requires a solution that will not damage the 18th-century structure—and finds it in the MB-R800 drum cutter.
Ahead of time, MB Crusher also begins work in Qatar, preparing for the FIFA World Cup 2022. This marks its World Cup hat-trick: South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Qatar 2022.
2020 – Bordeaux, the European Commission, and an old sugar factory in Réunion
In 2019, MB Crusher reaches Patagonia, Argentina, at the Vaca Muerta site—one of the largest oil fields in the world, in a remote and challenging environment where equipment must perform under extreme con- ditions and difficult logistics.
In Corsica, MB Crusher operates on a site balanced between land and sea: a delicate setting where the drum cutter machines more than three linear me- tres per day in a precarious position overlooking the water.
Also in 2019, the MB-HDS line is introduced: shaft screening buckets.
2020 – Bordeaux, the European Commission, and an old sugar factory in Réunion
In 2020, MB Crusher opens the way at Bordeaux Mérignac Airport: material crushed on site, deadli- nes met, fewer lorries on the road. It also works on the construction of the new European Commission building, where sustainability and material recycling are not optional—they are essential.
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Then there is Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean, where a crusher bucket is used to redevelop an old sugar factory. A decidedly… sweet project.
2021 – Mexico: a baseball stadium becomes embankments. And Spain restores the past
In Tabasco, Mexico, a BF80.3 crusher bucket demo- lishes a baseball stadium. Instead of being sent to landfill, the resulting material is crushed and reused as embankment fill. A closed loop, a real saving.
In Spain, MB Crusher equipment is used on an archa- eological museum site. Here, precision is everything, and the crusher bucket allows materials to be pro- cessed with the care such a context demands.
2022 – Cairo and the Port of Ain Sokhna: Egypt on a grand scale
In 2022, MB Crusher operates in Egypt on two fronts. In Cairo, MB Crusher equipment takes part in the construction of a new railway line: material processed on site, reduced timelines, and a lower environmental impact.
In Ain Sokhna, on the Red Sea, MB Crusher works on the expansion of the port: a strategic site for Egyptian trade, where reducing transport times also means reducing the carbon footprint.
2023 – Luxembourg, Egyptian oases, and six drum cutters in India for canal works
In 2023, an MB crusher bucket and a screening bucket are at work on the major European Invest- ment Bank (EIB) construction site in Luxembourg. The choice of MB Crusher is no coincidence: crushing demolition materials on site and reusing them within the same project is exactly what a European deve- lopment requires.
In Egypt, MB Crusher opens a new road between oa- ses: a connection in remote areas where transporting a fixed plant would be unthinkable. MB equipment travels with the excavator, reaching exactly where it is needed.
In India, six MB-R800 drum cutters operate with precision to line canal walls: a technical application where milling is the only viable solution.
2024 – Mont Blanc at 3,300 metres, the Himalayan Kaza, and Ivanovic’s dry-stone wall
Perhaps the most striking story of 2024 is Mont Blanc. The French company PUGNAT TP must build the pla- tform for the new Grands Montets cable car at 3,300 me- tres on the French side, with no road access. The BF90.3 is dismantled in the workshop, transported in stages by helicopter, and reassembled at altitude by MB Crusher technicians.
In India, on the remote Kaza plateau in the Himalayas, six MB-L160 crusher buckets and one BF90.3 open a road in a setting where the margin for error is zero and logistics are everything.
And in Italy, in the province of Padua, Mr Ivanovic builds 52 metres of dry-stone wall in four days using a sorting grapple: a result that blends craftsmanship and technolo- gy in a way that is hard to explain but easy to see.
Indonesian branch, PT MB Indonesia, is established.
2025 begins in Basilicata, in Matera, with the ur- ban redevelopment of the Intergenerational Park in Piazza della Visitazione and Piazza Matteotti, funded by regional and local authorities and carried out by Trezza srl. A BF90.3 crusher bucket speeds up the reuse of demolition materials.
MB Crusher also reaches the French Riviera: ATV Terrassement Nicolino & Fils carries out demolition work along one of Europe’s most exclusive coastli- nes, with the BF60.1 crushing materials and the MB- S14 separating them for reuse.
Towards the end of 2025, high-altitude construction sites are underway in Bormio and Arabba for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. MB Crusher equipment operates directly on site, reducing tran- sport and meeting the tight constraints of mountain environments.
The new PT pulverizers range is introduced in 2025.
2026 – France, Egypt, and Venezuela. And “gold” extracted with a bucket
2026 begins with the same intensity. In France, an MB- PT1650 demolition grab operates with surgical precision on a demolition site. The operator describes it as a scal- pel—precise and reliable.
In Egypt, a customer installs a crusher bucket on an exca- vator to break down rock and facilitate gold extraction, avoiding the costs of a traditional crusher. It processes around 25 m³ per hour and, thanks to the results, the cu- stomer goes on to purchase seven more units.
In Riyadh, excavated material becomes a resource: MB Crusher buckets process it on site, without transport, tur- ning it into reusable aggregate for the same project.
In Venezuela, MB Crusher connects remote communi- ties by building roads in areas where traditional logistics cannot reach.
25 years. The meaning of it all
If you try to read this story in one breath, it leaves you short of it. A baseball stadium in Mexico, pipelines in Pata- gonia, gas pipelines in Azerbaijan, a railway in Cairo, a cable car on Mont Blanc, roads between Egyptian oases. A quarter of a century of construction sites in every corner of the world.
The thread is always the same: a simple idea, born in a workshop in Vicenza, that solved a real problem. This is MB Crusher. This is the story.
25 years on
Look back, and you see construction sites. Look ahead, and you still see construction sites. Countries change. Projects change.
But the essence remains the same. An idea born to solve a real problem.
And, 25 years later, still doing exactly that.
Every day.
All over the world.
