Giken Europe

Giken Europe is the European-facing operation of GIKEN GROUP, the Japanese engineering group behind the Press-in Method for installing foundation piles. Based in the Netherlands, it markets and supports the group's reaction-based piling machines and related construction equipment across European markets. Its product range centres on the SILENT PILER, the GYRO PILER and the GRB System, together with supporting power units and the GTOSS (GIKEN Total Support System) service platform. The Press-in Method is the core technology Giken Europe promotes. Instead of hammering or vibrating a pile into the ground, the method uses the reaction force of previously installed piles to press new ones into position. According to the company, this eliminates much of the noise and vibration associated with traditional pile driving, making the equipment suitable for dense urban sites, work near existing foundations and pipelines, and environmentally sensitive locations. Giken Europe presents this as an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach to foundation construction. The SILENT PILER is described as the world's first reaction-based hydraulic press-in pile machine. It installs sheet piles without hammering or vibration and is offered in several models, including the F201, F301-Z700, F401-1400 and the waterproof CLW100, covering a range of single and double U and Z sheet pile sizes. The GYRO PILER uses the Gyropress Method, combining rotation with press-in force to drive tubular piles through hard ground, rock and existing obstacles; models include the F301-G1000, F401-G1200 and GRV0611e(SP16). The GRB System works directly from the top of already-installed piles, handling pile pitching and pressing in one self-contained process. An Electric Power Unit is offered to provide cleaner energy for some of the machinery. Giken Europe also promotes GTOSS, the GIKEN Total Support System, which the group has provided since 2003 to support customers' business activities. The company runs online and face-to-face presentations to explain the Press-in Method, and publishes news and construction results from projects in Europe and elsewhere. Reported developments include a waterproof SILENT PILER machine (CLW100), the largest GYRO PILER deployed for a tsunami protection project in Iwate, and the first adoption of the Gyropress Method in the United Kingdom. As a Dutch company within the GIKEN GROUP, Giken Europe acts as the group's regional sales, service and technical support channel for European customers rather than as an independent manufacturer. Its positioning is technical and application-led: it sells a specialised construction method and the machinery needed to execute it, targeting infrastructure, urban development and environmental projects where conventional pile driving is impractical or unwelcome.

Giken Europe is the European operation of GIKEN GROUP, the Japanese engineering group known for developing the Press-in Method of pile installation. The group's core technology is a reaction-based press-in principle: rather than driving piles by hammering or vibration, the machine grips previously installed piles and uses their reaction force to press the next pile into the ground. GIKEN describes this as the world's first reaction-based hydraulic press-in piling machine, marketed under the SILENT PILER name. From this base, the group expanded its machinery range. The GYRO PILER was developed around the Gyropress Method, which combines rotation with press-in force so that tubular piles can be installed through hard ground, rock and existing obstacles without the noise and vibration of conventional pile driving. The GRB System was introduced as a self-contained unit that operates directly from the top of already-installed piles, handling pile pitching and pressing in a single process. An Electric Power Unit was added to provide cleaner energy for some of the machinery. GIKEN has also built a service layer around the hardware. Since 2003 the group has provided GTOSS (GIKEN Total Support System) to improve customers' business activities in various fields. Giken Europe presents this support system alongside its machine range, and runs online and face-to-face presentations to explain the Press-in Method to prospective customers. As a Dutch company within the GIKEN GROUP, Giken Europe serves as the group's regional channel for European customers. Its website publishes product information, construction results and news from European and international projects. Reported developments include the waterproof SILENT PILER machine (CLW100), the largest GYRO PILER deployed for a tsunami protection project in Iwate, and the first adoption of the Gyropress Method in the United Kingdom. These items illustrate the group's focus on infrastructure, urban and environmental applications where low noise and low vibration are critical. The available evidence does not record Giken Europe's exact founding date, headquarters address or executive team. What is clear is its role: it is not an independent manufacturer but the European-facing arm of GIKEN GROUP, selling and supporting the group's press-in piling machinery and methods in European markets.

• GIKEN begins providing GTOSS (GIKEN Total Support System) to support customers' business activities.

• Development of the waterproof SILENT PILER machine (CLW100).

• Largest GYRO PILER deployed for a tsunami protection project in Iwate.

• First adoption of the Gyropress Method in the United Kingdom.

Specialist supplier of reaction-based, low-noise, low-vibration press-in piling machinery and methods for European construction and infrastructure projects.

• SILENT PILER F201

  Reaction-based hydraulic press-in pile machine for single U sheet piles 400–600 mm.

• SILENT PILER F301-Z700

  Press-in machine for single U sheet piles 600–750 mm and single Z sheet piles 575–708 mm.

• SILENT PILER F401-1400

  Press-in machine for double U sheet piles 600, 700 mm and double Z sheet piles 575–708 mm.

• SILENT PILER CLW100

  Waterproof SILENT PILER machine for U sheet piles 500–600 mm.

• GYRO PILER F301-G1000

  Gyropress Method machine for tubular piles φ600–1000 mm.

• GYRO PILER F401-G1200

  Gyropress Method machine for tubular piles φ800–1200 mm.

• GYRO PILER GRV0611e(SP16)

  Gyropress Method machine for tubular piles φ500–600 mm.

• Electric Power Unit

  Clean energy power source for some GIKEN machinery, reducing emissions on construction sites; applicable to F201, F301-700, F301-G1000 and F401-1400.

• GRB System

  Self-contained equipment that operates directly from the top of already-installed piles, handling pile pitching and pressing in a single process.

1. 1GIKEN Europe | Press-in Piling Machines & Equipmentgiken.eu
2. 2Silent Piler, Gyro Piler, GRB System and more | GIKEN Europegiken.eu
3. 3Giken Europewikidata.org