The participants at the ICCX St.Petersburg 2007 were able to see the first semi-automatic system for the manufacture of reinforcing meshes for shaft bottoms and covers in practical operation at the Barrikada company in St.Petersburg, Russia at the end of last year. This plant was developed by MBK Maschinenbau of Kisslegg, Germany, in close cooperation with the customer, Barrikada, and has been installed there as a prototype since November 2007.