News by Brehmermechatronics

brehmergroup visits RETRO CLASSICS®

Our Classic department today visited RETRO CLASSICS® in Stuttgart, an important trade fair for the entire classic and modern classic car scene and for our brehmerclassics division.

Denis Knips and Markus Heitmann handed over the initial samples, which are very important for our business development, to the world market leader for automotive electrics and electronics. For our company, this means further sustainable development of the business relationship.

The talks at Mercedes-Benz Classic were also very promising. A visit to the new Mercedes Classic organisation in Stuttgart in the near future has been agreed.

We have put together some impressions of the trade fair in this photo.

We are looking for commercial clerks (m/f/d) for the accounting department

Please klick here for the full job decription.

BMW-Motorrad visits brehmergroup again

Just over two weeks after the successful completion of the process approval by BMW-Motorrad, we were able to welcome the customer back to our premises.

For a new project in the special accessories sector with application on the race track, the current project status was discussed and the flow of goods and production scrutinised. The official PZS will then be carried out by the customer this summer.

We are delighted with the current development with BMW-Motorrad and the exciting projects we are still working on.

In the picture from left to right: Moritz Schmidt, the responsible technical contact person in the project, the responsible QMT, Robin Brehmer

brehmergroup now also TISAX®-certified

brehmergroup has been working towards TISAX® certification in recent weeks and has now finally achieved successful completion. TISAX® "Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange" is a certificate to prove the fulfilment of certain information security standards. It serves to recognise information security assessments across companies in the automotive industry and other sectors.

Milestone: BMW Motorcycle conducts two-day trial series

The technology leader in the premium vehicle manufacturer segment, BMW Motorrad, carried out a two-day process series on the "Multimedia Controller (MMC)" in the first quarter.

It took brehmergroup more than two years to plan and develop, and complex plastic injection moulding tools were designed and built by experienced partners. This was a particular challenge because, among other things, a plastic component had to be magnetised using a specific process. Production facilities and an automatic final test bench were planned, developed and put into operation. In-house specialists meticulously drew up test and work instructions.

The entire team worked with great concentration towards the approval, which was granted by the BMW Motorrad manager in March. The safe start of series production of the MMC is already scheduled for April.
This is an absolute milestone in the still young history of the brehmergroup and marks the start of large-scale production. This will create the planned, sustainable jobs at the brehmergroup's "mechatronic manufacturing centre Oberberg" (MecO).

The efforts and the associated stresses of the last few weeks have been enormous for all team members. In the evening, the efforts of the project were discussed for a long time over sausages and drinks.

RIDE THE FUTURE - TOGETHER!

„Wir werden keine einfache Beute sein!“

Florian Alt has issued a press release for the start of the 2024 season. You can read the full text on our press page. (only in German available)

Proactively overcoming the skills shortage with strategy and passion

Our Engineering Director Moritz Schmidt continues to intensify the cooperation with the Technical University of Cologne, Gummersbach campus. You can read the full report on our press page. (text only in German available)

brehmerinnovations gets started

Under the leadership of Managing Director Dennis Blättermann, brehmerinnovations is intensifying its cooperation with the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem & Nijmegen. 

Based in Nijmegen, brehmerinnovations has already hired student Jesse Brinkhuis. Jesse is currently writing his Bachelor's thesis at our site in Wiehl. Today, together with Dennis Blättermann, he welcomed four fellow students from HAN University, who together form the S6 project team. 

After coordinating the project and visiting our site in Elsenroth, they travelled on to Logimat in Stuttgart. Logimat is an annual trade fair for distribution, material and information flow. As this year's project is centred around operating elements for industrial trucks, Logimat is the ideal meeting place to gain an insight into the latest trends in this area.

Project discussion with F. X. Meiller

Shortly before the completion of an ongoing project, we had the pleasure of welcoming F. X. Meiller to visit us. Meiller was able to convince himself of the new production technologies at brehmergroup. We would like to thank them for the constructive visit and for agreeing the next steps.

Apply now: New vacancies online!

We have the following vacancies:

Einkäufer (m/w/d)
Leiter (m/w/d) Qualitätssicherung – QS-Automotive
Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) Qualitätssicherung – Lieferantenqualität

You can find further current vacancies in our careers section.

The brehmergroup at the trainee speed dating event at the Bielstein school centre

On 12.03.2024, the trainee speed dating event took place again at the Bielstein school centre. Pupils in ninth and tenth grade were able to find out about training opportunities from local companies in 15-minute sessions.

Well-known companies, craft businesses and public authorities also used this opportunity to recruit young talent in times of a shortage of skilled labour.
 
Valentina Kapski (trainer for commercial professions) and Eckhard Hauer (trainer for technical professions) from the brehmergroup were there as contacts. At a small information stand, we were able to welcome numerous young interested parties and provide them with specific information about our training programmes.

This led to good discussions and we were able to provide an insight into the brehmergroup's business activities. We were also able to exchange ideas with other companies and their trainers.
 
It was a very well organised event. According to the unanimous opinion of the two trainers, "young people" are welcome to come to brehmergroup!

brehmergroup says NO to racism!

The annual "International Weeks against Racism" will take place from 11 to 24 March. During these weeks of action, we once again show our solidarity with the opponents and victims of racism and clearly show racism the red card. 
 
Colourful people, hand in hand - that’s us!

Another successful participation in the FHDW Campus Day

The co-operation with the Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW) Campus Bergisch Gladbach has developed extremely effectively and purposefully. The brehmergroup was also represented at the last Campus Day on Saturday, 2 March.

Our dual students Ben Baldauf and Noah Neuser were supported at this Campus Day by our new dual students Anna Klara Wirths and Florian Bremm. Anna and Florian were also able to share their experiences to date from their studies and the practical phase in the company with prospective students at Campus Day. The commercial director of the brehmergroup, Robin Brehmer, also visited the stand.
 
We can look back on a successful Campus Day, with many interesting discussions and a good exchange with young people interested in a dual study programme, and look forward to the next FHDW Campus Day.
 
We have already received the first applications from new dual study programmes.
We look forward to supporting the next generation.
 
In the photo from left to right: Robin Brehmer, Noah Neuser, Anna Klara Wirths, Florian Bremm, Ben Baldauf

New vacancies online!

We have the following vacancies:

Konstrukteur (m/w/d)
Leiter Logistik (m/w/d)
Wareineingangsprüfer (m/w/d)

You can find further current vacancies in our careers section.

Support for the Karneval Inklusiv project

We are delighted that, together with many other sponsors, we are supporting the Karneval inklusiv project of HBW Heimat. Begleitung. Wohnen. GmbH. You can read a detailed news article about this successful project here.

Press release on the ConTAD project

A report on the ConTAD project has been published on the website of the Maritimes Cluster Norddeutschland (Maritime Cluster Northern Germany). You can read the report on our press page.

Visit us at the Campus Day 2024 in Bergisch Gladbach

On 2 March 2024, the brehmergroup will once again participate as an exhibitor at the Campus Day of the FHDW Bergisch Gladbach.

We are looking forward to arousing the interest of prospective dual students for the Business Administration and Applied Computer Science degree programmes in order to actively support them during their training and career entry. Be curious and visit our stand! 

We welcome a new colleague in the production department

Martina Stierand joined our Assembly/Production department on 1 February 2024.

We wish her a good start and a warm welcome!

Deeper cooperation with the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem

We were able to inspire a new project team for another exciting S6 project with the HAN University of Applied Sciences in the field of operating concepts for work machines. We welcome Rinke, Jordi, Pepijn and Duco to the project team!
 
We were also able to recruit Jesse Brinkhuis from HAN for a bachelor’s thesis. We know Jesse from the previous year’s S6 project, which involved the further development of a radio control system. In his bachelor’s thesis, the enthusiastic motorcyclist is now also working on operating concepts for motorbikes.
 
Welcome and here’s to a successful collaboration!

New working student at the brehmergroup

Today we welcome Sascha Happe to our team. Sascha is joining us as a working student in the Quality department. His work will focus on quality assurance.

We warmly welcome Sascha and wish him a successful start!

Newsletter brehmergroup and partners

You can now find the latest information about the brehmergroup and brand new products in our current newsletter "brehmergroup und partners". It is now available exclusively for registered users in our download area. Register now and benefit from exclusive advantages!

Denis Knips becomes Head of Classic Department

Denis has only been with us since June 2022 and will become Head of Classic in January 2024. He has earned the trust of all of us in a very short time and has become an important part of the company.

As Head of Classic Department, he will take on additional responsibilities with immediate effect and ensure that the department and the company continue to grow.
 
We greatly appreciate his commitment and dedication and look forward to working with him in the coming years.

New dual student at brehmergroup in the Automotive Management division

Florian Bremm will start his dual study programme with us on 01/01/2024. He brings a lot of practical experience from his previous job. Florian will start his 3-month theory block at university in January and will then move on to the practical block at our company from 1 April 2024. We warmly welcome him to our company and wish him a good start!

Candyfloss sale at the Biohof Klein organic farm a resounding success

Last year, brehmergroup trainees and students baked and sold biscuits and donated the proceeds to a good cause. This year, the trainees and students led by trainer Valentina Kapski came up with another great idea. At the Christmas market at Biohof Klein (Reichshof), candyfloss was diligently produced and sold in favour of "Aktion Lichtblicke".

A rota for the two days was drawn up beforehand. Everyone worked with great joy and dedication for the good cause. When the wood for winding the candy floss ran out, Johanna Mahn quickly organised a replacement: the work continued with shashlik skewers.
 
We are proud of the fact that a total of around 700 euros was raised. The management spontaneously decided to round up the amount to 1,200 euros. In addition, a donation of 500 euros was made to the "HBW - Heimat. Support. Wohnen.".
 
It was a very nice Christmas market at Biohof Klein and even nicer to see how much joy and energy each individual contributed. We would like to thank all the helpers once again!
 
Now everyone is looking forward to seeing what ideas will be realised next year.
brehmergroup: Ride the future - together!

We are looking for experienced design engineers (m/f/d)

Apply now! You can read the exact job description here. You can find more job vacancies on our careers page.

Bus manufacturer VanHool visits the brehmergroup

The VanHool appointment was a complete success. We were able to give our target customer VanHool a brief insight into our company and win them over. The next tasks are already on the agenda and will be initiated in the coming days. We are already hoping to start production in Q1/2024 with the "rocker switch" product. We would like to thank the core team for their commitment.
 
In the picture from left to right: Michael Sümper, Patrick Nuydens, Niko Huygens, Tim Mertin and Leon Binder.

brehmergroup is a co-operation partner in the ConTAD project for the detection of container accidents

In the three-year research project ConTAD - Smart Container Tracking And Accident Detection, led by Prof Dr Christian Denker from Jade University of Applied Sciences, a tracking unit and a communication platform for sea freight containers are being developed. Jade University is investigating how the tracking unit can be enabled to automatically recognise a container accident by means of status recognition. Similar to the principle of a smartwatch, which identifies activities based on the movement profile, the "container overboard" status is to be recognised via sensors. This should reduce environmental damage caused by containers lost at sea.
 
The project is being funded by the Maritime Funding Programme of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection with a total of 1.4 million euros. The Jade University of Applied Sciences accounts for 470,000 euros of this. The Jade University’s co-operation partners are Socratec Telematic GmbH and Brehmer GmbH & Co. KG. The associated partners include: Hapag Lloyd AG, Eurogate Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH, Neue Schleppdampfschiffsreederei Louis Meyer GmbH & Co. KG, m2m Germany GmbH and the Maritime Cluster Norddeutschland e.V.
 
Socratec Telematic GmbH specialises in positioning technology. It equips vehicles and freight with GNSS/GSM systems and develops web-based software to optimise logistics processes. 
 
For brehmergroup, which specialises in customer-specific product development of mechatronic systems, the ConTAD project enables it to enter a new market segment and develop a new product strategy.
 
In the photo: Kick-off event at Eurogate in Bremerhaven: (from left to right) Darko Palic, Socratec Telematic GmbH; Hanns-Christian Wüstner, Socratec Telematic GmbH; Aleksandra Chrobak, Project Management Jülich; Prof. Dr Christian Denker, Jade University of Applied Sciences; Dr Ralf Fiedler, Project Management Jülich; Moritz Schmidt, Brehmer GmbH & Co. KG.

New BMW test bike for the brehmergroup and final activities in 2023

We are already enjoying the KTM Motorcycles test bike. We were even more proud when technical manager Moritz Schmidt was allowed to pick up the new BMW S 1000 RR test bike in Munich. Inge (left in the picture) and Gülay (right) are still considering whether they really want to try out the 200 hp "superbike".
 
The oldest test rider, Thomas, undertook an endurance test ride to Switzerland to get an idea of the feel of the MMC.  Extensive testing is planned in Spain in the new year, as further projects need to be permanently tested.

Visits to Volkswagen Development in Wolfsburg are planned for December. Moritz will give a presentation on "Functional Safety" to a high-ranking audience and report on a new, spectacular research project that we are currently working on together with Prof Dr Böhmer from the University of Cologne. Thomas Brehmer will be travelling to BMW Motorrad in Munich at the end of the year.

Our Christmas tree at the brehmergroup

Experience shows that December is the most demanding month of the year: lots of customer visits, stocktaking, analysing the year and planning the new year. Last but not least: planning the Christmas party!
 
There is definitely a reason to celebrate: the first Christmas tree in the new building.
We would like to thank gardening and landscaping company Frank Krämer for the tree, which was even professionally erected. Our "good soul" Daniela bought the appropriate tree decorations and spontaneously put together a team. The tree was decorated in our Brehmer colours and looks particularly beautiful in the dark.
 
Picture from left to right: Ben, Noah, Lia, Maksim (lying elegantly on the floor) and Max. In the background: Anna, Dieter and Jonas.

brehmergroup welcomes Triumph Motorcycles to the end of the year

One of the last customer visits for this year took place at brehmergroup this week. The British motorbike manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles visited us to talk about various projects in the future. We would like to thank the team for their excellent preparation. A follow-up appointment was arranged for January and we are confident that we will soon become a series supplier for Triumph.
 
In the picture from left to right: Thomas, Robin, Marco, Noah, Harry & Amii (Triumph) and Michael.

BMW Motorrad for pre-series release at brehmergroup

This week we had a visit from BMW Motorrad. Over two days, BMW gained a detailed insight into the current status of our processes. The requirements and implementations with regard to supplier quality, WE testing and production were analysed in detail with the customer.

This is a team success to which everyone contributed. Many thanks to you all!
 
BMW Motorrad is also convinced of our performance and knows that we can also manage the last mile.

Support in our Environmental Simulation Laboratory

We welcome Maximilian Mühseler to the laboratory department. Maximilian actively supports the laboratory team led by our laboratory manager Chris Koch. Max has learnt the ropes in a very short time and is already responsible for carrying out important tests. We are very happy that Max is with us.

New student trainee at the brehmergroup

Adam Chaari is our new student trainee. Adam came to Germany just a year ago. We would like to support him on his further path and have decided in his favour. He will be working in the QM/QA department as an interface to project management. We wish him all the best and every success for his start and future career.

Apprenticeship 2024 - Apply now!

On our careers page you will find all apprenticeships for 2024 - apply now! We look forward to hearing from you!

Donation to the Initiative Group Schnörringen Telescope Science Institute

The non-profit Initiative group Schnörringen Telescope Science Institute STScI e.V. operates an observatory for young people with the largest telescope in North Rhine-Westphalia - the Waldbröl student observatory. The aim here is to awaken young peoples passion for technology and natural sciences. We are pleased to be able to support this great project with a donation!

brehmergroup welcomes BMW Motorrad for important project enquiry

This week we had a visit from BMW Motorrad. The customer wanted to get an overview of our sites in Nümbrecht and Wiehl as part of a current project enquiry. During the two-day visit, we gave the customer a comprehensive presentation of our diverse capabilities and expertise.

The new project will be nominated later this year and we hope to have convinced the customer accordingly. 

In the photo from left to right: Robin Brehmer (Commercial Director), Christian Braun (Technology), Bernd Schleicher (QMT), Boris Pozeb (Purchasing) and Moritz Schmidt (Engineering Director).

16 and 17 December - Our Christmas market stand at the Klein organic farm in Reichshof

This year, our trainees and dual students are inviting you to the Christmas market at Biohof Klein in Reichshof, where they will be running their own stand. On 16 and 17 December, they will be selling candy floss, shopping tokens in the brehmergroup design, which were produced on our 3D printers, and key rings. You are welcome to drop by! We look forward to seeing you!

Trainee action: Christmas in a Shoebox

Last week, we were in full swing preparing to wrap presents as part of the "Christmas in a Shoebox" campaign. Anyone can take part in this campaign, organised by the Christian aid organisation Samaritan’s Purse, and bring joy to a child in need.

Last Friday, almost 50 parcels were packed. These can now be handed in at the collection point.

A big thank you goes to everyone who got so involved, especially our young colleagues who put so much effort into the organisation and implementation!

Florian Alt at the World Championship final

On the last weekend of October, Florian Alt competed in the final round of the Superbike World Championship in Jerez, Spain, on his "IDM-winning motorbike". The entire Honda-Holzhauer team was able to gain a lot of valuable experience. High-ranking Honda managers visited the small private team from Germany after the races and expressed their appreciation to the team.

This was a very good opportunity for the brehmergroup to intensify its contacts with the world's largest motorbike manufacturer. Link: "HRC interessiert an Holzhauer-Honda"

We are all looking forward to the new 2024 season - the first test rides will begin soon.

Visit from the Marienberghausen and Oberelben volunteer fire brigades 

The Marienberghausen and Oberelben volunteer fire brigade visited us on Sunday morning with almost the entire team. 25 men and one woman inspected our new building in Elsenroth and provided valuable information on fire safety and behaviour in the event of a fire.

Afterwards, we were also invited to the Marienberghausen fire station for a hearty cold drink and a very tasty (typical german) "Spießbratenbrötchen".

We would like to thank the organisers OBM Jan Putzig, BI Roger Adolphs and all those present. Respect that you all dedicate your free time to this extremely important voluntary task!

Active support for mechanics / development / construction

We welcome Christian Bartenwerfer. Christian holds a degree in precision engineering and is a highly experienced designer in the field of joysticks, as used by tractor and construction machinery manufacturers. Christian can also contribute profound knowledge of handlebar switches for our customer spectrum of premium motorbike manufacturers. We are planning to expand strongly in this product and customer segment and are delighted to have Christian with us. Christian has already made a successful start.

The new brehmergroup image film

Four years after the first image film of the brehmergroup, an update now follows. After moving into the new locations, these and the core competences of our company are presented.

The colleagues who take care of project management, mechanics, electronics and software development are located at the headquarters and development site in Oberwiehl. The entire administration (warehouse, production, classic, commercial departments) is located at the site in Nümbrecht/Elsenroth.

We are pleased about the new circumstances and are happy to welcome every customer/supplier to our company.

brehmergroup in the new brochure of the Neuson Forest GmbH

The brehmergroup is represented with its own page in the new Neuson Forest GmbH brochure (please see page 11).

Link to the brochure

Capture it all!

...this is the slogan of Scantec, a company of the Zöller Group.

Scantec develops and supplies sensors for the detection of foreign bodies in recyclable materials. Mr Helfmeier (2nd from left in the photo), Managing Director of Scantec, visited us to complete the A-sample phase for a project and to discuss with us the further steps towards series production.

Our Alex is a trainer!

Our IT manager Alex has successfully completed the final exam to become a trainer. We congratulate him warmly on this achievement!

In the picture on the left, Alexander Schröder (Head of IT) and Robin Brehmer (Commercial Manager).

Oktoberfest at the Hohl

Our construction manager Eckhard invited us to the Oktoberfest at the Hohl at the beginning of October. Eckhard is in the cooperative that continues to run the former pub on a voluntary basis. Part of the company got together at the pub on Thursday evening and did some celebrating.

Extension of the divisional manager level to include the function „Production“

The Production division, which includes the "new" departments Industrialisation (previously the responsibility of Project Management), Production Equipment Electronics and Production Equipment Design as well as Manufacturing (in-house production and extended workbenches), has now been re-staffed.

We were able to recruit the internationally experienced Michael Sümper. Mr Sümper will be responsible for Profit & Loss and will ensure that our lean structure becomes even more efficient. Welcome to the team, Michael!

We welcome a new colleague to the production

Anke Lange has been strengthening our assembly/production area since 01.10.2023. We wish her a good start and welcome her!

brehmergroup at the second Campus Day 2023

At the second Campus Day of the year 2023 of the University of Applied Sciences (FHDW) at the Bergisch Gladbach campus, brehmergroup was again represented by our two dual students Ben Baldauf and Noah Neuser.
 
Ben and Noah were able to tell the prospective students first-hand about their experiences with the dual study course in Business Administration with a focus on Automotive Industry & Sales Management at the FHDW and with the brehmergroup as a practical partner company.
 
At the brehmergroup stand, our sample bridge was again in use, which impressively represented an excerpt of the brehmergroup product portfolio and was set up by our trainees. Mr.. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Brändle, Head of Corporate Cooperation and former Campus Director of the FHDW Bergisch Gladbach, was very impressed by our stand. (on the photo: from left to right Dr.-Ing. Alexander Brändle, Noah Neuser, Ben Baldauf)
The brehmergroup stand also caught the eye of two representatives of the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, so that it became the cover picture of the Campus Day article in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger. (see press article)

New dual student in the field of business administration

Anna Klara Wirths starts as a dual student with us. She starts with her theory block. Anna will then start the practical phase in our company in January. We are delighted and wish Anna all the best and success for her studies with us.

Visit from the Bundeswehr

This week will be exciting for us: For the first time, representatives of the German Armed Forces visited our new site in Elsenroth. The development of the projects is taking a very good, planned course. After about four hours of talks, the overall conclusion was positive. On Wednesday, the motorcycle manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles | For the Ride will visit us, and on Thursday and Friday Ducati | Motorcycles, Events and Racing.

An exciting and very successful month for Honda and Florian Alt

At the season finale of the World Endurance Championship (EWC) on 17.09., the Honda Viltais team and Florian Alt took an excellent 2nd place and evenleft the BMW factory team behind.

Florian's 3rd podium in a row at the prestigious "Bol d'Or" race was also a record.

And for Honda, the Viltais team was able to secure the manufacturers' championship (see photo).

Finally, last Sunday, the "IDM Final" 2023 took place in Hockenheim. Florian Alt deservedly leads Honda to victory after 13 titleless years in Germany 2023. ("IDM-Finale: Purer Nervenkitzel am Hockenheimring - Oberberg-Aktuell")
 
The year 2023 could hardly have gone better for Florian. This is his well-deserved reward after years of hard and concentrated teamwork. The season is actually over, but maybe there will be another highlight. We are curious!

Taiwanese partner visits brehmergroup

This week our partner from Taiwan visited us. The new location in Elsenroth was presented and we talked about interesting projects. Our partner is an internationally operating company and we have already been working together for several years. We are looking forward to future cooperation and will visit the company in Taiwan again soon.

Photo from left to right Denis Knips (Project Manager), Judith (Sales Representative), Aimee (Executive Vice President), Dennis Blättermann (Managing Director), Markus Heitmann (Project Manager), Ben Baldauf (Student)

We are looking for electronics technicians (m/f/d) for our environmental simulation laboratory

You can find all info and further job offers on our Karriere-Seite. 

Welcome to the team!

We are pleased to have gained Christian König as a new and experienced employee. Christian König joined us on 6 September and has a very broad spectrum of experience, ranging from mechanics and electronics to quality assurance. In this respect, Christian helps us to secure the development process of our company.

brehmergroup supports local handball club

We support the local male C-youth of the SSV Nümbrechts Handball e.V. We wish the whole team much success and many goals for the season.

10-year anniversary at brehmergroup for Matthias Heister

He works for us in the area of construction/mechanics and has already been able to supervise many interesting projects. We wish him health, happiness, peace, overview and further success for the next years with us.

Here is to the next 10 years!

- The management -
 
On the photo from left to right: Dennis Blättermann (Managing Director), Moritz Schmidt (Technical Manager), Matthias Heister (Design Engineer) and Eckhard Hauer (Head of Design).

Schäferbarthold visits brehmerclassics GmbH

As a regionally connected, owner-managed family business and as a specialist for high-quality automotive spare parts with almost 100 years of experience, Schäferbarthold knows exactly what customers want.
 
We are proud to welcome the company with us today. Future cooperation and initial ideas for projects were discussed. We are looking forward to the next steps and are positive that we can further expand the network of brehmerclassics GmbH.
 
In the picture from left to right: Denis Knips (Project Manager brehmerclassics), Daniel Pankratz (Category Management), Alexander Schildan (Team Leader Purchasing) and Robin Brehmer (Managing Director brehmerclassics).

brehmergroup visits Japan

The plan to develop the brehmergroup into a leading manufacturer of mechatronics for the two-wheeler industry is now becoming more concrete. 

In November 2022, two senior engineers from the Japanese motorbike manufacturer YAMAHA visited us in Elsenroth. The visit had such a positive response that an invitation for a return visit to Japan was immediately issued. We prepared the visit in detail and were pleased that five engineers at the YAMAHA headquarters in Iwata gave us the chance to present our technology and developments. We then received an invitation to participate in the SETC. This is a consortium of the four Japanese (big four) motorbike manufacturers which meets worldwide.

In addition, Florian Alt enabled us to make contact with the world's largest motorbike manufacturer, HONDA, during the 8-hour motorbike race in Suzuka. Of course, it is still a long way to go to gain a foothold as a supplier to the world market leader.

Also worth mentioning: Florian Alt came in a respectable 14th place with his Argentinian colleague Tati Mercado as well as Steven Odendaal from South Africa and the Honda Viltais Racing Team.

The brehmergroup welcomes three new trainees!

Today, 01.08.2023, we welcome three new faces to our company. Lia and Jonas are starting as industrial clerks and Maksim is beginning his training as a warehouse logistics specialist.
 
We wish them all a successful start to their careers and look forward to their active support!

In the group photo: from left to right, back row: Nadine Nusch, Bjarne Heinz, Edward Barabas, Jonas Neumann, Waldemar Konrad, Moritz Schmidt. Front row: Valentina Kapski, Lia Schiffer, Maksim Kiltau and Anke Brehmer.

Florian Alt continues on the road to success

Florian Alt is getting closer step by step to his goal of becoming international German champion.

On the last weekend in June in Most/Czech Republic, there was a flawless gala performance. The Honda Holzhauer Racing Team took commanding victories in both races. Once again Florian proved that with optimal preparation and reliable material he belongs to the absolute top in this hard-fought, international class. A double victory was the result.

On 22 and 23 July, there was another highly exciting event. Schleiz is the oldest race track in Germany - 100 years of motorbike racing on this exciting, but not harmless track.

The result was a victory for Florian in the first race and a 3rd place in the second race. Florian was thus able to extend his lead in the overall classification. The second run is started in the so-called "reverse grid procedure". However, this procedure is extremely dangerous on natural race tracks like Schleiz. Florian made this quite clear: Florian Alt: "No, thanks to reverse grid in the IDM"

Welcome to the team!

Alexandru Despot has been supporting us as an operating electronics technician in quality assurance and production since 17.07.2023. Peter Meinerzhagen will leave us on 31.08.2023 and Alexandru will take over all of Peter's tasks. We welcome him warmly and wish him a good start at brehmergroup!

High-ranking visitor from BMW Motorrad

Today we welcomed Mr Andreas Schuster-Woldan, Vice President of BMW Motorrad, at our new location in Elsenroth.

As Mr Schuster-Woldan was prevented from attending the day of our opening ceremony, we had the opportunity today to convince him in detail of our competences. In addition to various ongoing project topics, we were also able to show him the new premises in Elsenroth and in the Oberwiehl development centre. The future plans of the company were also presented and shared.

In the photo from left to right: Thomas Brehmer (Owner), Andreas Schuster-Woldan (Vice President BMW Motorrad), Robin Brehmer (Commercial Manager)

Jungheinrich visits brehmergrup for audit

In the course of a current development enquiry, a potential analysis was carried out today by Jungheinrich at brehmergroup in Elsenroth. 

Jungheinrich AG, headquartered in Hamburg, is a leading global solution provider in all questions and areas of intralogistics. We are proud to have convinced the customer of our competences and are already looking forward to the next steps in the project.

On the photo from left to right: Robin Brehmer (Commercial Manager), Mr. Büngel (Quality), Mr. Becker (Development), Mr. Eppers (Purchasing) and Dennis Blättermann (Managing Director).

Ford visits the brehmergroup

Ford belongs to the top 10 of the automobile industry worldwide and celebrates its 100th anniversary in Cologne in 2025. This week, responsible gentlemen from the "Ford Special Accessories" division visited us. The gentlemen are employed at Ford in Cologne-Merkenich and were pleased about the intensive and constructive discussions with our gentlemen. As a farewell, a photo was "shot" in front of the new company building. 

The brehmergroup team is now optimistic that we will now also become a Ford supplier.

On the photo: Project Manager: Kheireddine Tekaya (left), Business Development Director: Craig Workman (3rd from left) and Managing Director: Dennis Blättermann (right).

Press reported on our opening ceremony

The Oberbergischer Anzeiger reported on our well-attended opening ceremony in Nümbrecht. You can read the translated report "Neue Produktionsstätte in Elsenroth" (New production facility in Elsenroth) on our press page.

Successful project completion with top grade

The students of the Arnhem University of Applied Sciences successfully completed a project with brehmerinnovations in the field of industrial engineering.

The students developed the first concept for a new type of operating unit, the "Next Generation Remote", which uses a completely new approach to integrate joystick functions into capacitive display applications. The possibilities for this are manifold and allow modern and robust designs for operating units with low investment costs for applications in the "low" quantity range (from approx. 500 units p.a.).
 
brehmerinnovations thanks the motivated team of the Arnhem University.

In the photo from left to right: Thomas Brehmer, Olivier Dercksen, Bas Velings, Maarten Putman, Joien Lathouwers, Lisa van Lambalgen, Nick Boots, Noortje Vos, Ilias Lamari, Dennis Blättermann, Jesse Brinkhuis.

Opening of the „Mechatronic Manufacturing Center Oberberg“

We are pleased to announce the official opening of the "Mechatronic Manufacturing Center Oberberg" in the Elsenroth industrial estate. The products developed by brehmergroup in the "Mechatronic Innovation Center Oberberg" in Oberwiehl will be industrialised, manufactured, stored and shipped here with immediate effect. 69 guests from 8 countries attended the opening.

Frank Grebe, member of the board of directors of the Sparkasse, appeared in person, Mayor Hilko Redenius and Michael Sallmann, head of the Oberberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, gave introductory speeches. The importance of the brehmergroup in creating sustainable jobs and apprenticeships was emphasised.

Florian Alt at the EWC/24h Spa-Francorchamps

After the successes for Florian Alt in the IDM and the first race of the EWC World Championship in LeMans, there was unfortunately a small setback for Flo in Spa. The training still went very well - top five - that was also the goal for the race. However, 24-hour races represent a maximum challenge for the team and the machine. This was also evident for the Honda Viltais Racing Team. Unfortunately, the fuel pump failed and the bike had to be pushed back almost half the way to the pits. Unfortunately, the team fell back to 20th place as a result. The technicians changed the fuel pump and the riders gave everything to make up for the lost places.

Fortunately, the weather remained almost stable and the riders around Flo66 were able to fight their way back to 10th place. This also gave them important points for the world championship. The team is now in 5th place overall, one point behind the Ducati factory team.

Florian Alt's next race is in Most/Czech Republic on 24 and 25 June as part of the IDM. The next race in the EWC World Endurance Championship is on 08.08. in Suzuka/Japan.

Welcome to the team!

Leon Binder has been supporting us as an electronics developer since 15.06.2023. We welcome him warmly and wish him a good start with us!

BMW RR CUP at Nürburgring

The brehmer racing team participated in a BMW S1000 RR Cup at the Nürburgring after a long break. Such appointments are important for the team to personally experience the tough demands on man and machine, but also the contact to the "motorbike racing scene" is very important. Our Engineering Director Moritz Schmidt also came to the Nürburgring and gathered important impressions. At the final race on Sunday, there was a trophy for the best guest starter.

Ville Valtonen at the IRRC/Schleiz race

Our Finnish partner sensetec.fi, with its rider Ville Valtonen, was a guest starter at the IRRC race in Schleiz. Although Ville hardly knows the track, he was able to fight for the podium in both races and reached an excellent 3rd place both times. (Race results) On the first weekend in July, Ville will make another guest start in his home town Imatra.

Florian Alt wins the IDM at Oschersleben

The start of the season was already excellent for Florian Alt and the Honda Holzhauer Racing Team at the Sachsenring, but it got even better in Oschersleben: pole position in practice, victory in race 1 and victory in race 2! In excellent weather conditions, "the man from Nümbrecht with the iron nerves" again achieved top results, although the international competition did not let up and Florian crossed the finish line as the winner by a few fractions of a second in the end.

Trainees passed their final exams

Today we can congratulate twice! Our trainees Angelika and Daniel have successfully passed their final exams. Angelika is now a qualified industrial clerk and Daniel a qualified specialist for warehouse logistics. We are happy and very proud of the successful and very good training.

Angelika will work at brehmergroup after her training and will take on various tasks in the area of order processing/internal sales. Unfortunately, we cannot offer Daniel a job and wish him all the best for his future career.
 
On the left photo (f.l.t.r.): Stephan Bitzer (Sales Manager), Valentina Kapski (Purchasing Manager), Angelika Karpenko, Robin Brehmer (Commercial Director)
On the right photo (f.l.t.r.): Waldemar Konrad (Warehouse Manager), Klaudia Poggemann (Goods Receipt), Daniel Kehl, Marina Bauer (Goods Receiving), Robin Brehmer (Commercial Director)

Welcome to the team!

We are pleased to welcome Mattis Dietert to our team as of 01.06.2023. Mattis will work in the mechanics/construction department as a mechanics developer. We are glad that Mattis is actively supporting our team and wish him much success!

VDL visits brehmergroup again

During today's visit to VDL, the production of rocker switches in a wide range of variants was inspected and audited. The individual departments were audited, starting with logistics (represented by Logistics Manager Waldemar Konrad), through order processing (represented by Sales Manager Stephan Bitzer) to production (represented by Production Manager Florian Häniche). Project manager Tim Mertin accompanied the customer through the day accordingly. The day was concluded with a corresponding process release by VDL and was thus a complete success. We look forward to future cooperation with the renowned Dutch bus manufacturer. (Photo from left to right: Craig Workman, Peter Kuppens, Pim van der Zalm, Dennis Blättermann, Simon Maas, Marco Klein, Moritz Schmidt, Tim Mertin)

Project meeting: watchER

A milestone meeting of all project partners took place today on the premises of brehmergroup for the watchER project. Within the framework of the project, a low-maintenance and cyber-physical logistics system is to be developed in cooperation with the partners: WALTHER Faltsysteme GmbH, MALORG GmbH and the University of Mannheim for seamless real-time monitoring and improvement of process and resource efficiency. Based on the improvements, energy savings and, downstream, a corresponding climate protection effect will be achieved. Dr. Michael Schrempp was able to see the progress of the project for himself on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project meeting was a complete success.

Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU

Kick-off of the IDM (International German Motorcycle Championship)

The new season got off to an almost perfect start for Florian Alt at the Sachsenring. It was only shortly before the start of the season that the switch from Flo66 to HONDA and the tradition-rich Holzhauer Racing Team Motorsport (hrp-motorsport.de) became apparent. Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher already drove a Honda for Holzhauer Racing.

Flo drove a record lap in the practice session to reach pole position. With this time, he would have been well placed even in the "top class" / Moto GP. On Saturday Flo controlled his race behind the multiple champion Ilya Mikhalchik and secured 2nd place.

On Sunday then the 2nd race and Flo made the sensation perfect, with a never threatened, sovereign victory. The first victory for Honda and the Holzhauer Racing Team after 12 years in the IDM.
 
Jens Holzhauer (on the left photo) can hardly believe it. And we can get used to the picture with Flo66 at the top of the podium.

Die brehmergroup at Nacht der Technik

The 1st Oberberg "Nacht der Technik" took place on 5 May 2023. Numerous people from Oberberg visited a wide variety of businesses and institutions from 6 p.m. to midnight. Our three time slots were also well attended and we are proud of the entire team for the perfect organisation and smooth running.

We are already looking forward to the next "Nacht der Technik".

Video portraits of our trainees

Today, our trainees would like to introduce themselves in a video portrait each. Please click on the links of Dieter, Bjarne, Alex and Ben to learn more about their fields of activity.

Dieter is trainee as an IT specialist in our IT department.
Bjarne is trainee as a warehouse logistics specialist in the warehouse/shipping department.
Alex is trainee a product designer in the construction department.
Ben is a dual student in the project management department.

The brehmergroup wins the race against IFM!

After a 4-year break, we were finally able to revive the kart race. Our long-standing customer and loyal business partner IFM from Essen was represented by two participants. The brehmergroup was able to participate with four people. After the qualifying, there were two races of 15 minutes each. We thank you for the great fight and are looking forward to return the favour next year.

On the photo from left to right Stephan Bitzer, Moritz Schmidt, Chris Koch, Robin Brehmer, Patrick Kister (IFM) and Daniel Versen (IFM).

Kick-off to the World Endurance Championship

The season started on the weekend of 2 April at the traditional circuit in Le Mans, France.

The Honda-Viltais team around Florian Alt and the new World Championship riders Leon Mercado and Steven Odenthaal had a lot planned for the start of the season - and the team delivered. A fourth place is sensational at the start!

Difficult weather conditions (extreme cold), new drivers, new material. Right at the beginning of the race, starting driver Florian "Flo" showed where the hammer hangs and was even able to get ahead of the established factory teams.

After a tough 24-hour race, the team rewarded itself with a 4th place.

Our product in the new BMW M Performance video

In this video you can see our latest product (Door Pin Swarovski), which we sell to BMW M Performance GmbH. Our design manager Eckhard Hauer supervised the project and successfully brought it to the finish line. We are proud and happy that we can already work on the next projects for BMW.

Welcome to the team!

We are pleased to have found an experienced employee for our environmental simulation laboratory in Frank Kerschgens. Frank has been with us since 1 April and can contribute his valuable experience as a "full-blooded electronics engineer" with knowledge of communications engineering, information electronics and aircraft electronics. In connection with his pronounced quality awareness, we will be able to implement the diverse and complex tasks even better.

F.X. Meiller visits the brehmergroup

Our long-standing customer F.X. Meiller visited us in our new buildings in Elsenroth and Oberwiehl. We were able to discuss current projects and present our possibilities at the new locations. Photo from left to right: Mr. Schauberger, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Moll, Mr. Fuchs

Campus Day – FHDW

Our two dual students Ben Baldauf (photo left) and Noah Neuser (photo right)  are studying business administration with a focus on automotive industry & sales management at the University of Applied Sciences (FHDW) at the Bergisch Gladbach campus. The brehmergroup is the permanent practical company for the corresponding practical phases of the dual studies of the two. The brehmergroup took part in this year's Campus Day of the FHDW Bergisch Gladbach for the first time as an exhibitor. The aim of the participation was to arouse the interest of further dual students in the study programmes Business Administration and Applied Computer Science in order to actively support them in their training and career entry.

Ben and Noah planned the brehmergroup stand for the Campus Day and were present as contact persons for interested future students. With the help of our sample board with some products from the brehmergroup portfolio, interested parties also had something to touch.

As part of the study module "Project Management", in which a project of their own choice had to be implemented as an examination performance, Ben and Noah decided to implement brehmergroup's participation in the Campus Day as a project. Among other things, this resulted in a feedback interview with our Commercial Director Robin Brehmer.

The participation in Campus Day was successful and resulted in several applications from prospective students, so we are planning to participate again next year.

Trainee project

The starting signal for our "cabin" project was given today. We want to "restore" a used Claas cabin and equip it with our own products. The first meeting for this was held today with all the trainees and Tobias.
 
All areas, whether commercial or technical, are involved in the project. Everyone is working hard to get the cabin in perfect condition. We wish them every success and look forward to seeing the results.
 
On the photo from left to right: Alex, Tobias, Elyessa, Edward, Bjarne, Deny, Dieter, Johanna. Angelika and Daniel were absent due to vocational school.

brehmergroup receives visit from Taiwanese partner

Today we received our partner from Taiwan. The new location in Elsenroth was presented and we were able to talk about interesting projects. Our partner is an internationally operating company and we have been working together for several years now. We are looking forward to future cooperation and will visit the company in Taiwan again soon.

Photo from left to right: Robin Brehmer (Commercial Director), Roger Lu (Sales Representative), Erica Yu (Deputy Manager), Thomas Brehmer (Managing Partner), Lukas Becker (Purchasing Clerk)

Sebastian leaves us

In addition to welcoming new employees, we also have an "exit" to report. Sebastian Sohn, the laboratory manager for many years, is taking on a new challenge. He is changing industries and will now work in pre-development at a company in the region.

We thank Sebastian for his commitment to the lab and his always collegial manner. So we were able to enjoy Sebastian's home-baked bread and spreads at the breakfast buffet, as well as honey from his bees. We wish Sebastian all the best for his future!

Photo from left to right: Valentin Hellhorn, Sebastian Sohn, Chris Koch

Welcome to the team!

Lukas started working for us in the development department on 16 March. After his training, he gained valuable experience in the field of prototype construction. The far-reaching demands of our customers in the field of vehicle, military and machine technology for doubt-free documentation of the products are becoming more and more extensive. In this respect, we are also pleased to have found a new employee in Lukas, who is familiarising himself with this extensive subject matter. Our responsible persons, design manager Eckhard Hauer and employee Katja Quast, have developed a special familiarisation programme for Lukas in order to pass on their knowledge to him.

Welcome to the team!

Daniela Lang has many years of experience in various industrial companies and has proven her organisational talent there. Daniela starts her job on 16.03. in the area of sales / order processing. First of all, we need Daniela's skills in our organising team to ensure that the "Open Day" on 15.06. will be a success. The induction will also follow a specific plan, which our Sales Manager Stephan Bitzer is responsible for.

Welcome to the team!

Christian Zeller has been able to gain a lot of specific experience and he is happy to have found a challenging task in his "old home". Christian started on 15.03. and is getting an insight into all commercial departments as part of his induction plan. The special responsibility of this position, for our sustainable growth course, also creates new potential to permanently improve all commercial processes in connection with the introduction of an expanded merchandise management system. In addition, the direct supervisor Nadine Nusch will be relieved, who can then take over tasks from human resources.

News from Florian Alt and Ville Valtonen

We are pleased to continue the longstanding support of Florian Alt and Ville Valtonen. Florian will change brands in the new year. He is switching to HONDA, the largest motorbike manufacturer in the world, in the EWC (World Endurance Championship) and IDM (International German Championship) categories.

The photo shows the Honda Viltais team for the World Endurance Championship with Florian Alt wearing a brehmergroup cap in the middle.

Ville, called "Valdo", continues to rely on BMW, but has invested in the latest material. Valdo still competes in the ESBK (Spanish Superbike Championship) but also in the IRRC (international road racing class).
 
We wish both of them good luck and, above all, good health in the new season and that they fulfil their dreams.

The Kunststoffinitiative Oberberg (KIO) visited us in our new building in Elsenroth

The Kunststoffinitiative Oberberg (KIO) visited us in our new building in Elsenroth - many new contacts were made and interesting discussions held.
 
Laboratory manager Chris Koch explained the possibilities of our environmental simulation laboratory. 

Commercial Manager Robin Brehmer showed the visitors the logistical possibilities and the Classic area. 

Technical Manager Moritz Schmidt showed the visitors the competences in production/assembly of the brehmergroup.
 
Further information and photos can be found in the link: News aus der KIO Mitgliederversammlung vom 09.03.2023 - KIO-Oberberg

Here are some impressions of the event. (Photos: Sven Kubeile)

10-year anniversary at brehmermechatronics for Moritz Schmidt

Moritz Schmidt has been with us since March 2013. This was duly celebrated today. He started his career with us as a student and we were able to directly assign him the project management for an electromobility project. Already during his studies, we entrusted Moritz with the management of the "Development" department. With ambition, he successfully completed a Master's degree "on the side".
 
For several years, Moritz has been responsible for the entire technology at brehmermechatronics and has been part of the management since 2019. For exactly 2 years now, Moritz has also been a shareholder of Brehmer GmbH & Co. KG.  In the long term, his patents help to successfully establish us as a supplier of mechatronics. This is a rapid development that Moritz is going through - we wish him health, happiness, peace, overview and further success for the next years with us.
 
Here's to the next 10 years!
-The management
 
In the photo from left to right: Thomas Brehmer, Anke Brehmer, Moritz Schmidt, Robin Brehmer and Dennis Blättermann.

Welcome to the team!

Ralph Schnitzler brings with him profound knowledge of logistics and has strengthened Waldemar Konrad’s logistics department since the beginning of March. The greatly increased workload is now spread over more shoulders. We congratulate Ralph on passing the trainer aptitude test, which he recently took and passed. Now we hope to find the right trainees to further strengthen the department.

brehmerclassics GmbH visits RETRO CLASSICS Stuttgart

For us, the 2023 trade fair year begins with a visit to RETRO CLASSICS in Stuttgart.

As the brehmerclassics sector continues to grow, it is extremely important to get an overview of "the scene". The responsible project managers Denis Knips and Markus Heitmann as well as Business Development Director Craig Workman and Managing Director Robin Brehmer held important talks with customers and suppliers.
 
For example, the cooperation with our long-standing local Taiwanese partner was intensified and a cooperation agreement was signed. In addition, the customers Mercedes-Benz Classic and Bosch Classic were visited at the fair and current projects were discussed. 
 
On the following day, the company Porsche Classic was visited at the new location in Asperg, which unfortunately was not represented at the trade fair.

K - like KTM and Karneval

Last week we celebrated "Weiberfastnacht" and the visit of our customer KTM. The visitors were very pleased with the project progress and the new building in Elsenroth. They also enjoyed the local festivities. (please see photo)

Next month we will visit KTM in Mattighofen again and are curious to see what is new in Austria. We are looking forward to another and successful year with KTM.

Our long-standing customer and partner ifm visits the brehmergroup

ifm's exceptionally large product portfolio not only takes into account all relevant standard solutions but also the special requirements of individual industries.
 
In addition to position and process sensors, the range includes sensors for motion control and safety technology. Furthermore, ifm offers products for industrial image processing and communication as well as identification systems and systems for mobile machines.
 
We have been supplying ifm with our capacitive switch for more than 10 years now. Today's meeting served to compare notes and to plan and expand the future cooperation. In addition we presented our new location in Nümbrecht/Elsenroth and our services.

The brehmergroup is grateful and proud of this cooperation and we are looking forward to the next years with ifm.

Visit from the Arrow company

Today, our long-time business partner Mr. Van den Akker from Arrow visited us. We discussed many interesting approaches and are excited about the further development of the cooperation.

Visit of BMW special accessories at brehmergroup!

The area of special accessories is very important to BMW. We are very proud that we were able to convince the responsible BMW employees of our competences over two days. We were able to present our locations in Wiehl and Elsenroth with the entire range of services and are proud to have already implemented several projects for BMW special accessories.
 
Head of design Eckhard Hauer (photo, on the right) and our commercial manager and partner Robin Brehmer (photo, second from right) received the visit from Munich.
 
We are looking forward to further exciting, varied projects and a continued trusting cooperation.

Welcome to the team!

Jan Luca Ranke started with us in February and went through the project management and order processing departments as part of his induction. Purchasing Manager Valentina Kapski has entrusted Jan Luca with general purchasing tasks. We are pleased that Jan Luca is systematically building up and professionalising our project purchasing.

Cooperation with the TH Köln

The brehmergroup is developing an intelligent rotary controller in cooperation with the TH-Köln, Campus Gummersbach and Omni Elektronik GmbH. In today's project meeting, a jointly developed demonstrator could be put into operation. The project is funded by the "Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie" (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) as part of the ZIM funding programme.

In January, we promoted three employees and appointed them heads of department

Stephan Bitzer (photo, left) has been with us for more than five years now and during this time he has developed into an employee we cannot and would not want to do without. Stephan will be "Sales Manager" with immediate effect and is thus responsible for all tasks in the area of order processing and sales. We are delighted that he has accepted this new challenge and will continue to move the team forward with his knowledge and experience. We appreciate his commitment and dedication and hope for a continued good cooperation.
 
Marco Klein (photo, right) has been with us since 2014 and has been employed as a full-time employee for over five years. Marco will take over the overall management of our quality department, as "Head of Quality", with immediate effect. He has undergone a great deal of professional and personal development, which we fully appreciate. Marco has contributed greatly to the development of our company, for which we thank him very much! 
 
Valentina Kapski (photo, centre) will take over the management of our purchasing department from 02.01.2023. Valentina has only been with us since 01.07.2022. In this short time, Valentina has done an excellent job in the project management department. Especially the challenge of analysing and evaluating new suppliers with new technologies has been mastered by the business economist with flying colours. Valentina's main task is to ensure the material supply of our production. Please support Valentina in this endeavour.

Congratulations on the bachelor thesis!

Our bachelor student Tim Mertin has completed his bachelor thesis with an excellent overall grade of 1.5. We congratulate him warmly! Tim supervised the introduction of ASPICE certification as part of his bachelor thesis. The bachelor thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Siegfried Stumpf (TH-Köln) and Moritz Schmidt (Engineering Director - brehmergroup). (Photo from left to right: Prof. Dr Siegfried Stumpf, Tim Mertin and Moritz Schmidt)
 
We are pleased that Tim will strengthen our team in project management from 02.01.2023. Within the scope of his work, Tim will continue to take care of the introduction of ASPICE as well as the fully comprehensive development quality and documentation.

Our Christmas party 2022

Finally another Christmas party at our "favourite Greek" Kosta! We all enjoyed the delicious food and cool drinks and were finally able to have some fun together again. Colleagues Marina, Nadine and Valentina had prepared a few surprises, such as a raffle, a guessing game and the trainees' cookie-baking, which had been carried out in advance with construction manager Eckhard. This was a complete success: the taste and design were excellent. The proceeds of the sold biscuits and the estimation game amounting to 570,- Euro will be donated to Aktion Lichtblicke.

We laughed a lot and were also a little sad because Saeed is leaving us at the end of the year.

In the coming week, the inventory still has to be done and then there will be a rest from work for a few days.

Bosch process audit at brehmergroup

This week, Bosch - one of the world's largest automotive suppliers - visited us to conduct an audit of our Classic division. Over 3 days, our processes were turned upside down. 

In addition to the auditor, two product managers also visited us to talk about future projects. 

Especially for our Quality Manager Marco Klein (2nd from right) this is a personal success, after the DAkkS was also completed positively under his leadership. For our Classic Manager Denis Knips (top centre) it was the first audit with his responsible cooperation. Denis Knips is already planning a visit to Bosch at the beginning of next year to conduct further discussions on the projects.

We are looking forward to the evaluation of the audit and to the coming year with hopefully many interesting projects.

Visit from VDL

VDL, one of the leading bus manufacturers in Europe, visited us on 14.12.2022 at our site in Nümbrecht Elsenroth. The gentlemen were convinced that we are the suitable partner for mechatronic solutions. We are looking forward to the beginning of a long-term partnership. Craig Workman (on the left in the photo) and Dennis Blättermann (on the right in the photo) received the visit from the Netherlands.

Start of operations in Elsenroth

Last Friday, we were able to officially start operations at the completed location in Elsenroth. Apart from some minor remaining work, the building was handed over to the brehmergroup by the Sonka architects' office under very difficult conditions. Due to weather conditions, the outdoor facilities could not be completed yet. This will be done in the new year as soon as the weather allows it.

Probationary period successfully completed

There is no end to the good news! Elyesa (on the left photo, left) has completed his probationary period and we are happy that he will continue his training as an electronics technician for devices and systems.

Together with the other trainees (on the right photo), Elyesa is currently preparing a surprise for the upcoming Christmas party as part of a team project. Elesya was the first to receive the "Bosch Manual for Automotive Electrics" today. The plan is to introduce the trainees to the world of interdisciplinary mechatronics through workshops and internships, including at friendly companies and external training centres. Eckhard Hauer, Valentina Kapski and Maik Ackerschott will take charge of this in the coming year.

The photo on the right shows from left: Alexander Usik: Product Design, Johanna Mahn: Industrial Clerk, Eleysa Kazanc: Electronics Technician for Devices & Systems, Edward Barabas: Industrial Clerk

We have another invention to report

Our friend, Prof. Dr. Klaus Herzog, has come up with an outstanding development of a "tailwheel arrangement for aircraft" and this has now been granted as a patent by the Federal Patent Office on 03.11.2022. It is remarkable that Prof. Dr. Klaus Herzog tested this invention on his own, self-built aircraft. We are already looking forward to the coming year to test the invention. The plan is to make this invention available to our customer "Grob Aircraft". Perhaps other aircraft manufacturers will also be interested.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Herzog wrote to us: "As soon as the weather permits, we can take off for our joint test flight. Lately I have also made many very good landings. One speaks of a good landing when no one is injured. A very good landing is when the aircraft remains whole."

Visit from BMW

BMW Purchasing & Quality put us to the test yesterday and today. The gentlemen were able to get an exact overview of our performance and also trust us with very complex projects. Our identification with BMW products goes a long way. The gentlemen will visit us again next year.

15 years at brehmergroup - congratulations!

Maik Ackerschott (on the left photo, 3 from left) has now been with us for 15 years. We congratulate him on this anniversary! All colleagues came together today to congratulate him as well (centre photo). We are looking forward to more years with Maik, because Maik + electronics = our future.

2 x reason to celebrate at the brehmergroup

The 1st reason: Our bachelor student Dennis Diel completed his bachelor thesis with an excellent overall grade of 1.6. The bachelor thesis deals with the complex topic of a safety-relevant "by wire" application for motorbikes. It was written under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Felix Hackelöer (TH Köln, Campus Gummersbach, Faculty of Computer Science) and the second examiner Dipl.-Ing. Maik Ackerschott (a top performer in electronics with us for 15 years).

And the second reason: Dennis Diel joins our development team with immediate effect and can seamlessly contribute his acquired knowledge to us and our customers. All the best, Dennis, for your and our future!

The relocation is completed

This week, the last rented brehmermechatronics location was closed. The assembly that was outsourced in Wiehl/Immen was thus relocated to the new site in Elsenroth.
 
We would like to thank all the helpers from production and the development departments, including: Inge, Claudia, Dagmar as well as Waldemar, Florian H., Alexander U., Saeed, Noah, Marco and Markus.
 
Now all the rented locations have been handed over and we are all happy about the bright, modern premises. However, there is still a lot of remaining work to be done on the new building.

Today, the first talks have already been held to plan the big opening ceremony on 15.06.2023: the countdown is on.

Visit from Yamaha

Dr Kurita Hirotaka and Keita Watanabe from Yamaha, Japan were our guests today - a very positive visit! Personal thanks go to all the "Elsenrothers" who helped to make the site look very tidy. Alex, Valtentin and Waldemar deserve special mention. 

Move completed. The new business address

Last Friday, the last employees moved out of Wilhelm-Grümer-Weg 22. From now on, our new business address, at our new location in Oberwiehler Straße 55 in Wiehl, is valid. 

Review EICMA 2022

The EICMA, Europe's largest motorbike show, was the final event of our trade fair year. It is one of the world's largest two-wheeler trade fairs, at which, of all things, the top dogs BMW, KTM and Harley-Davidson were absent this year. For us as exhibitors, the fair is not suitable due to its size and lack of clarity. However, as visitors we were able to have some interesting conversations. You can find more information on Motorradonline.

The brehmergroup in the Meiller video

We are pleased that brehmergroup is mentioned as a partner in the video of our customer Meiller. Our scope of delivery to Meiller is a remote control system consisting of a remote control, a charging cradle for the remote control and a highly complex receiver control unit. The system was shown for the first time at Bauma 2018. Now we have already been successfully supplying for several years.

Bauma 2022: A complete success!

Our premiere at BAUMA was a complete success. Business Development Director Craig Workman had found an excellent location for our stand in Hall A2, where almost all the well-known mechatronics suppliers were exhibiting. The stand was beautifully designed (many thanks to Mrs Knetsch) and everything was well organised. We will certainly take part in the next BAUMA, from 07.04. - 13.04.2025 and involve even more employees.
 
On the photo overview you can see some impressions of our fair days. On the photo below left you can see Stephan Bitzer and Bjärne Heinz in the background, who were always on duty with a smile, even at the end of BAUMA. In the foreground you can see, among others, colleagues from the KTM company. We were very pleased about the visit of the renowned motorbike manufacturer. 

Visit from BMW-Motorrad

A great day for the entire brehmermechatronics team: Europe's largest premium motorbike manufacturer BMW-Motorrad visited us at the end of October. Mr. Johannes Haake has the responsible task of evaluating the performance of our entire team and ensuring that we are able to develop functionally relevant and innovative control elements as the sole supplier for all high-quality BMW motorbikes and to be able to deliver them process-reliably, with 0 errors. We were able to convince Mr Haake with our competence, our passion, our team spirit and our planned approach. This is a milestone in our company history!

We are looking forward to welcoming Mr. Haake back to our company, as the relocation of a product for BMW motorbike to the new location in Elsenroth is imminent. The photo shows from left to right: Moritz Schmidt (Engineering Director), Filippo Pisano (Project Management Manager), Johannes Haake (BMW-Motorrad) and Robin Brehmer (Commercial Director).

News from bauma

We are very pleased about the high-calibre visitors to our stand at bauma. We were visited by the development managers of MAN, Meiller, Linde, and also by representatives of Liebherr, JCB, Fendt, RMMV, to name but a few. Until "half-time" we counted 200 visitors. Today there was a shift change, Aysun Akbaba and Nilüfer Varel (photo above) from KAT are on the stand today.

Our Managing Director Dennis Blättermann (photo below left, on the right) and Quality Manager Claudia Heinz (photo below left, on the left) left yesterday evening, having already arrived on Sunday with Craig Workman (Business Development Director). Stand duty is extremely demanding and exhausting.

Organiser Craig (photo below right, far right) is also still on site in Munich today and is convincing potential customers of our services.

Construction managers and trainees at bauma!

Our construction manager Eckhard and our trainees Deny, Elyessa and Alex had the opportunity to present our stand at bauma. Under Eckhard's leadership, the apprentices managed to prepare the exhibit in time and in best quality for the fair. The "eye-catcher" is a magnet for our customers and as a result we were able to have very good conversations.

We would like to thank all those involved for their dedication and commitment.

New building almost finished

The construction of the new building is on the home stretch. The move of all departments is planned for the end of November. Company Valperz (photo no. 1 and 2) still has to do some paving work and the fencing. The "Classic" department (photo no. 3 and 4) is finished except for the office.

In the warehouse all shelves are now mounted. Soon the first delivery will leave the new hall. (photo no. 5 and 6) 

The floors on the 1st and 2nd floor of the office building are being laid by the Peters company. (photo no. 5) Unfortunately, the glass walls will be put up late due to sick leave.

Our laboratory will have to live with restrictions until mid-November, when it can be put into operation. (photo 6 shows Chris Koch and Valentin Hellhorn).

Opening of bauma 2022

The bauma in Munich opened today and we are exhibiting together with our partners for the first time. The photo shows our trade fair team (from left to right) Craig Workman, Dennis Blättermann, Claudia Heinz, Rikard Rockhammar, Medine Kacar and Serap Karakas. We hope that the fair will be a success and look forward to good discussions! Please feel free to visit us until 30 October in hall A2, stand 514.

9th place at Focus Growth Champion competition

In the annual "Focus Growth Champions Competition", we have once again achieved a top ten position in the category "Automotive (manufacturers, suppliers and trade)". We owe this success to our motivated and committed team, which has now grown to 70 colleagues. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone: you can always be relied on!

Congratulations on your Bachelor's thesis!

Our bachelor student Philipp Höck successfully passed his online colloquium in the field of design today. Dr. Spütz and Prof. Dr. Konrad from the University of Aachen, Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Eckhard Hauer and M.Eng Moritz Schmidt from the brehmrgroup were present online to examine Philipp. We warmly congratulate Philipp on his grade of "1.3" and wish him every success in his Master's programme at RWTH Aachen University, which is now about to begin. The online exam was certainly interesting, but face-to-face exams are much more emotional.

Excellent response at the IZB

We are very pleased about the excellent response at the IZB in Wolfsburg! Together with our partners, the brehmergroup presented a broad product portfolio and was pleased to welcome numerous interesting guests on the very first day - including the department heads of VW Classic and the VW "Schalterpapst". This enabled existing contacts to be deepened and new contacts to be made. The visitors also enjoyed a small snack in between and a refreshing "Zunft Kölsch" from Wiehl.

Visit from Triumph Motorcycles + Intermot 2022

On 3 October, we were very pleased to once again welcome top-class employees from Triumph Motorcycles to Wiehl. The gentlemen had come to Wiehl for an important project review. Afterwards we visited the "Mechatronic Manufacturing Center" in Elsenroth, which is currently under construction. On 04.10. we visited the Intermot, which unfortunately turned out to be a bit sobering with only a few customer meetings. However, a visit to the partner Wilbers and a conversation with the fast Nina Prinz (seen on the photo on the far right, with Robin Brehmer) were at least a pleasure. We are already looking forward to the EICMA in November to talk to Ducati representatives there. There we will again meet representatives from Triumph, KTM and BMW. The gentlemen from Triumph then headed home to Hinckley and for us it was back to Wiehl.

Start of the winter season in Valencia

Our long-standing, reliable partner Bike Promotion opened the winter season last weekend in Valencia, Spain. Company founder Thomas Thieme's far-sighted management has ensured that even in the difficult Covid times, enough dates are available in Spain for testing motorbikes and components. Hopefully we will also be there on 28 November when our customer BMW presents the latest models.

Visit us now at the IZB!

We are currently at the IZB in Wolfsburg. Why don't you come and visit us? You will find us in hall 2, stand 2606. We look forward to seeing you!

We are pleased about another patent application!

Since the company was founded in 2003, brehmermechatronics has been constantly investing in new technologies in the field of vehicle mechatronics and has relevant patents and utility models. Our customer Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) has been successfully using our innovative and patented products, such as sealed control units DE 10 2017 104 294, or headlights DE 10 2019 104 999.7, for years.
 
We are pleased to now be able to report on another milestone, patent DE 10 2021 107 387 A1. Mr. Moritz Schmidt (technical manager, see photo) and his team have developed a solution that protects "interference suppression filters" safely and permanently against environmental influences. We will use this solution in series production at RMMV and thus ensure that the vehicles have an extraordinary durability and are always ready for use.

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Fachkraft für Lagerlogistik (m/w/d)

Welcome to the team!

Florian Häniche is joining us in production planning with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for his new challenge and an exciting time. Welcome to the team!

Welcome to the team!

Ben Baldauf is starting his dual study programme with us, specialising in business administration. He is going through all areas in our company and is an interested employee. His focus will be in the area of project management (development & classic area) and he will get to know all commercial areas with us. We welcome him to the team and wish him a good start!

Update construction progress Elsenroth

The Valperz company came yesterday with 14 people and extensive machinery and tarred the base course up to the entrance - in their usual reliable manner. Although the interior work is behind schedule, the relocation of the laboratory begins today. Unfortunately, lab manager Sebastian Sohn, Chris and Valentin still have to live with considerable restrictions - thank you in advance for your understanding.

Florian Alt: IDM Final in Hockenheim

Florian Alt ended this year's motorbike season of the International German Championship (IDM) with a victory. In extremely difficult conditions - intermittent rain - Florian rode a tactical race. At the start right at the front, he controlled the field and kept Markus Reiterberger, who was already the champion, behind him. The light onset of rain led to extremely difficult conditions.

Congratulations on your beautiful bundle of joy!

We were all very pleased that Victoria visited us with her baby Diana. After completing her training as an industrial clerk with us, Victoria has now become a mother.  Anke had knitted the matching socks, which Diana shows very photogenically in the picture. We wish the little family all the best and would be very happy if Victoria comes back to us sometime.

Successful Excel training

Our trainees successfully participated in the Excel training. Everyone was able to take away something for themselves and the application in practice can take place immediately. We wish the trainees all the best on their way!

On the photo from left to right: Daniel, Edward, Alex, Elyesa. Johanna was unfortunately absent when the certificates of participation were handed over.

Victory for Florian Alt at the 100th Bol d'or

The Motorcycle Endurance World Championship came to an end today at its last 24-hour race in Le Castellet on the southern French coast. The private Yamaha team "Viltais Racing Ipol" around Florian Alt took a historic victory at the 100th "Bol d'or". The race was extremely demanding for the teams and machines and was marked by several retirements. For example, the BMW, Suzuki and YART-Yamaha factory teams did not finish. The Honda factory team had to struggle with difficulties, the Ducati factory team was very unlucky, after leading for more than 20 hours, there was a defect in the last hour of the race. This is what winners look like: (right photo from left to right): Erwan Nigon, Florian Alt, Steven Odenthal.

The joy was even greater that in addition to the victory, as the final result of the World Endurance Championship, 3rd place overall in the World Endurance Championship can be celebrated. We are already looking forward to the coming season - hopefully again with Florian Alt from Nümbrecht.

Building progress in Elsenroth

The new building is making visible progress every day. We plan to move in during the last quarter of this year.

Great success for Ville Valtonen at IMATRA road racing event

Our rider Ville Valtonen finished 6th, 7th and 8th in the IRRC SBK as a guest starter. We congratulate him on this great performance and look forward to future races!

Wilbers-BMW-Racing: Florian Alt is close to the finish line but there's still a chance

What a weekend at the Red Bull Ring. Probably no other team has experienced as many ups and downs this season as the Wilbers Racing Team. After the initial shock experience in the free practice of the IDM Superbike, Florian Alt on the BMW M 1000 RR again provided a brilliant performance in Styria.

We welcome a new colleague

We are happy to announce that Lukas Becker will join us as a full-time employee in the purchasing department. He was able to settle into the department very well in the first few days and is now supporting the team with full commitment. The whole team welcomes him warmly and is happy that he is with us!

We welcome our apprentice

On 01.08.2022 Johanna started her training as an industrial clerk with us, which we already mentioned last month. She has now successfully completed her first month and the entire purchasing team is very satisfied. In the course of her training, she will pass through all of our commercial departments. We wish her every success for the exciting years here with us!

Impressions from the summer festival

Dear colleagues, it's great that you all came in such large numbers! It was a wonderful day, which we have captured not only in pictures but also in a video.

Wilbers-BMW-Racing: The great Florian-Alt-Show and the following disaster at the TT Circuit in Assen

Shouts of joy after the first round of the IDM Superbike at the TT Circuit Assen were replaced by sheer horror. Florian Alt's podium finish was followed by the third technical failure of the season. The plan to defeat the now four-time champion Markus Reiterberger once again remains.

Perfect teamwork during the move

Our logisticians have  emptied the warehouse in Marienhagen. Our 'Classicers' have started moving the Classic area from Brächen to Elsenroth. This was perfect teamwork - thanks to Dennis, Markus and Florian. We worked up quite a sweat and unfortunately also put a few dents on the rental Sprinter. 

Afterwards we had a delicious lunch.

Craig also joined us and helped to bring everyone to Elsenroth. There the whole workshop is now waiting to be finished. Today the tiles were laid in the sanitary area and the electrics were wired. Soon the whole workshop can be set up and we are looking forward to putting it into operation.

News from the Formula Student

At the Formula Student in Austria, we were able to achieve 15th place out of 24 participants in the "combustion engine" category. This is a good achievement for our small team. Despite some technical problems, it was really exciting to get everything right. In the end, however, we were able to participate in every discipline and the students and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Herzog from the Technical University of Central Hesse were able to go home very satisfied.

10-year company anniversary for Werner Bubenzer

Werner Bubenzer celebrated his 10th anniversary with the company on 1 August. Werner is responsible for financial planning and controlling and in this function is indispensable in the sustainable development of the brehmergroup. All members of the management continue to look forward to the reliability, competence and integrity in working with Werner.

A great day

On 01.08.2022, our apprentices started their professional lives: Johanna Mahn and Edward Barabas as industrial clerks, Elyesa Kazanc as an electronics technician and Alexander Usik as a product designer. Our trainer Valentina Kapski surprised each apprentice with a "Schultüte" (school cone), Eckhard Hauer brought the training guidelines and Anke Brehmer brought delicious chocolate kisses (with the company logo).

There was a lot of laughter during the joint presentation and then "the new ones" went to work with their mentors Angelika Karpenko, Saeed al Hallak and Deny El Achar. The best news at the end of the day: The first day at work was fun!

Wilbers-BMW-Racing: Two podium finishes in front of over 30,000 spectators at the Schleizer Dreieck

Where everything is different, where square grass grids are used instead of the kerbs and connect the paddock directly to the green areas of the area, Florian Alt once again proved his impressive fighting strength last weekend and was able to celebrate. The 25-year-old Wilbers-BMW-Racing rider finished on the podium in the IDM Superbike and has indicated that there will soon be more than second places in it.

Update on the new building in Elsenroth

The building is now completely sealed, all doors and windows have been installed. Currently, electricians, heating installers and painters are working at full speed. In the Classic area, the lifting platform was assembled and installed today. We will keep you updated.

Supplier for Rosenbauer fire fighting vehicles

We are proud to also make a small contribution to the safe functioning of the Rosenbauer "Panther" fire-fighting vehicle. Our proven and robust pushbutton switches are used here. Click here for a press article on the "Panther" fire-fighting vehicle.

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New colleague for the incoming goods department

We are pleased to announce that Marina Bauer, after successfully completing her training as an industrial clerk, will join us as a full-time employee in the incoming goods department. Her interfaces will mainly be with QA/Purchasing/Warehouse. Most of you already know Marina - nevertheless we would like to welcome her and are happy that she is with us.

We welcome a new colleague for the Classic department

As of today, we are pleased to welcome Denis Knips to the Classic Department. Denis is a trained automotive mechatronics technician and has already had a lot of contact with motorsport. He will be trained by Thore and Markus over the next few weeks. Denis will work in the Classic department in project management and will be Thore's successor. Please give Denis a warm welcome and support him as much as you can.

Florian Alt: A podium place and the next bad luck

Sometimes life plays crazy. After an excellent second place in the first Superbike race at the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) in Most, Czech Republic, Florian Alt wanted to get more in the second race. But this did not happen. The 26-year-old rider from the Wilbers-BMW-Racing team rather did damage control and saved a fourth place at the finish. Small consolation: Despite the debacle in the second race, "Flo" moved up one place in the overall standings and is now second. In the heat of Most, Florian Alt still said ...

Ride the future – together!

On 09.06.2022, the mayor Ulrich Stücker, Prof. Dr. Florian Zwanzig (Head of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering TH Cologne, Gummersbach Campus), Prof. Dr. Klaus Herzog (Mechanical Engineering, TH Mittelhessen) and Michael Sallmann (Head of the Oberberg office of the IHK Cologne) visited us. We are pleased about the visit and the good and constructive discussions concerning the creation of new jobs in our home region. Together we are happy to tackle the challenges of the future. Ride the future - together! (see photo)

The Oberbergische Volkszeitung und the Kölnische Rundschau also reportet on this event.

Congratulations on the final exam

Our trainee Victoria has successfully passed the written and oral final examination for industrial clerk. We congratulate her and wish her all the best for the future!

6th place for Florian Alt at Spa-Francorchamps

As reported in the April news, Florian is active in the World Endurance Championship. For the first time in over 20 years, a 24-hour race was held on the extremely demanding "hill and dale" track in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on the first weekend in June. Florian's opponent in the IDM, Markus Reiterberger and the BMW motorbike factory team celebrated a much acclaimed victory (The press reported).

The extremely difficult race was marked by ups and downs for Florian and his team, both during the day and at night. And yet, in the end, an excellent 6th place came out of it. On 07 August in Suzuka / Japan the next round of the world championship.

Updates from Florian Alt

We failed to report on Florian Alt's race in the International German Championship (IDM) from the Lausitzring on 08 May. In the two races that were started, Florian unfortunately did not finish. In the 1st race, the engine of his BMW M1000 RR failed after a few laps. Florian was not even able to start the 2nd race2 because the electronics on his BMW refused to work.

However, the races on 20.05. in Oschersleben were all the more pleasing. In race 1, Florian won with a first-class manoeuvre on the last lap, ahead of Markus Reiterberger, who dominated the championship, and thus took his first victory this year. Florian then successfully completed Race 2 in 2nd place. The Lausitz weekend was forgotten.

The next races of the IDM Championship will take place on 26.06. in Most, Czech Republic. We are looking forward to exciting races again!

The brehmergroup welcomes little Kilian!

Our Jörn Burprich became a father last week. We wish him and his family all the best!

Today we say goodbye to two colleagues

Our Susi is going into well-deserved retirement and today, on her last day (31.05.2022), she also has a birthday. We congratulate her twice! We thank her for her great work in the assembly/production area over the past years and wish her a well-deserved retirement and a happy birthday.
 
We also bid farewell to our apprentice Victoria, who successfully passed her final examination for industrial clerk in writing last week. We congratulate her from the bottom of our hearts! We keep our fingers crossed for her oral exam and for the coming years as a mother. Maybe we will see each other again soon.
 
We would like to thank you for the tasty stand-off today in the company courtyard and keep our fingers crossed for both colleagues for the future.

Visit by the Head of Purchasing of the Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Group

The Head of Purchasing of the Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Group has personally convinced himself of the potential of the brehmergroup in the field of mechatronics and continues to rely on the innovative strength of the Wiehl-based company. We will be a core supplier for the important products and are proud to contribute to the security of our country.

The photo (from left to right) shows: Moritz Schmidt: Technical Manager, inventor of the blackout driving light system, Julian Hampel: Key Account Manager for the Rheinmetall Group, Michael Neurath: Head of Purchasing RMMV and Thomas Brehmer: Founder of brehmermechatronics and co-inventor of the blackout driving light system.

High-profile visit follows successful relocation

After the successful relocation of our development team, the accounting department and the human resources department to the new premises in the new building in Oberwiehl, we had high-profile visitors.

We were particularly pleased to receive members of the management of the rapidly growing British motorbike manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles. The gentlemen were just as convinced of our sustainable, cross-generational strategy as they were of our new building in Nümbrecht, which combines state-of-the-art production facilities with our advanced developments in the areas of "e-mobility", "by wire technology" and "connectivity". 

Tomorrow we expect another high-profile visitor, this time from the purchasing manager of Rheinmetall-Konzern.

COPAT is new partner for Italy

We are looking forward to another partnership! Our friend and representative for the Italian market, Mr. Massimo Gillio, has managed to find a suitable company, COPCOPAT - Automotive Electric Professional Service, which is now actively selling our products. On the occasion of the Autopromotec trade fair in Bologna, we were able to talk for the first time and plan our future together. This is an important impulse for our trade business and hopefully more partnerships in other countries will follow soon.

New building in Elsenroth takes shape

We are very much involved in the realisation of our strategic planning, our projects as well as the acquisition of new customers, insofar the "sparse" information about the progress of the new building can be explained. 

We are pleased to report that the new building project in Elsenroth, under the direction of architect Mark Heimann, is fully on schedule, although there are always difficulties with the availability of materials.

The shell of the building is almost complete and the interior work has begun. The topping-out ceremony is celebrated with all employees in August. The final move will take place in autumn. The Brächen, Marienhagen and Immen locations will then be closed. We are all looking forward to bright, sustainable and modern workplaces!

We welcome a new colleague

Edward Barabas is working as a temporary employee with immediate effect and will start his training as an industrial clerk with us in August. We extend a warm welcome to him!

Race ends for Florian Alt after 18 hours

The 24 Hours of Le Mans ends early for Florian Alt and his teammates Erwan Nigon and Steven Odendaal du to a broken connecting rod. Read the entire article under this link

Numerous donations for Ukraine

We would like to thank the Brehmer employees for the numerous donations! As promised, Moritz Schmidt and Robin Brehmer doubled the collected amount of 725 euros and transferred the total of 1,450 euros to the Weitblick im Oberbergischen Kreis e.V.“ .

We welcome a new colleague

Matthias Bestgen has joined us with immediate effect as an order development clerk. We extend a warm welcome to him!

We welcome a new Bachelor student

Dennis Diel joined our electronics development team as a bachelor student on 01.04.2022. Welcome to the team!

We welcome a new Master's student

Anni Weng joined our team as a Master's student on 01.04.2022. A warm welcome!

We welcome a new colleague

Ilona Voronyin joined our assembly/production department on 01.04.2022. A warm welcome!

Our product in the new BMW M Performance video

The video shows our latest product (Door pin), which we sell to BMW M Performance GmbH. Our design manager Eckhard Hauer supervised the project and successfully brought it to the finish line. We are proud and happy that we can already work on the next projects for BMW.

Graduation with top grade

Congratulations to Torben Xanke who graduated with the highest grade 1.0! We  are happy to keep Torben in our team. We look forward to continuing to work with him!

Relocation imminent

In a few days, we will be moving into the entire 2nd floor of the new building opposite. Co-partner Moritz Schmidt and IT manager Alexander Schröder spoke to Oberberg-aktuell about this.

Excerpt: "The offices will house the development centre and the administration. The move is scheduled to take place in mid-March. The rooms opposite will be given up, and production, the laboratory and the warehouse will be moved to the new location in Nümbrecht-Elsenroth. Construction there will be completed in the second half of the year. However, with the relocation of the offices to Oberwiehler Straße, the headquarters of the specialist for mechatronics development will remain in Wiehl. The company is growing: in 2012, there were twelve employees, and now there are more than 70, says Schmidt. (Photo: Oberberg aktuell)

On the other floors there is a medical care centre (basement), a familiy doctor (ground floor), a fabric shop (ground floor), a senior citizens' flat (1st floor) and three spacious flats (3rd floor). 

Alex Schröder has been with brehmermechatronics for 15 years

Today, following our staff meeting, we had the pleasure of presenting our IT manager Alexander Schröder with a gift. Alex has now been with us for 15 years and is one of the first employees. We are very proud and look forward to the next 15 years with him!

We welcome two new colleagues

We are also pleased that Philipp Höck (photo left) has joined us as a bachelor student for mechanical engineering, specialising in design technology. Philipp is studying at RWTH Aachen University and is working with us on the development of mechatronic control elements - we also wish Philipp all the best and welcome him to the team!

We are also getting support from Matthias Bergen (photo right). Matthias will actively support the purchasing department. We are happy to have him at our side and wish him all the best and success for the future.

Christopher Koch has passed his bachelor thesis with 1.3 (A)

We are pleased today that Christopher (Chris) Koch has passed his bachelor's thesis with a grade of 1.3! Chris has been with brehmermechatronics since 2014. He proved himself as a skilled worker in the electronics development department and began studying electrical engineering in 2017, specialising in electronics. During his studies, Chris was always able to gain experience with us as a working student. The topic of his thesis was 'hands on detection', which means the presence detection of the hands on a motorbike handle or the joystick to control a working machine. Now Chris, as a bachelor of electronics, can put his accumulated knowledge directly into practice. Well-known motorbike manufacturers now want to put 'Chris know-how' to use in their motorbikes. We are pleased that Chris is staying with us and that his knowledge is helping to secure jobs at brehmermechatronics. We wish Chris all the best! (Photo: Second examiner Dipl.-Ing. Dennis Blättermann (left), Christoper Koch (centre) and Prof. Dr. Ing. Christian Wolf (right) of TH Köln)

Florian Alt: Season 2022 starts with successful tests

Florian Alt and the Wilbers-BMW-Racing Team set off for Spain in January 2022 to further develop and fine-tune a new R46RR racing fork developed by Wilbers for the IDM, EWC and World SBK. First destination was Almeria, from there they went to Cartagena and back to Almeria to fine-tune the setting again. With best results, they then went on to their winter quarters in Valencia. On the fast track of Valencia it quickly became obvious that the whole Wilbers team together with Gilles and ZF did a really good job.?? After three weeks of testing, the team will go back to Aragon and Valencia in March to check everything again at higher temperatures.

Successful completion of training

Our Saeed successfully completed his training as an "Electronics technician for devices and systems" this January. We congratulate him and are happy that he will stay with us.

We welcome a new colleague

Henrik Köstering is now employed with us as a working student in economics and is aiming for a Master's degree. Henrik wanted to gain practical experience at an innovative company from the region parallel to his studies. We are pleased that Henrik has chosen us and welcome him warmly.

New job vacancies online

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Growth strategy: Mr. Craig Workman

We are pleased to inform you that we are continuing our growth course with the appointment of Mr. Craig Workman as "Business Development Director" since 01.01.2022. Mr. Craig Workman, due to his many years of successful work in the industry, has the task of ensuring the sustainable development of the worldwide customer base of the brehmergroup (brehmermechatronics, brehmerinnovations & brehmerclassics), as well as KAT (KAT Mekatronik Ürünleri A.S.).
 
Our core competence is the physical integration of highly complex electronics in mechatronic modules for harsh environments. In the future, we will focus even more on manufacturers in the special vehicle industry, motorbike manufacturers, manufacturers of vehicles for security and defence.

In this context, we are entrusting Mr. Craig Workman with the development of an international sales network, with the aim of finding cooperation partners and distributors in the target markets.
 
We would be very pleased, although the "Corona crisis" continues to demand the attention of all of us, if you would give Mr Craig Workman and his team the confidence to solve your mechatronic tasks.

We congratulate Vladislav Jakobi on his master's degree

Today, our employee Vladislav Jakobi passed his master's degree with the best grade 1.0. We congratulate him on this outstanding achievement and wish him all the best for his professional future! On the picture you can see in the enlargement (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Tobias Krawutschke, Vladislav Jakobi and Gideon Glenn.

We are looking for experienced designers (m / f / d)

You can find the exact job description in this Pdf or on our career-page.

New flyer for download

You can now download our new flyer on our innovative products for motorbikes. You can also find more brochures, newsletters and certificates on our downloads page.

Trainer aptitude test passed

Our chief designer Eckhard Hauer has successfully passed his trainer aptitude test. We are proud and congratulate him on this success!

We welcome two new colleagues

Viktor Grauberger (photo left) joined our team as project manager on 01.11.2021 and Peter Meinerzhagen (photo right) joined our production preparation team as electronics technician on 08.11.2021. Welcome to the team!

We are looking for buyers (m / f / d)

You can find the exact job description in this Pdf or on our career-page.

Our new building in the "Gewerbepark Elsenroth" is making progress

We have put together a few impressions.

News about our sponsorships in Bangladesh

Our sponsored child Matio (photo on the left) is now 18 years old and the support through our sponsorship has enabled her to grow up healthy and self-confident. We are very happy about that! But of course we are also sad that the project in her village Bhaluka is now finished and we have to say goodbye. Now we would like to support little Imran (photo right) from Thakuragon (Bangladesh). He is 7 years old, has two sisters and likes to play football. The small income of his family is often not even enough to provide him with the most basic necessities. We hope that our support will also help him to grow up healthily. And of course we wish Matio all the best for the rest of her life!

We welcome two Bachelor students

Torben Xanke (photo left) has been working in our environmental simulation laboratory since 01.10.2021 and Kilian Mirbach (photo right), also since 01.10.2021, in our development department. Welcome to the team!

We welcome a new Bachelor student

Tim Mertin joins our project management team as a bachelor student on 01.10.2021. Welcome to the team!

Wilbers-BMW-Racing: Alt is the winner in the thriller for the runner-up title

The finale of the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM) at the Hockenheimring was not for the faint of heart. Florian Alt gave the Wilbers-BMW team the runner-up title in the premier class at the end of the season. A single point played the main role in the end. After the messed-up start to the season in Oschersleben and Alt's absence in Most due to a World Endurance Championship commitment, nobody would have dreamed that he would even end up fighting for the runner-up title in the IDM Superbike 1000. But the races at the Red Bull Ring had changed everything. After his double victory in Styria, Alt had moved up from tenth to third place in the standings within a few hours - and suddenly had a realistic chance ...

"Flo" made the secret hopes come true, but provided a huge thrill beforehand. On the BMW M 1000 RR, he first burned the fastest lap into the asphalt in qualifying. That meant pole position for the 25-year-old from Engelskirchen. He also came back from the first race lap in the lead, before the race had to be stopped due to a mass crash caused by a trace of oil.

New climate test chamber expands capacities of our environmental simulation laboratory

We - in particular our laboratory manager Sebastian Sohn and his team - are pleased to expand our capacities in the field of environmental simulation with a high-quality, new climate chamber. It has a test chamber capacity of 190 litres, a rate of change of 7.5/8.0 K/min and a temperature range from -70 to +180°C. A special feature are two feed-throughs with glove inserts in the door. This allows functional tests of operating elements to be carried out under temperature. We are now looking forward to customer enquiries in order to be able to offer an even better service.

Our buttons are also used here

The brehmermechatronics buttons are also used in the Norddeich seal station.

Job advertisement software developer (m / f / d)

Apply now! You can find the exact job advertisement in this Pdf.

New video about the uFrame

In our new video, Moritz Schmidt explains the many advantages of the uFrame developed by bremermechatronics. Customised solutions - made in Obergberg! Mobile devices are increasingly being used to control machines. However, conventional consumer devices do not meet the necessary safety requirements. The uFrame enables functionally safe and wireless control of movements and functions in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13849. We are proud of our team and look forward to your enquiries!

Works meeting in September

In woderful late summer weather, our works meeting was held as planned and almost all employees were informed about the news of the company's development. Topics were the extreme difficulties of material supply and component shortages, the progress of new buldings and the current Corona situation.

We are looking for commercial employees!

You can find all information about the job advertisement here.

Status of the new building plans

Double win for Florian Alt

Florian Alt celebrates double victory at the Red Bull Ring. We congratulate him!

We welcome a new colleague

Alexander Usik will start as a temporary worker in August and will begin his apprenticeship as a product designer next year! We warmly welcome him to our team!

Donation to those affected by the flood disaster

Our colleagues have decided to help the people in the flooded areas with a donation. In our donation box, a total of 1,300 euros have been collected, which we will now transfer to the "Deutschland hilft" campaign.

New apprentice

We welcome another apprentice who is starting his training as a warehouse logistics specialist. Welcome, Bjarne Heinz!

We welcome a new employee

Alexander Schäfer is part of our electronic development. We warmly welcome him!

Enhancement to our team

Alina Stahl joins our "Quality Assurance" department with immediate effect. Welcome to the team!

Sponsoring

brehmermechatronics supports the THM Motorsport team at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen. We wish you a lot of success!

brehmermechatronics is sponsoring Florian Alt

We are now sponsoring Florian Alt. The 25-year-old motorcycle racer has already taken 1st place in the RedBull MotoGP Rookies Cup, 1st place in the IDM 125 and 1st place in the EWC Stock Team World Championship as well as two times 2nd place in the IDM Superbike.

Congratulations to Philipp Capito

As of today, Philipp is a certified technician for mechanical and plant engineering. Philipp completed this demanding training in evening classes. The large photo shows Philipp (on the left) and our Head of Development Moritz Schmidt. We look forward to the fact that Philipp can now incorporate his expanded knowledge into our projects. Congratulations from the whole team, Philipp!

We are looking for a project manager (m / f / d)

Further information can be found on our Careers-Page.

Belated congratulations to Valentin Hellhorn

At this point we would like to catch up saying that little Nicole was born in the Hellhorn family on December 19, 2020. Unfortunately we fogot to report on it – once again all the best to the Hellhorn family!

We congratulate Vladi Jakobi

Our photo shows the proud father Vladi Jakobi. He is very happy about 'Amalia' who was born on June 3rd, 2021. The birth was very difficult - but mother and daughter and, as you can see, the proud father, are all doing well.

New apprentice

We look forward to welcoming Dieter Haag to our team. He starts his training as an IT specialist at brehmermechatronics.

Congratulations on Igor Gornis Master thesis!

Igor Gorni completed his master's thesis with flying colors. We wish him all the best for his next challenges.

We welcome another colleague

Jörn Burprich will take care of the order processing from now on. Welcome!

A good trip at all times!

brehmermechatronics developed a product for electromobility five years ago and successfully put it into series production (please see the news entry from Nov. 2016 on the 1st Tech Day). Now we are happy with our colleague Alexander Schröder, who is now actively contributing to environmental protection and will drive with electric drive. He also plans to install a photovoltaic system at home. Then he will be able to charge his car optimally. We wish Alex a good trip at all times!

We welcome a new employee

Bachelor student Tom Althöfer has been part of our team since May. We warmly welcome him!

New apprentice

We warmly welcome Deny Samir El-Achkar, who is now starting an apprenticeship as a product designer at brehmermechatronics!

Congratulations to Gurpreet Singh!

We congratulate Gurpreet Singh, who passed his bachelor thesis with top grades (writing 1.5 und colloquium 1.7). The topic was "The optimization of quality processes according to IATF16949".

Our Newsletter 2021 is online!

We have summarized the past year with a selection of developed products from all of our business areas. This information can be found in our Newsletter as well as a review of 2020 and an outlook for 2021. Thanks to the trust of our customers, we will continue our growth path in 2021. We look forward to future challenges and are proud to be able to contribute to the success of our customers.

We are looking for a vehicle mechatronics technician (m / f / d)

Please finde more information in this Pdf or on our careers page.

Enhancement to our Classic department

Florian Schmid supports our team as a project engineer. Welcome!

Congratulations to Reinhold Claas

The CLAAS Group shareholder, well-known in the agricultural engineering and mechanical engineering industries, celebrated his 90th birthday on March 26th. We join in the congratulations and are pleased that we are a supplier to the CLAAS Group.

We are hiring

We are now looking for an employee for office management (m / f / d). You can find more information on our careers page.

Job advertisement electronic technician online

We are currently looking for an electronic technician (m / f / d). You can find the exact job description on our careers page.

We say no to racism!

The International Weeks for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination are action weeks of solidarity with the opponents and victims of racism, which take place every year around March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. We at brehmermechatronics say "NO" to racism! The "service point for anti-discrimination work" has worked with the Caritasverband Oberberg e. V. and the Kreissportbund Oberberg e. V. initiated a cooperation and called for a pandemic-compliant Charity Walk. We would like to send a clear message with our participation and a donation. Oberberg moves together for a diverse society and a peaceful, appreciative togetherness.

New Master's student

We are pleased that Andreas Dohr is writing his master's thesis at brehmermechatronics. Welcome to our team!

We offer apprenticeships

For August 2021 we are offering apprenticeships for an IT Specialist (m / f / d) specializing in digital networking, a Technical Product Designer (m / f / d) and a Specialist in WarehouseLogistics (m / f / d). Further information can be foundon our Careers-Page or the links shown.

We are hiring

We are currently looking for an Electronics Specialist (m / f / d) and an Electronics development engineer (m / f / d). You can find the exact job description on our careers page.

BMW M 635 CSI - development of ABS sensors

More than 2 years ago, we realised that the ABS sensors on our test vehicle were no longer working properly. Our project manager Mr. Thore Simon analyzed the safety-critical components with the support of our laboratory manager Mr. Sebastian Sohn. It became apparent that the reverse engineering would be a major mechatronic challenge. The extreme environmental conditions of heat, thermal shock, vibrations, salt water, etc. had to be specified precisely, simulated and tested on the initial samples and in the vehicle. Tegetech Power supported us during the test. Mr. Wolfgang Tegethoff (company founder and owner) has an incredible knowledge of all BMW M models. Customers from all over Europe can confirm this. During the test phase, we could count on his extremely competent and reliable support. We can recommend Mr. Tegethoff and his staff to all BMW M enthusiasts.

New convertible top by RM-Verdeckservice

After we successfully developed the electric drives for the BMW E 30 and E 36, our BMW E 30, 3.20 should get a new convertible top. The old one was damaged and optically did not match the beautiful car. Our expert Markus Heitmann found RM-Verdeckservice (rm-verdeckservice.de) on the Internet and in relevant forums. Mr. Reiner Weingärtner and partner Maximilian Senke professionally assembled the new top with absolute meticulousness and the highest level of competence. After the two of them gave a lot of valuable advice on care and maintenance, we had a delicious espresso. They offered top and service for an absolutely fair price. We can absolutely recommend RM (Reiner & Maximilian).

Support for our project management department

Julian Hampel completed his bachelor thesis in our company with top grades and will now support our "Project Management" department. We are very pleased to be able to hire Mr. Hampel despite the currently prevailing corona pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty. We wish him all the best in his new position and welcome him to the team!

IATF Certificate

Our management system has been registered by Intertek as conforming to the requirements of IATF 16949:2016. Download certificate

We welcome two new employees in February

Elisabeth Blum (photo on the left) supports our purchasing department from February 1st, 2021 and Nadine Nusch (photo on the right) supports the accounting department since February 1st, 2021. Welcome to the team!

Top grades for Samet Özbolat

Mr. Samet Özbolat completed his bachelor thesis with the best grade of 1.3. We warmly congratulate him! Due to the corona pandemic, the colloquium was held online via Teams.

We are looking for student employees (m / f / d) in the field of construction, electronics or computer science

Further information can be found on this page.

We are looking for a constructor (m / f / d)

Further information can be found on this page.

Support for our development department

Mr. Brian Schmidt completed his bachelor thesis with a top grade of 1.3 in our company and will now support our electronics development. Due to the current corona pandemic, the colloquium had to take place online via ZOOM for the first time. We are very pleased to be able to hire Mr. Brian Schmidt, despite the currently prevailing corona pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty. We wish him all the best in his new position and welcome him to the team.

Our trainees and interns introduce themselves

Today our apprentices and interns would like to introduce themselves in a short video.  Please click on the links for Daniel, Saeed, Noah and Victoria to learn more about what they do.

Please note!

Last delivery date in 2020: 18.12.2020. 
First delivery date in 2021: 04.01.2021.

Job advertisement commercial employee (m / f / d)

We are looking for several experienced commercial employees (m / f / d). Further information can be found on our careers page or in this Pdf.

Growth champion

We are among the TOP 500 Focus growth champions and reached 14th place in the "Automobile Manufacturers, Suppliers and Trade" category!

brehmermechatronics still is one of the most important medium-sized companies in Germany

brehmermechatronics is the second highest new entry in the DDW middle class ranking and immediately is on place 953. In 2017 we were already placed in the DDW ranking of the "10,000 most important medium-sized companies in Germany". We are pleased that we are appearing again on the second version of this list of "3,000 German companies in trend and future markets". Among other things, our university and research partnerships, our ISO certifications and the high proportion of research and development (30 percent ) lead to a high score.

First step towards internationalization

Foundation of the first foreign branch in Nijmegen (NL) and new foundation of brehmerinnovations B.V.

We warmly welcome two new employees

Fabian Weber (photo left) has been working in sales since November 1st. Eckhard Hauer (photo right) strengthens the development department and heads the construction department. Welcome!

Cooperation with and development support from Dariusz Pioro Digital Engineering Ltd

We are very pleased that a former JCB colleague has seized his chance and is now appearing on the market with his company "Dariusz Pioro Digital Engineering" as an independent development service provider. We look forward to further cooperation and wish him every success. More information is available at www.pioroengineering.com

Claas Torion with brehmermechatronics control unit in the new edition of Traction

The magazine "Traction – Das Landtechnikmagazin für Profis" reports in its latest issue 05/2020 on the Claas Torion 1812. Among other things, our highly developed and functionally safe 4-button CAN module is installed in this vehicle. You can read the article at this Link.

We welcome two new colleagues at the beginning of October

We welcome Ms. Gülay Fidan (photo left) in the production / assembly area and Mr. Sebastian Musik (photo right) starts his work in the purchasing department. Welcome!

Galina Löwen is going into well-deserved retirement

Our well-respected and always in a good mood Galina is now going into well-deserved retirement. Galina has always reliably ensured that our products have been properly and professionally assembled and tested. Today she made all her colleagues happy with her homemade delicious pastries. The brehmermechatronics team bought a nice gift which production manager Boris Weitzel and managing director Dennis Blättermann gave her with a bouquet of flowers. All colleagues wish Galina and her family all the best!

Congratulations on the 10th anniversary

Today we congratulate Ronald Sönnewald on the 10th anniversary at brehmermechatronics. Thank you Ronald for 10 years of loyalty!

On course for growth with Modico-Systems

We look forward to continuing our course for growth through our cooperation with Modico-Systems. We have been on friendly terms with the company for decades.

Since the products and services of both companies complement each other perfectly, we would like to work together in our sales in the future. By establishing a sales alliance, we not only increase our efficiency, but can also sustainably increase customer support, our service and our presence at our customers' sites. In the future, we will focus on manufacturers in the special vehicle industry such as construction machinery, agricultural machinery and industrial truck manufacturers, as well as their system suppliers, such as cabin manufacturers.

Igor Gorni starts as a master's student at brehmermechatronics

On September 1st, 2020 Mr. Igor Gorni will start as a master's student in our development department. Igor Gorni is currently studying mechanical engineering in the master’s course at the TH Cologne and will be writing his master’s thesis with us on an HMI control system for motorcycles with a focus on "product development". We warmly welcome him!

Welcome to the team!

We warmly welcome Mr. Udo Riedlinger to our team. Mr. Riedlinger has many years of experience as a resident engineer for Ford and will support us with our new project in this regard. Since Mr. Riedlinger has also worked and developed in the area of construction for many years, we are pleased that we can benefit from his experience here, too. Mr. Riedlinger will also take over construction tasks for us.

We welcome a new colleague

Nina Dedusch joined our production team in August. Welcome to the team!

Our product is now presented by Meiller in a video

The remote control i.s.a.r. 3 which, was developed by brehmermechatronics, is currently being presented in this Video by MEILLER.

Our team continues to grow!

Mr. Julian Hampel will start his bachelor thesis at brehmermechatronics in the area of Mechatronics / Project Management from July 1st, 2020. The same day, Mr. Gideon Glenn joins us as software developer. And Mr. Gurpreet Singh will start working in the area of quality management from July 1st, 2020. Welcome to the brehmermechatronics-team!

New employees

We welcome Mrs. Dagmar Menz in the area of production / assembly. Mr. Boris Weitzel will be responsible for our production from July 1st, 2020. We are happy to welcome them to our team.

The entire team is back in action!

Ours team is happy about the termination of the short-time work due to Covid-19. From March 23 to June 30, 2020 we could not be there for you. Now we are back in action with a full lineup! We will report about our new hires soon. The photos show Dennis Blättermann informing our team. Afterwards we celebrated the end of short-time work with a "currywurst" and some drinks.

We welcome two new colleagues

We welcome two new colleagues in the warehouse / incoming goods area: Waldemar Konrad is the successor to our Oliver Ahlf. Daniel Kehl will temporarily help in the warehouse from 01.07. He will begin his apprenticeship as a warehouse logistics specialist on 01.08.2020. Welcome to our team!

New job offers online!

For more details please visit our "Karriere"-page.

New employee for our environmental simulations laboratory

Gerd van Elten has completed his bachelor's thesis with top grade in our company and will now support our environmental simulations laboratory as a test engineer. We are very happy to be able to hire Mr. van Elten despite the currently prevailing corona pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty. We wish him all the best in his new position and warmly welcome him to our team.

Expansion of our capacities in 3D printing

To speed up our design processes and to be able to bring our designs into the test phase more quickly, we have invested in another SLA printer.

BOMAG "A-Supplier 2019"

We are pleased having received the "A supplier" award from our customer BOMAG once again. We look forward to a successful 2020 and good cooperation at all times.

Registrated again for the FOCUS growth champion

This year brehmermechatronics again takes part in the competition for the "FOCUS growth champion". The years 2016 - 2019 are assessed and we are proud to demonstrate a growth of more than 84%.

New job offers online!

For more details please visit our "Karriere"-page.

New employee

Inge Weber is now strengthening our production / assembly area. We warmly welcome her to our team!

We are expanding our storage capacity

The relocation of our storage in Kleinfischbach to Marienhagen is progressing.

Carnival 2020

We wish all "Jecken" a happy carnival!

In-house developed electro-pneumatic test bench

In coordination with our laboratory manager Sebastian Sohn, Brian Schmidt designed and completed an electro-pneumatic test bench. Detailed information can be found on our laboratory page.

Recertification to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015

In January 2020 we successfully passed the recertification to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015. Please click on the preview picture to view the certificate.

We welcome a new working student

We welcome Samet Özbolat as a working student in our construction / development department.

Good contacts and difficult weather conditions

Jerez de la Frontera in difficult weather conditions. Unfortunately, the replacement bike S 1000 RR was irreparably damaged in the event of a supposed slide on rainy slopes. Fortunately nobody was hurt. After everyone involved coped with the shock, important new contacts with the stars of the motorcycle Grand Prix scene were made and plans for the 2020 season could be tackled – thanks to the good relations of our partner www.bike-promotion.com. Here, the potential of the "Classic Endurance" seems to be a suitable platform for brehmermechatronic to highlight the capacity in the field of "reverse engineering." We thank Thomas Thieme and his team.

The SPS has been a great success!

Together with R3 Communications brehmermechatronics presented the project SDeFS with a demonstrator at the SPS 2019 in Nuremberg. Taking part in this trade fair has been a great success for our company this year and we are very pleased having received excellent response from our customers and business partners, i.e. from you! For more information on the project, please download the special newsletter from our download area. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

The trade press again reports on the uFrame

On all-electronics.de you will find another interesting article about the uFrame.

Donation to World Vision

As part of the "The Good Gift" campaign, we are donating to World Vision this year. We want to help a small farmer family in Cambodia by donating a rooster and two hens to set up a chicken farm. By donating a sheep we want to support a family in the Mongolia and a goat will be donated to people in countries with few resources such as Malawi or Chad.

Präsentation of the 4-button CAN module at the Agritechnica in Hannover

Together with the company Claas, we are pleased to introduce our new, functionally safe 4-button CAN module in the new Torion at the Agritechnica, from the 10th to the 16th of November 2019 in Hanover.

Focus Growth Champion 2020

brehmermechatronics is one of the top 15 fastest growing companies in the automotive supplier sector. The article on this can be found in the current edition of "Focus Business".

TECH-DAY at Busworld 2019

It was a successful event for us, with an international audience and many positive conversations. By presenting our company and our numerous products, we were able to gain new customers and look forward to new projects and challenges. The consistently positive feedback made us very happy.

We welcome new employees!

(from left to right) Steffen Peters has been working in sales / project management since 2. September 2019. Florian Veneman has been strengthening purchasing since October 1, 2019. And Brian Schmidt is a student of engineering in the Development / Laboratory from October 21, 2019 until March 15, 2020. Welcome to our Team!

Development partner of ifm electronic GmbH

brehmermechatronics is a development partner of ifm electronic GmbH. The ifm already presents the "Multicolour Touch Sensor with IO-Link" developed by us under the following link on its website. The sensor is also presented on the exhibitor page of the sps.

Special newsletter uFrame now ready for download!

Detaillierte information about our uFrame can be found in a special newsletter, which you can download here.

Trade magazines report on uFrame

New press articles of the magazine "Elektrotechnik Automatisierung" and "Hannovermesse" online! Detailed information can be found here.

Bachelor thesis with a grade of 1.5

Uwe Haller graduated his bachelor thesis with 1.5 and will support our development department from 01.09.2019. Congratulations! We wish him success and welcome him to the team!

F. X. MEILLER rates brehmermechatronics with top grade A

Within the scope of a supplier evaluation, our client F.X. MEILLER rated us with top grade „A“. F.X. MEILLER always stands for first-class products and excellent service. In addition to technical competence, F.X. MEILLER therefore demands its suppliers the highest level of performance in terms of quality, deadlines and adherence to quantity stipulations. We are very happy and proud of this rating and thank our customer for the trust placed in us.

Large Order for our still-young Classic division

brehmermechatronics recently got a large order for the still-young "Classic" division. The task here is to reproduce a convertible top flap drive and a convertible top drive for the models BMW E30 and E36 by "reverse engineering". We look forward to the new challenges and are happy that our employees approach the new tasks positively. The project will be accomplished by Markus Heitmann and Julian Hupp and will be managed by Robin Brehmer.

Surveillance audit according to DIN ISO 17025 passed successfully

While restructuring our QM system and the optimizing our processes in preparation for the IATF16949, the processes in our environmental simulation laboratory have also been improved. Conformity according to DIN ISO 17025 has now been officially confirmed by the DAkkS. Thanks a lot to our team for the successful implementation and commitment.

New customer / new product for agricultural machineries

We are happy to equip a new customer with our innovative products. A limit switch, developed by brehmermechatronics, will now be used in the next generation of "Same Deutz Fahr" (SDF). New legal requirements oblige vehicle manufacturers to monitor more and more functions in the vehicle. In the future, this will increasingly affect the functionality of switches, for example for the brake or the brake pedal. Our limit switch is detected by the integrated circuit of the control unit. So the vehicle can switch to the safe mode in case of a cable break.

We welcome a new employee

Since July 1st Claudia Roth supports our team in production / assembly. Welcome to our team!

M22 at Universal Robots

The company Universal Robots uses our capacitive switch M22. Please click on the thumbnail.

New vacancies online!

We are looking for a project manager (m / w / d) with CAD experience, a project manager / industrial clerk (m / w / d) with strong technical affinity, an industrial clerk (m / w / d) and a wholesale trader (m / w / d). For detailed information, see Karriere.

Download the new laboratory brochure now!

Our new brochure on the »Accredited Environmental Simulation Laboratory« is now available for download under this link. Here you will find detailed information about our testing methods.

World Congress on Human-Machine Interaction: We were there!

On May 21st and 22nd 2019, the 4th World Congress on Human-Machine Interaction organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research took place at the World Conference Center in Bonn. For us, these were two inspiring, interactive and eventful congress days with lots of information and impulses. It has been a pleasure for us having participated!

Newsletter is available for download

You can read about our latest projects in the areas of "Development" and "Research" in our compact newsletter, which can be download here.

We welcome three new employees

Claudia Heinz starts working in the accountants' department / controlling. Victoria Karpenko currently is a temporary worker and will start her apprenticeship as an industrial clerk on August 1st. Nadja Djemil will support our electronics development department. She specializes in the area of "Electronic Hardware Development" in her bachelor thesis.

Award "A-Supplier 2018"

We are proud having received the "A-Supplier 2018" award from our customer BOMAG. We look forward to the good cooperation at all times and a successful year 2019.

Thesis grade 1.3

Nadia Djemil has completed her bachelor thesis with a grade of 1.3. She will support our electronics department from 01.06.2019. We are very happy to welcome her to our team!

New press article in

An article about brehmermechatronics has just been published in the journal "PS - Das Magazin für sportliche Motorradfahrer" (issue 06/2019). It deals with the test of the touchless spring travel sensor on a BMW S 1000 RR. To enlarge, please click on the thumbnail. The article is okny available in German.

Congratulations to the master degree!

Our colleague Deniz Bestas successfully passed his master's thesis. We are very happy and congratulate him! The master thesis deals with the topic "Development of an HMI interface for the vehicle interior based on piezoceramic elements with sensor and actuator function" and was supervised by Prof. Dr. Ulf Müller and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Petuelli at the TH Cologne.

Certification according to ISO 9001:2015

In April 2019 a transfer monitoring audit according to ISO 9001:2015 was conducted. We are pleased that it was successfully completed without any deviations!! Please click on the preview picture to view the certificate.

brehmermechatronics at bauma

The trade fair "bauma" is the world's most important trade fair for the construction machinery and mining equipment industry and the largest in the world in terms of area. The brehmermechatronics team has developed numerous products that are used in this industry. We are very proud of our success and look forward to the next challenges. By clicking on the picture you can have a look at our products.

In 2019, we will continue to expand our competencies and capacities in the area of environmental simulation

In 2018 the state-of-the-art system "fully automatic vibration test bench with overlayable climatic testing system" was successfully put into operation. We are now pleased to announce that the team around Sebsation Sohn also has state-of-the-art testing technology in the "high-current and high-voltage range". Now tests for components and modules for electric and hybrid vehicles can be qualified according to the latest test standards. All data is logged and evaluated fully automatically. The documentation is bilingual on request. As always, Maik Colberg is looking forward to your inquiries via our contact form or by phone +49 2262 72717 146.

uFrame – Universal functional safety remote access machine for electronic devices

The use of smart devices for the planning and control of systems in the commercial vehicle, construction machinery and automation industries is expanding rapidly. Currently, special industrial tablets are used for this purpose, as only these can be integrated into the safety concept of the machine in order to comply with the requirements of the DIN EN ISO 13849 standard.

Conventional consumer smart devices, with which the user would be more familiar, do not fulfill these requirements. brehmermechatronics is therefore currently developing an extension for consumer smart devices in the "SDeFS" project, which supplements the important safety functions for controlling machines. For details, see Industry 4.0 and our SDeFS Video.

First customer for our beacon light

We are happy about the first sale of our beacon light. The company RCN Medizin- und Rehatechnik has installed the beacon light on one of their commercial vehicles. The technical details can be found in the data sheet. If you are interested in rotating beacons for your applications, please contact us. We would be happy to show you the possibilities.

Expansion of the management

Effective immediately, the management will be expanded to include Messrs. Robin Brehmer and Moritz Schmidt. Robin Brehmer is responsible for the area of Classic and Commerce and Moritz Schmidt for the development. With this decision we want to ensure that we achieve the company's ambitious goals in an increasingly complex and demanding market environment. Both colleagues have a broad spectrum of well-founded experience around the brehmermechatronics portfolio. Mr. Dennis Blättermann will continue to manage the company strategically and operationally as Managing Director.

We are happy to welcome our new employee!

Mr. Markus Heitmann has been strengthening our 'Classic' division since 01 February 2019. In this young, fast-growing sector, Mr. Heitmann can bring in his well-founded experience in automotive mechatronics very well. We are convinced that he will make an important contribution to the continuous growth. He reports directly to the head of this division, Mr Robin Brehmer.

New apprentice

Victoria Karpenko will start her apprenticeship as an industrial clerk from 01.08.2019. We are looking forward to welcome her in our team!

Congratulations to the bachelor thesis!

Congratulations to Sebastian Bünder who passed the bachelor thesis with a grade of 1.5!  After completing his bachelor thesis successfully at brehmermechatronics, he will start working as a project manager in the "Classic Team" on 01.02.2019. We wish him a good start, good luck and a warm welcome to the team!

Sensotek exhibits brehmermechatronics product at the BAU 2019

The "BAU 2019" in Munich again shows innovations, new products and procedures for sectors and companies in which non-contact sensor technology is used and applied. This year Sensotek presents a product which is developed by brehmermechatronics: the capacitive push button. Sensotek is looking forward to your visit on January 14th to 19th, 2019 in hall B3, booth 121.

New vibration test system put into operation

Our new testing system offers the possibility of vibration tests with and without environmental impact testing. Vertical and horizontal test modes are also possible (slide table). Further key data are: 16kN / –70 to + 180 ° C / 10 – 98% RH, test chamber volume: 700 ltr., Vibrations: Sine, Random, Sine-on-Random (mixed mode), shock up to 100 mm stroke.

Developments for BMW

brehmermechatronics supported BMW in the development of a number of functionally relevant products for the new "Superbike S 1000 RR". Take a look at these two videos. 

Height sensor was subjected to endurance test in Almeria

The brehmermechatronics racing team returned on Wednesday from 4-day test drives on the racetrack 'Almeria' where the height sensor was testet. The height sensor has been developed by brehmermechatronics and also has been improved recently. The tests should prove that the height sensor, now reproducibly delivers the same results as a conventional displacement transducer. For the tests, the prototype of the height sensor was mounted on the right fork leg (see photo: on the clamp foot and on the standpipe). For the first time, the gluing could be tested as a simplified method of assembly.

All data was collected by a data logger and now needs to be evaluated and analyzed by the brehmermechatronics engineers. Even in rough racing (1st place in the Superbike class), the system worked flawlessly. Moto GP winner Simon Crafar was convinced and may already be able to contact potential customers at one of the next events.

Impressions from the BMBF – SME Conference in Berlin

Last Monday and Tuesday, brehmermechatronics presented the "SenseA Chair" at the BMBF – SME Conference in Berlin. The intelligent seating system adjusts the fit of the seat to allow ergonomically optimal sitting. Please click on the thumbnail to view the impressions.

brehmermechatronics at the SME Conference in Berlin!

Upcoming Monday and Tuesday (November 19th and 20th) brehmermechatronics will be attending the SME Conference in Berlin, which is organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). 

Please download our flyer here .

We welcome a new team member this month

As of 01.11.2018, Andreas Schumacher supports our team in assembly, packaging and warehouse logistics. Welcome to our team!

Complete success at the IZB in Wolfsburg

The International Suppliers Fair (IZB) is primarily aimed at suppliers to the automotive industry. It offers best opportunities for conducting concentrated project discussions across departments. Taking part in this fair has been a great success for our company this year and we are very pleased about the excellent response from our customers and business partners.

FOCUS Growth Champion 2019

According to a survey by FOCUS in cooperation with STATISTA, brehmermechatronics is one of the fastest growing companies in Germany in the period 2014 to 2017.

The IZB 2018 is open!

From 16 to 18 October, the International Suppliers Fair (IZB) will be held in Wolfsburg. The brehmermechatronics team is looking forward to your visit in hall 2 booth 2214.

Two press articles about the TECH-DAY 2018

The press has also reported on our TECH-DAY. Please click on this link to read these two articles by the "Kölnische Rundschau" and the "Anzeigenecho". (only available in German)

New TECH-DAY 2018-Video online

For those who have missed our 3rd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY unfortunately, or would like to review it again, we have put a video online. Watch the brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY-Video 2018

Successful 3rd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY

The Forum Schloss Homburg was just the right location for the 3rd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY, which was held this year together with the 15th anniversary of our company.

"A consistently successful event in a beautiful location and very interesting lectures on the subject of HMI" - that was the feedback we got from our guests. The subsequent lunch buffet with regional specialities was enjoyed by all guests. During this they had the opportunity to exchange ideas. The communication between them was not missed out. Networking and interaction of our customers and business partners is close to our hearts. Please click on the thumbnail to see the impressions of the 3rd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY.

The brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY is just around the corner

The last organizational tasks are currently completed and we thank you for your registration for our Tech-Day. The directions can be downloaded here. (only available in German)

Welcome Saeed

On 01.08.2018 Saeed started his apprenticeship as an electronics technician and we wish him a lot of success. He has already successfully completed the first few days and the first assembled prototype boards are working perfectly. We welcome Saeed warmly in our team!

Latest news from the „brehmer racing team“

Last Saturday, the BRT took place for testing purposes on the racetrack at Spa Francorchamps. Unfortunately, the tests were unsatisfying, as the housing attachment was damaged due to the exposed mounting of the transmitter and receiver - therefor a redesign to reduce the component is absolutely necessary. The goal is to test an improved version in Hockenheim this year. More news and pictures can also be found on the BRT Instagram page: brt_brehmerracingteam

New Video online

brehmermechatronics has been an automotive series supplier since April 2018 and supplies an OEM directly to the assembly line. According to customer order, rocker switches are first provided with a pictogram by laser processing, and after that assembled into sets and shipped. The entire production takes place in compliance with highest quality standards in order to ensure a smooth flow of JIT deliveries. Before the items are shipped, each switch undergoes a 100% final inspection and all test results are documented. Please watch our new Production Video.

JCB Run in Rocester

On 12.07.2018 the 35th "Lakeside 5" JCB run took place in Rocester. This year, brehmermechatronics was represented by Robin Brehmer, who stays in Rocester from May to July for a three-month internship with our client JCB. Every year Charles Bevan wears a different costume during the run. This year he dressed up as Fred Flintstone. Charles launched the "Fun Run" a long time ago. The run serves a good cause and all proceeds are donated. Further information can be found under the following link: www.burtonmail.co.uk

Innovative through research 2018

We have just received our seal of approval from the Stifterverband: "Innovative through research" and thank you very much for the award.

This month we welcome two new team members

Christina Führer supports our team as Office Manager and Marcel Hahn our sales and project management team. A warm welcome!

Volksbank run

This year the running team of brehmermechatronics took part in the "Volksbank run" in Dieringhausen again. The run was mastered by every brehmermechatronics participant with flying colors, despite the severe weather conditions.

Vacancy

We are looking for a hardware and software developer. Further information can be found here.

Impressions and innovations at the IFAT

Innovative products from brehmermechatronics were presented to the public for the first time at the IFAT. For example, a new safety bar with presence detection and an innovative safety concept. brehmermechatronics proudly demonstrates its expertise in HMI and sensor technology.

Successful completion of two important projects...

... Friday noon we finished the day and celebrated with Currywurst and cool drinks.

In April, we welcome three new colleagues to our team:

• Mr. Wolfgang Hollbach supports the areas stock, shipping and production since April 04th 2018.
• Mr. Maik Colberg has been with us since April 16th 2018 and strengthens the sales and project department.
• Mr. Oliver Ahlf has been with us since April 17th 2018 and works in the logistics department.
  A warm welcome to the team!

Acquisition of FTW GmbH

brehmermechatronics expands the product portfolio by acquiring FTW GmbH. So we can offer our customers an even better service.

apprentice at brehmermechatronics

Saeed Alhalak is going to start his apprenticeship as electronics technician for devices and systems in August 2018. We are pleased that Saaed is with us and we can give him a long-term perspective here.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21st March

brehmermechatronics is known for its open, trustful and respectful cooperation of all people since the company was founded. This applies without restriction to our team in Wiehl, as well as in Instanbul and for cooperation with all business partners - No to racism!

New employee

Thore Simon joined the team in early March and supports the "Classic" department. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Simon in our team!

new employee

We warmly welcome Ms. Susanne Dahl to our team! She has been working full-time in production since February 2018, with a focus on series production of switches for Evobus.

Exciting test days for the brehmermechatronics racing team in Almería

The A specimen of the height sensor prototype works perfectly. Chief technician Gordon, from the BMW long-distance team www.penz13.com, is very impressed. Now the sensor must be reduced in size and mounted in a non-fall-prone area. BMW project manager Chris Gonschor is convinced by brehmermechatronics technologies. An appointment at the BMW pre-development can be scheduled. We would like to thank BMW for testing the latest high-performance motorcycles.

"First-Class-Supplier 2016" Certificate

We proudly announce having received the "First-Class-Supplier 2016" certificate from our customer BOMAG.

We welcome Mr. Sebastian Sohn

Mr. Sebastian Sohn is now strengthening the team of the environmental simulation laboratory and will incorporate his valuable experience in the further expansion of the laboratory.

Robin Brehmer is responsible for the "Classic" area

Robin Brehmer has finished his apprenticeship as of today and is now responsible for expanding the "Classic" area as a strategic business area.

VW Jetta with gear selection lighting developed by brehmermechatronics

At the Detroit Motorshow 2018 Volkswagen presents the new "VW Jetta" with gear selection lighting developed by brehmermechatronics. Further information can be found here: "Auto Motor und Sport".

Successful monitoring audit and additional test standards

Yesterday we successfully finished our first monitoring audit of the DAkkS regarding the accreditation of the laboratory. Besides we have added the following test standards, according to which we may now officially test:

DIN EN 60068-2-1 /2008-01
DIN EN 60068-2-2 /2008-05
DIN EN 60068-2-6 /2008-10
DIN EN 60068-2-14 /2010-04
DIN EN 60068-2-30 /2006-06
DIN EN 60068-2-38 /2010-06
DIN EN 60068-2-64 /2009-04
DIN EN 60068-2-78 /2014-02

brehmermechatronics supports the "Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM)"

Please klick here to read the full article (only available in German) "Trocken und sicher - Dank brehmermechatronics"

Successful on-road test in Almeria

Because the on-road tests of the height sensor could not be carried out as planned at the Nürburgring in September (due to problems with the configuration of the prototypes) they could be successfully rescheduled in the past week. In the Spanish city of Almeria the conditions were excellent  – in a 2-day, race-like test operation, the now optimized sensor worked perfectly. The final race unfortunately had to be canceled because of various crashes. At this point, Robin (175) was in an excellent 4th place. Now all data must be evaluated. There is still another optimization loop in the planning stages. Presumably another model which is optimized for series production wil be tested at the end of January.

brehmermechatronics audited by the aircraft manufacturer

We have been audited by aircraft manufacturer "Grob Aircraft" and are approved as a new supplier. Thus, we are now active in the avionics area. "Avionics" - a blend consisting of "aviation" and "electronics" - is a term from the aerospace industry and refers to the totality of electrical and electronic equipment on board an aircraft.

We welcome our new colleagues

We welcome two new colleagues to brehmermechatronics: Andreas Vogel (photo left) strengthens our department "development electronics" as team leader. Stephan Bitzer (photo right) works as a sales assistant and supports the internal sales team.

We exhibit:

At 20. Kooperationsforum Bordnetze (20th Cooperation Forum for Electrical Power-Systems) on November 21st in Munich

20. Kooperationsforum Bordnetze

On November 21st, MVG Museum, München

Experts from automobile manufacturers and the supplier industry report on current technical approaches and future trends in the "Electrical Power Systems" sector. This will give us the opportunity to present our innovative products and development expertise to an international audience and also to efficiently develop new customers and new markets.

Exhibition in Bonn – Visit us!

18th International Congress ELIV (ELectronics In Vehicles)
Okcober 18 – 19, 2017, Bonn, World Conference Center, Stand 107

New press article about 2nd TECH-DAY

The article can be found here: Press article "TECH-DAY" . (only available in German)

Functional safety: safe switching using membrane keys

The developers at brehmermechatronics have developed a technology that enables the redundant design of membrane keys. When such a key is pressed, two independent circuits close imperceptibly. This technology therefore allows the use of membrane keyboards in safety-critical applications.

Final ceremony of our Bachelor graduates

On last Friday Matthias Kläs and Hassan Boudache celebrated their farewell party at the TH Köln.

Successful presentation at the ELIV 2017

It was a good opportunity for brehmermechatronics to exhibit as a specialist exhibitor at this VDI congress at the "ELIV 2017", together with other key players of important industrial branches of the automotive sector. Many contacts were made to prospective buyers and our company was made known in the industrial sector.

Congratulations!

Hassan Boudache passed the bachelor's thesis with grade 1.1. After successfully completing his practical semester and his Bachelor's degree, he is now working in the electronics department.

Oliver Eiteneuer strengthens our development department

Oliver Eiteneuer has started working in our development department since September. With his excellent knowledge from the practical field of vehicle technology, he strenghtens our development team.

Certificate of the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA)

Certification according to national / international road traffic law. The KBA certification is an addition to DIN EN ISO 9001. It includes the quality management system and the verification of the production facilities of vehicle parts of the electronic subassemblies. Essentially it is confirmed that the production is in accordance with the guidelines of the Conformity of Production. The certification takes into account the requirements of the ECE regulations.

2nd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY on 09/21/2017

The preparations for our event, the 2nd bremermechatronics TECH-DAY 2017 on September 21st, are running at full speed. We are looking forward to this informative event on the subject of "Human Machine Interface". We are happy, so many of our customers are going to take part in this event and a cozy gathering and cool drinks following the lectures.

Purchase of a 3D printer

bremermechatronics has invested in new technologies to support you creating your prototypes. The 3D printer operates according to the stereolithography method and can achieve a print volume of 145 x 145 x 175 mm with a layer thickness of 25 μm.

The 2nd brehmermechatronics Tech-Day has been a great success!

Exciting lectures on "Smart Surfaces" and interesting insights into our work – this is what has been reported back to us by all our guests. In addition to a tasty barbecue and cool drinks there were a lot of good talks. This was exactly what we wanted to show: the efficiency and versatility of brehmermechatronics in the field of development of complex electrical, electronic and mechanical components and the qualification in our own accredited testing laboratory one the one hand, networking and possible synergies among our customers and business partners on the other. Check out our Tech-Day 2017 video and the press article (only available in German).

Sunday 25 September 2017, Nürburgring:

With lovely weather, the brehmermechatronics racing team secured a sensational 7th place at the final race of the RLC Cup. (Results RL-Cup.pdf). Even in training, a good 14th starting position was secured. During the race, starting pilot Robin catapulted to 4th place with a stellar Le Mans start. In round 2, he even secured 3rd place and was amongst the fastest at that point. He improved his personal best time by an unbelievable 2 seconds. Unfortunately, the race was cancelled due to an accident, which luckily ended without a major incident. Robin managed the restart similarly well. The subsequent switchouts between Bernhard, Bernd, and Robin were executed seamlessly. During the entire race, there were no technical issues or mishaps of any kind. The team was rewarded with 7th place thanks to the consistently fast driving laps. Up to that point, 9th place was the best result achieved. At the awards presentation, they were still able to celebrate 10th place overall for the end of season evaluation. (Score_RL-Cup.pdf) This was unexpected because of previous races with 2 accidents and cancellations. The outstanding placement of our team did suffer due to the fact that the prototype for the altitude sensor was not operational. Bernd was driving the BMW HP 4 with the prototype of the altitude sensor and data logger. However, no comparative data could be recorded because the reference sensor failed due to a material error. Long distance racing is extremely demanding not only for the drivers and the entire team, but also for the equipment. These raw conditions are the ideal basis to advance the systematic series development of the altitude sensor. The experiences must absolutely be taken into consideration for future development. The prototype will most likely be tried out at the test drives in Almeria in December. The name of the game now is to continue planning - including for the new season in 2018.

2nd TECH-DAY September 21

At the 2nd brehmermechatronics TECH-DAY, you will again find an interesting and informative program - this time around the topic »Human Machine Interface«. Communication and networking will not be missed on this day. If you would like to participate, you still have the opportunity to register until August 31st. Please use our contact form or call us at +49 2262 72717-0.

This month, we welcome three new employees

Andrea Meschke (photo above, on the left) supports the management in operational and organizational tasks. Edna Zurek (photo above, on the right) will strengthen our sales department in the laboratory.
In addition, we can look back at another bachelor's degree: Matthias Kläs (picture below on the left) successfully graduated with a grade of 1.1 and 1.0. We sincerely congratulate him for his outstanding performance! From now on Matthias will be supporting our engineering department. All new employees a warm welcome to the team.

Next race: 8h Nürburgring

Next race: 09.07.2017 – 8h Nürburgring – Reinoldus Langstrecken Cup

The bremermechatronics team is looking back on a successful Integer conference. In addition to the speakers of the interesting lectures in the area of "Adblue" and "Emissions Reduction", we would like to thank all visitors of our exhibition stand in the foyer of the conference. We are looking forward to the test phase of our sensor network.

New Video online!

bremermechatronics industrializes the RFID-height sensor for motorsport, agratechnics or off-road applications. The patented sensor system will be used this year during the RLC 6h long-distance race at the Nürburgring. Watch our new Video RFID Ride Height Sensor.

Research project has gained momentum

The first prototype of an intelligent seating system was presented in cooperation with TH Cologne, Institute for Product Development and Design Engineering. This system is able to recognize the user's sitting position. Furthermore the seat supports the driver by an active adaptation to his anatomy and helps to prevent postural damage. The adaption of the seat system uses an actuator system based on special shape memory alloys. The developed seat system has brought the future vision of autonomous driving a little closer to reality. Refering to the driver's sitting position, the vehicle and its assistance systems can intervene in a situation-specific and targeted manner.

bremermechatronics continues to expand.

We are pleased to welcome the following new employees:
• Mr. Saeed Alhallak starts his internship with us to improve his knowledge of German. Saeed comes from Syria. We hope he likes it with us, so he can start an apprenticeship as a mechatronics engineer soon.

• Mr. Kevin Krüger has been successfully trained as a mechatronics engineer at a well-known company in Whiel. We are happy that Kevin is now strengthening our development department.

• From Monday, Mr. Simon Wischott will strengthen our commercial department.

8h race Nürburgring RLC – a complete success!

The 8h race is the highlight of this season. The team and the drivers had to give everything and this time they were spared by bad luck. Right from start Bernhard secured a place in the front by a good start and by fast laps. All drivers drove almost flawlessly an the small boxing team worked excellently. After 8h, the team finished 9th, which is the biggest success in the team history so far. Now the next race on 03.09.2017 is already in preparation, where the latest version of the contactless and non-contactable elevation sensor will be applied.

Vacancy

We are looking for a Test Engineer (m/f) validation/test laboratory.  You can find the exact job vacancy here.

Farewell Party of Prof. Dr. Hartmut Bärwolff

On Juli 07th 2017 we attended the farewell party of Prof. Dr. Hartmut Bärwolff at "TH in Gummersbach". Mr Bärwolff now goes into his well-earned retirement after 25 years at the university in Gummersbach. Together with him we completed many joint projects and continue to train some engineers and bachelor's. We would like to thank him for his support and training:

Dipl.- Ing. Maik Ackerschott
Dipl.- Ing. Boris Bosancic
Dipl.- Ing. Dennis Blättermann
Dipl.- Ing. Clark Piria
B.Eng. Dimitri Schmidt
B.Eng. Asyraf Hia
B.Eng. Hassan Boudache

JCB Lakeside 5 Fun Run

On July 13th, Dennis Blättermann flew over to England to take part in a run for charity, which was organized by our customer JCB. JCB is one of the most important construction machine manufacturers worldwide. Dennis wafinished the run successfully. The photo shows him with Chief Engineer Mr. Charles Bevan. Charles had the idea for this run 35 years ago and has not missed a single one since then - a real British gentleman and sportsman. JCB Fun Run

brehmermechatronics visiting Eissmann Group Automotive

Our brehmermechatronics team was invited by our customer "Eissmann Group Automotive", a system supplier of premium car manufacturers, to introduce our patented "bremermechatronics touch technologies". Our sales manager Daniel Niebecker and our development manager Moritz Schmidt, gave inspiring lectures. The picture shows Moritz Schmidt on "smart surfaces".

DEKRA EXAM certification

When it comes to the development and manufacture of products used in explosive environments, the requirements are particularly high. The certificate of DEKRA EXAM confirms that all processes at brehmermechatronics meet these particularly high requirements. Specifically, it is about mechatronic battery separation systems, which are used, for example, in tank trucks for gas transports. This is another milestone in our company history, following the successful accreditation of the bremermechatronics laboratory.

Participation in Corporate Challenge

brehmermechatronics has successfully participated in the Corporate Challenge on 9th June 2017 not least because the weather was kind to us. Within our team Robin Brehmer finished 1st place. Johannes Kirsch und Christopher Koch finished 2nd and 3rd place.

Das 6-Stunden-Langstreckenrennen Rennen im Rahmen des RLC, stand für BRT unter keinem guten Stern.

Bei typischem Eifelwetter kam es am Sonntag, dem 25.06.2017 schon während der Startphase zu starkem Regen. Trotz Slickreifen startete die Rennleitung das Rennen, mit hohem Risiko für alle Fahrer. Aufgrund des Risikos kam unser Schnellstarter Bernhard nach 2 Runden in die Box und wechselte problemlos auf Thomas’ Motorrad mit spezieller Regenbereifung. Das Team konnte sich vorarbeiten und lag im Vorderfeld auf einem vielversprechenden 12ten Platz. In der 25. Runde, eingangs der Ford Kurve, klappte das Vorderrad der HP4 von Thomas ein, sie überschlug sich und blieb beschädigt liegen. Auch der Prototyp des Gangwahlautomaten wurde hierbei schwer beschädigt – das Rennen war für diesen Moment zu Ende. Fahrer Robin konnte in kürzester Zeit einen Ersatztransponder beschaffen. Zwischenzeitlich trocknete die Strecke so auf, dass Kollege Bernhard das Rennen auf seiner BMW 1000 RR mit Slickbereifung wieder aufnehmen konnte. Allerdings fiel das Team auf die 34. Stelle zurück. Fahrer Robin konnte wie geplant den 3ten Turn antreten und und nur unter starken Schmerzen beenden. Dies war der suboptimalen Sitzposition geschuldet. Da er nicht in der Lage war, weitere "Turns" zu fahren, fuhr "Crashfahrer" Thomas humpelnderweise den nächsten Einsatz auf Robins BMW S 1000 RR. Den Schluss-Turn gestaltete Bernhard souverän mit absoluter persönlicher Bestzeit von 2:09,75, sodass am Ende ein ordentlicher 20. Platz dabei herauskam. Jetzt laufen alle Vorbereitungen für das nächste 8-Stunden-Rennen am 09.07.2017 auf Hochtouren. Wie immer auf dem Nürburgring. www.rl-cup.de

We welcome our new colleague

We welcome Mrs. Poggemann who now strengthens our team in the important area of the goods inward tests.

We welcome our new colleagues

Since May 2nd, Johannes Kirsch and Dominik Braun strengthen our team. Mr. Kirsch succeeds Mr. Sönnewald (Sales) and Mr. Braun expands the team "Project Management".

Ronald Sönnewlad will be retiring

Mr. Sönnewald will be retiring as of June 1st, 2017. All the best Ronald and thank you so much for your loyalty during al these years.

As a surprise we prepared a small buffet in a restaurant called "Ponyhof". However, Ronald Sönnewald does not leave brehmermechatronics entirely. From now on he will reinforce our team twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

brehmermechatronics components successfully in use

6 hours of long-term testing during the 6-hour long-distance race from the RLC at the Nürburgring. BRT is ranked 13th place out of a total of 43 riders.

Carl-Benz school takes brehmermechatronics technology as teaching work

The Carls-Benz school in Karlsruhe has carried out a complex project work in 2016 with its focus on "system and high-voltage technology". Further information can be found here.

New press article about our recently DAkkS-accredited laboratory

A new press article about our recently accredited laboratory is available at www.fachzeitungen.de . (only available in German)

Brehmermechatronics develops KAT Immobiliser System in its own initiative, which KAT supplies very successfully to manufacturers such as JCB, Terex or Liebherr. For further information please refer to this PDF.

BRT - Preparing for the new season

The BRT during the preparations for the new season in the "Königsklasse 1" during the long-distance race RLC (see photo). This season will be the first prototype of the altitude sensor to be used. We look forward to an exciting season.

New development for BMW Motorrad

BMW Motorrad is placing a new development contract at bremermechatronics. We thank BMW for their trust and confidence in our work.

DAkkS-Accreditation of our test laboratory

The "Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH" confirms that our test laboratory has the competence to carry out verifications in the field of "environmental simulations on electronical and elektronic components for road vehicles", according to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2005.

We welcome our new employees

Our sales department will be strengthened by Heike Burba. She takes care of the intensive customer contact, especially in the area of "environmental simulation". The development department welcomes Philipp Capito. He works as a product designer in the field of construction. The focus of his daily tasks will be the documentation. This is an exceptionally important task. We are very happy with our new colleagues who will strengthen our team and thus help us systematically expand the success of our company.

Recertification according to ISO 9001:2015

We are certified according to ISO 9001:2008 since 2008. We are happy to have been recently recertified according to to ISO 9001:2015.

Successful final exam

On January 16th, Asyraf Hia successfully graduated from university with the grade 1.3 (written exam) and 1.0 (oral exam). We congratulate him!

brehmermechatronics supports

"Aktion Mensch" supports people with and without disabilities living, learning and working together. It also promotes child and youth projects. We think "Aktion Mensch" is very supportive and so we are glad to contribute. We also hope that through our participation we will be able to inspire more supporters for this idea.

Successful test drives

brehmermechatronics tested the GWEA prototypes successfully on 20th and 21st of January in Almeria. The new components stood up to the high demands in the "long-runs".
Especially on Saturday, despite of difficult conditions, important insights could be gained. brehmermechatronics had an interesting exchange of ideas with the "BMW Werksteam". (Photo: Robin Brehmer ahead of BMW test driver Thomas Hainthaler)

Donating instead of Gifts – brehmermechatronics makes a donation to ‘Helfende Hände‘

In accordance with the quote from Erich Kästner, "Nothing good happens unless you do it yourself", we would like to forgo the usual sending of Christmas presents to our customers this year and instead donate the equivalent amount to the charity 'Helfende Hände Oberberg', which provides regional support to seriously ill children in need.

The team at brehmermechatronics would like to thank you for your valued partnership and mutual trust. We wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas time of reflection, joy and optimism for the New Year, and happiness, prosperity and good health in 2017.

brehmermechatronics receives seal of approval

The „Stifterverband" (Founders Association for German science) honors bremermechatronics' research activities with the "Innovative through Research" seal of approval.

Successful first brehmermechatronics Tech-Day!

We are very pleased that so many of our business partners participated in our 1st Tech-Day. We would like to thank all visitors, employees and cooperators who made this a successful event. Details can be found in this press releases. 

>> Press release 1

>> Press release 2

 (only available in German)