Brose Fahrzeugteile
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
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| Founded | March 4, 1908 in Berlin, Germany |
| Founder | Max Brose |
| Headquarters | Coburg, Germany |
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Number of locations
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60 (2016) |
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Key people
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Chairman: Michael Stoschek Management: Jürgen Otto, CEO |
| Products | Vehicle parts: Technology for vehicle doors and liftgates, Adjustment systems for front and rear seats, Electric motors and drives |
| Revenue | 6,110 billion Euro (2016) |
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Number of employees
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24,700 (2016) |
| Website | brose.com |
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Footnotes / references Latest version 2017-02-03 |
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Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG is an automotive supplier. The family-owned company has its headquarters in Coburg, Germany.
In 2016, the Brose Group developed and produced mechatronic components and systems for vehicle doors, seats and body at 60 locations in 23 countries worldwide. Brose's customers include more than 80 car manufacturers and other automotive suppliers. Some 24,700 employees worldwide worked for the family-owned company in 2016. The Brose Group generated sales of € 6.1 billion in fiscal 2016. The company is also the primary sponsor of the Brose Bamberg Basketball.
Max Brose opened a trading company for automobile accessories in Berlin on March 4, 1908, while also working as general agent for his father's car body manufacturing company in Wuppertal.
After the First World War, Max Brose and Ernst Jühling, who grew up in Coburg, founded Metallwerk Max Brose & Co. in Coburg on June 14, 1919. Operating as a general partnership, the company manufactured and sold metal goods, tools, devices and materials especially for vehicles and airplanes. For this purpose, they took over the staff, buildings and machines from "Metallwaren Haußknecht & Co." located in the Ketschendorfer Straße.
The company initially used the trade name of "Atlas" for the accessory and supply segment, producing vehicle lights, signaling equipment, fuel and oil canisters, jacks and air pumps. In October 1926, the company patented its crank drive for lowerable windows. After buying the rights to use the patent for the wrap sling brake from the American company Ternstedt, series production of mechanical window regulators started in 1928. Commonly referred to as a window crank apparatus, this device was also manufactured for buses, trains and streetcars. Windshields and ventilation systems expanded the range of products in the years following.
Production switched to the 20-liter standard canister for the German Wehrmacht (armed forces) in 1936 and to contact fuses and impact grenades during World War II. At the time, nearly 900 employees worked for Brose and towards the end of the war some 200 Soviet prisoners of war, who lived next to the plant in a camp run by the German Wehrmacht.
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