Company profile
History
4 March 1908
Trading company for automotive accessories and aircraft material founded by Max Brose in Berlin
14 June 1919
Metallwerk Max Brose & Co. founded by Max Brose and Ernst Jühling in Coburg
Today
Our corporate group is the fifth-largest family-owned company out of the TOP 100 worldwide automotive suppliers.
Michael Stoschek, Chairman
Julia Stoschek
Maximilian Stoschek
Christine Volkmann
Gabriele Volkmann
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Kirchner, Chairman
Franz-Josef Kortüm
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Ing. Günther Schuh
Jürgen Otto, CEO
Klaus Deller, Executive vice-president and Purchasing/Development
Torsten Greiner, Closure system business division
Jan Kowal, President Brose North America
Reinhard Kretschmer, Business Division Drives
Dr. Dietmar Meister, Central administration
Periklis Nassios, Seat system business division
Kurt Sauernheimer, Door system business division
Thomas Spangler, Production
Gary Tan, President Brose Asia-Pacific
Products: mechatronic systems and electric drives for vehicle body and interior
Window regulators (market share worldwide: 26%)
Door systems (market share worldwide: 39%)
Seat systems (market share in Europe with power seat adjusters: 50%)
Closure systems (market share in Europe: 19%)
Electric drives (market share worldwide: 13%)
| Door innovations | |||
| 1928 1950 1963 1986 1987 1991 1997 2002 2005 2006 2007 |
Manual window regulator | ||
Spindle recliner
Seat innovations
1968 1979
1983
1993
2000
2001
2002
2004
2006
2007
Power seat adjuster
Electronic memory system for seat position
Active manual seat height adjuster
Seat length adjuster with slide-integrated gear
Laser technology for rails and backframes
Modular system design for lumbar supports
Power rear bench
Power seat-belt carrier Easy Belt® with anti-trap technology for
coupés and convertibles
Recliner
Customers include more than 40 automakers as well as suppliers.
| Turnover | ||
| 2007 2008 (Forecast) |
€2,481 billion €3,100 billion | |
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| Employees | ||
| 2007 2008 (Forecast) |
9,948 14,500 | |
| Investments | ||
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2007 |
€113 million | |
Europe
Headquarters: Coburg (D)
Engineering and Sales: Berlin (D), Coburg (D), Hallstadt/Bamberg (D), Wuppertal (D), Wuerzburg (D), Nuremberg (D), Oldenburg (D), Munich (D), Cologne (D), Rüsselsheim (D), Stuttgart (D), Wolfsburg (D), Ostrava (CZ), Sta. Margarida/Barcelona (D), La Suze (F), Paris (F), Gothenborg (S), Moscow (RU)
Production: Berlin (D), Coburg (D), Hallstadt/Bamberg (D), Wuppertal (D), Würzburg (D), Meerane (D), Saarwellingen (D), Rastatt (D), Sindelfingen (D), Gifhorn (D), Bratislava (SK), Ostrava (CZ), Trutnov (CZ), La Suze (F), Budapest (H), Istanbul (TR), Ghent (B), Coventry (GB), Gothenborg (S), Sta. Margarida/Barcelona (E), Tondela (P)
Ventures/Affiliated companies: Istanbul (TR), Brits (ZA)
America
Headquarter: Auburn Hills/Detroit (US)
Engineering and Sales: Auburn Hills/Detroit (US), Curitiba (BR), Gainesville (US)
Production: London (CA), Chicago (US), Detroit (US), Jefferson (US), Tuscaloosa (US), Gainesville (US), Querétaro (MX), Puebla (MX), Reynosa (MX), Curitiba (BR), Salto (BR)
Asia
Headquarter: Shanghai (CN)
Engineering and Sales: New Delhi (IN), Shanghai (CN), Nagoya (J), Toyota City (J),
Suwon-si (KR)
Production: Changchun (CN), Shanghai (CN), Wuhan (CN), Toyota City (J)
Ventures/Affiliated companies: Shanghai (CN), Toyota City (J), Suwon-si (KR)
ISO/TS 16949:2002 in line with 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004
Awards
Stiftung Industrieforschung: "Initiative Prize" for exemplary personnel policies: The award recognizes the company's push to provide jobs for experienced professionals older than 45 in its campaign "Opportunities for experienced specialists and executives" (2003).
Great Place to Work Institute Europe/economic newspaper Financial Times: "Best Employer in Europe" - an academic survey whose results proved that the Brose Group is up among the top 100 best employers in Europe (2004).
Economic journal Capital/Research company psychonomics: "Germany's best employer 2004" - Brose finished 9th in the category large companies and was the best company in its line of business. Brose finished 16th out of the 50 most attractive German companies to work for in the overall standings (2004).
Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft e. V. (DPRG): "German PR Prize in Gold" for the company's advertising campaign "Wanted - older persons" in which Brose was out to recruit older, experienced specialist and managerial staff (2004).
SAP Deutschland AG: "SAP Automotive Innovation Prize" for the exemplary implementation of SAP software at an operational level (2005).
Intes Academy for family-owned businesses/economic journal Impulse: Michael Stoschek was honored with the prize "Family Entrepreneur of the Year" (2005).
Management consultancy Center for Logistics and Business Planning (ZLU)/ economic journal Impulse: "Logistics-Controlling prize" - In a benchmark survey Brose achieved the highest logistic-controlling efficiency factor of all companies (2006).
Automotive Magazine „Automobil Produktion" and Agamus Consult: Automotive Lean Production Awards 2007
Bavarian Quality Prize 2008: The government of Bavaria awards the prize to companies who have distinguished themselves by finding innovative solutions in the area of quality assurance concepts throughout the whole company.
Brilliance: Development Award 2008
Daimler/Chrysler: Global Supplier Award
Daimler: Logistics Supplier Prize 2008
Chrysler: Chrysler Gold Award; Chrysler Group Gold Award
Ford: Ford Full Service Supplier; Volvo Cars Award of Excellence; Q1 Award; Supplier Design Engagement, World Excellence Awards 2006, Volvo 3P Purchasing Supplier Award 2006, World Excellence Awards 2007
GM: Q.S.T.P. Award; Merit Certificate; "Supplier of the Year"
Johnson Controls: Best Supplier
Lear: Excellent Supplier of the Year 2006; Quality Supplier of the Year 2006; Supplier Consignment Award of the Year 2006
Toyota: Certification of Recognition
Volkswagen: Supplier Award; Group Award 2005; Top 5 Supplier; VW Quality Award; Audi Quality Award, Group Award 2007
