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Brose honors best trainees of the year 2011
![<p>Best trainees of the year 2011: From left to right: Jürgen Otto (CEO of the Brose Group), Carina Leffer, Tina Hämmerlein, shareholder Maximilian Stoschek, Luisa Kaiser and Esther Loidl (Vice-President Human Resources Brose Group).</p>]()
Coburg 23-Dec-2011For exemplary achievement, three young ladies – all in their second year of training – received a book as present from Brose shareholder Maximilian Stoschek at...
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Universum survey: Brose increasingly popular among young professionals
Coburg 08-Dec-2011Around 6,700 young professionals with an academic background have cast their vote: according to the 2011 Universum Professional Survey, Brose is one of the top...
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Brose Prize 2011 awarded to young scientists
![<p>Two young scientists honored with the Brose Prize by our company and the Scientific Alliance of Polymer Technology. Peter Weidinger presented the award to Dipl.-Ing. Maximilian Drexler (left) and Dr.-Ing. Markus Bussmann (right) in Chemnitz.</p>]()
Coburg 01-Dec-2011Two young scientists received the Brose Prize from Peter Weidinger (Director Material Laboratory Brose Group) in November in Chemnitz. For five years now, the ...
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Brose Group honored with BMW Supplier Innovation Award
![<p>Award for Maximum Customer Benefit: Brose won the "BMW Supplier Innovation Award 2011" for the "Smart Opener", a system for the touch-free opening and closing of liftgates. From left to right: Horst Heissler, Vice President Key Account BMW Group; Carsten Abert, Director Advanced Development Electrics/Electronics; Henning Mönch, Project Manager Electronics Development New Products; Kurt Sauernheimer, Executive Vice President Door Systems and Jürgen Otto, CEO of the Brose Group.</p>]()
Coburg 09-Nov-2011The BMW Group has presented the international automotive supplier Brose with the "Supplier Innovation Award 2011" for the development of the so-called "Smart O...
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We are delighted to have Brose in our region
![<p>On the initiative of the leader of the regional government, Dr. Paul Beinhofer, the governing body of the University of Würzburg paid a visit to the drives plant of automotive supplier Brose. With nearly 2,000 employees, Brose is the largest industrial employer in Würzburg. In photo (center): Jürgen Otto, CEO of the Brose Group, Dr. Alfred Forchel, President of the University of Würzburg (5th from left), regional government leader Dr. Paul Beinhofer (6th from left), Executive Vice President Reinhard Kretschmer (3rd from right) and Brose General Manager Jörg Rödel.</p>]()
Würzburg 04-Nov-2011The governing body of Würzburg University visited the Brose site in Würzburg on October 27th on the initiative of Dr. Paul Beinhofer, leader of the regional go...
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Brose door systems and seat adjusters for new Mercedes C-Class
![<p>Left to right: Ronny Rhodes (Chairman of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority, TCIDA), Hardy McCollum (Chairman Tuscaloosa County Commission), Walt Maddox (Mayor of Tuscaloosa), Markus Schaefer (CEO & President MBUSI), Kurt Sauernheimer (Executive Vice President Door Systems, Brose), Johannes Carl (General Manager Brose Tuscaloosa), Jan Kowal (President Brose North America), Dara Longgrear (Executive Director TCIDA).</p>]()
Tuscaloosa/Alabama 02-Nov-2011From 2014, Brose’s North American production plant in Tuscaloosa will be equipping the new generation of the Mercedes C-Class in the USA with door and seat sys...
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Brose-SEW joint venture: first joint appearance at leading trade fair for electric mobility
![<p>The booth of the Brose-SEW joint venture at the eCarTec, which took place from October 18 - 20 in Munich.</p>]()
Bruchsal/Coburg 27-Oct-2011The Brose-SEW joint venture founded at the beginning of 2011 was represented for the first time with its own booth at the eCarTec, the leading trade fair for e...
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29 Brose apprentices complete their vocational training
![<p>Michael Stammberger, head of training of the Brose Group (1st from left) with some of Brose's apprentices who completed their training.</p>]()
Coburg, Würzburg, Berlin 11-Oct-2011Twenty-nine young men and women have successfully completed their training at Brose in the Coburg, Würzburg and Berlin districts of the German Chamber of Comme...
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Brose at the IAA 2011: Favorable market interest sends out positive signals
![<p>Many automotive manufacturers took the opportunity to find out more about the new e-mobility product portfolio presented by the Brose-SEW joint venture: (photo from left) Johann Soder (Chief Technology Officer, SEW-EURODRIVE), Jürgen Otto (CEO of the Brose Group), shareholder Maximilian Stoschek and Dr. Thomas Weber (Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development).</p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 26-Sep-2011The 64th IAA International Automobile Exhibition in Frankfurt has once again proved to be our industry's most important trade show with more than 900,000 visit...
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Further manufacturing plant in China: groundbreaking ceremony for Brose Chongqing
![<p>Groundbreaking ceremony for Brose's new plant in Chongqing (from left to right): Huang Shunping (Facility Manager Brose Asia), He Yong (Vice Director of Sha Pingba District, Chongqing), Ray Mirzaei (Chief Operation Officer Brose Asia), Li Jianming (Secretary of Sha Pingba District Committee, Chongqing), Fang Haiyang (Director of Sha Pingba District, Chongqing), Bruno Favre (Chief Financial Officer Brose Aisa) and Liu Yong (Vice Director of Sha Pingba District, Chongqing).</p>]()
Chongqing 26-Sep-2011More than 60 guests from politics and industry witnessed Brose China's groundbreaking ceremony for a new production plant in Chongqing. The new plant is an imp...
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North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Economic Affairs visits Brose at the IAA
![<p>Rainer Berner, Vice President Product Group Closure Systems (on the right) explains the advantages of the side door closure system Unilatch® to the delegation. (From left): Lothar Schneider, AutoCluster NRW, Helmut Weirich, VDA Automotive Supply Industry and Medium-sized Businesses, Thomas Monsau, Ministerialrat (Undersecretary) and Head of the Division for Plant Engineering and Construction, Production Technologies, Automotive and New Materials of North Rhine-Westphalia Andreas Hilden, Head of the Minister's Office for Economic Affairs, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia, Harry K. Voigtsberger, Minister of Economic Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rainer Berner, Vice President Product Group Closure Systems.</p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 20-Sep-2011North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Economic Affairs Harry K. Voigtsberger (Social Democratic Party of Germany) along with other members of the ministry, VDA ...
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Brose press conference IAA 2011
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Frankfurt am Main 18-Sep-2011- the spoken word prevails - Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen from the media, Welcome to the Brose Group's press conference at the 2011 IAA. I would lik...
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Competition Top Employer Automotive 2011/12: 2nd place for Brose
![<p>Recognition of outstanding employer quality: Tilman Meyer (Director Human Resources, Brose Europe, pictured right) receives award from Steven Veendaal, CEO CRF Institute, in Frankfurt am Main.</p>]()
Coburg 16-Sep-2011According to the study "Top Employer Automotive 2011/12" conducted by the international research institute CRF, Brose is one of the best national employers in ...
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Eco-balance of Brose door systems improved by renewable raw material
![<p>Brose's door system made of wood-fiber reinforced polypropylene improves the Eco balance by using renewable raw materials, saves weight and provides both thermal and noise-reduction benefits.</p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011International climate targets lead to more stringent legal requirements worldwide. This applies to both CO2 emissions and life cycle assessment (LCA) from deve...
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Plastic compact window regulator: costs similar to steel, same weight as aluminum
![<p>Brose will present a window regulator made of long glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene with integrated guide rails and wet/dry side separation for the first time at the IAA 2011. A foam-filled seal on the base plate of the window regulator system allows the positioning of motor, electronics and wiring on the dry side.</p><p><b>· 30% weight advantage at no extra cost</b><br/><b>· Accelerated assembly: System reduces installation time at the OEM by 30%</b><br/><b>· 10% higher degree of efficiency compared to commercially available window regulators</b></p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011The Brose Group, world market leader for door systems and window regulators, presents a window regulator made of long glass fiber reinforced polypropylene with...
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Brose enables comfortable opening and closing of liftgates
![<p>The concept for opening and closing the cargo area intelligently comprises the integrated liftgate drive(1), contact-free anti-trap protection (2), electronics (3), spoiler-integrated spindle drive (4), sensor (5) for hands-free opening and closing of the liftgate as well as the control-unit for the cargo area cover (6).</p><p><b>· Spoiler-integrated drive mechanism provides more design freedom</b><br/><b>· Touch-free anti-trap feature ensures maximum safety</b><br/><b>· Rear sensor allows comfortable loading and unloading</b><br/><b>· Optical sensor prevents collision</b><br/><b>· Liftgate platform latch is quieter and lighter than comparable systems</b><br/><b>· Integrated electric cargo area cover</b></p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011At the 2011 IAA, the international automotive supplier Brose demonstrates mechatronic expertise in the field of cargo area management with an "intelligent" sol...
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Brose presents smallest and lightest HVAC blower
![<p>The use of a brushless motor with rare earth magnets reduces the weight of Brose's HVAC blower by some 700 grams compared to brushed variants. In addition, the overall length of these drives can be reduced by around 40 mm.</p><p><b>· Brushless blower with a power range between 250 to 300 watt</b><br/><b>· Highest efficiency available on the market with more than 80% </b><br/><b>· Weight reduction by 700 grams compared to brushed variant</b><br/><b>· Operating life of more than 10,000 hours</b></p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011The automotive supplier Brose is one of the leading suppliers for HVAC blowers with more than 250 million units sold. At the 2011 IAA, the mechatronic speciali...
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Brose-SWE: Electric drives and charging technology from a single source
![<p>The principle of induction entails power being transmitted via an air gap of up to 20 cm. The coil which generates the magnetic field is embedded in the parking area. The counterpart to this is the receiver in the underbody of the vehicle.</p><p><b>· New joint venture for electric mobility presents portfolio at the IAA</b><br/><b>· Wireless charging technology for electric and hybrid vehicles</b><br/><b>· Electric motors ranging from 0.25 to 150 kilowatt</b></p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011At the beginning of the year, two strong partners pooled their competence for electric mobility: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, market leader in mechatroni...
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Brose reduces fuel consumption with optimized thermal management
![<p>Brushless cooling fan module: With its new generation of brushless cooling fan modules, which will go into series production at the beginning of 2012, Brose will demonstrate an effective solution for engine cooling at this year's IAA: The overall length has been reduced by approx. 15 millimeters and the weight by some 700 grams.</p><p><b>- Brushless drive for cooling fan modules: smaller, lighter, more efficient</b><br/><b>- Shroud: material-saving production through physical foaming </b><br/><b>- Active grill shutter control: CO2 emissions reduced by 5g/km</b></p>]()
Frankfurt am Main 14-Sep-2011Brose, the global market leader in cooling fan modules is continually working to improve the components involved in air-intake management. A worldwide network ...
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Junior staff training expanded considerably
![<p>Some 95 young people started their apprenticeship at the German locations of the Brose Group this year. The photo shows Jürgen Otto, CEO of the Brose Group (1st from left) and head of apprentice training, Michael Stammberger (1st from right), with the new Brose employees</p>]()
Coburg/Hallstadt/Würzburg/Wuppertal/Berlin 01-Sep-2011A record number of young people are commencing their professional careers at Brose with the start of the new training year: A total of 95 young people start th...
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Future tax inspectors visit Brose
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Coburg 18-Aug-2011Sixteen members of the Coburg tax office gained an insight into Brose workflows during a visit to the family-owned company. The majority of the guests were can...
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Tenth Girls for Technology Camp at Brose
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Coburg 04-Aug-2011Curious to find out more about manual skills and interested in technical professions - these properties characterized the twelve young school girls participati...
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Brose at the IAA 2011: Competence in Mechatronics
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Coburg 11-Jul-2011“Brose - Competence in Mechatronics” is the theme of the international automotive supplier’s year's product presentation this year. It focuses on the high stan...
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Bavarian Minister Haderthauer visits the Brose Kids Club
![<p>Bavarian Minister for Family Affairs, Christine Haderthauer (left) and Chairman of the Brose Group, Michael Stoschek (3rd f. l.) listen to children from the Kids’ Club explain the experiments they recently conducted.</p>]()
Coburg 06-Jul-2011Bavaria's Minister for Social Affairs, Christine Haderthauer, visited the international automotive supplier to see the work of its in-house childcare and educa...
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Brose Delloyd Automotive opens production plant in Thailand
![<p>Andreas Wegener (General Manager Brose Delloyd Automotive Co., Ltd.), Dato Sri Tee Boon Kee (Chairman Delloyd Ventures Berhad), Khun Tawatchai Terdpaothai (Governor of Rayong Province), Thomas Spangler (President Brose Asia) and Reiko Minagawa Webster (Executive General Manager Purchasing, AutoAlliance Thailand) at the official opening (f.l.t.r.).</p>]()
Rayong/Thailand 05-Jul-2011The joint venture company Brose Delloyd Automotive officially opened its production facility in Thailand in the presence of around 80 guests from government an...
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Ten years of electronics production at Brose in Hallstadt
![<p>Swetlana Kloster has been at Brose in Hallstadt since the production of electronics started in 2001. She works on the automated assembly line and has experienced the enormous growth over the last ten years.</p>]()
Hallstadt 17-Jun-2011Ten years ago Brose started producing electronic components in Hallstadt. That was the beginning of a success story. Since then production has increased almost...
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Brose employees receive share of profits
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Coburg 07-Jun-2011At a meeting on May 25th 2011, the Brose Group shareholders and advisory board once again voted to pay all staff worldwide a share of the company’s profits. ...
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Brose staff raises 4,000 euros for SOS children village
![<p>The children of the SOS children's village Immenreuth can look forward to relaxing farm holidays. Their stay will be financed by a donation of more than 4,000 euros from the Brose management and staff. In addition to the children of the Brose Kids Club, the outcome was also celebrated by (from left): the Brose Talent Circle members, Alfred Schuster, SOS children's village Upper Palatinate, Jürgen Otto, CEO of the Brose Group, and Dorothea Schaufler, head of the Brose Kids Club (right).</p>]()
Coburg 01-Jun-2011Brose staff and management donate 4,000 euros to the SOS children's village in Upper Palatinate/Germany. As part of the Brose Kids Club summer fete, Jürgen Ott...
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35 Brose apprentices complete their apprenticeship
![<p>Michael Stammberger, head of apprenticeship (left), and the Brose apprentices from Coburg and Hallstadt.</p>]()
Coburg/Würzburg 09-May-2011Thirty-five young men and women have successfully completed their training at Brose in the Coburg and Würzburg districts of the German Chamber of Commerce and ...
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Auto Shanghai 2011: Brose unveils expansion plans in China
![<p>Thomas Spangler (President Brose Asia) talking to two representatives of the GSK Group, a Taiwanese automotive supplier for vehicle seats and interior systems. Center of photo: Vincent Lin (President, GSK Group) and Tony Wu (CEO, GSK Group).</p>]()
Shanghai 30-Apr-2011Two thousand exhibitors from 20 countries presented their products from April 21st to 28th at the 14th Auto Shanghai exhibition under the banner ‘Innovation fo...
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Girls Day at Brose: Around 100 schoolgirls experienced technology first hand
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Coburg/Hallstadt/Würzburg/Wuppertal/Berlin 14-Apr-2011On April 14th, 2011, around 90 girls from the 8th and 9th grade discovered how interesting and exciting technology can be during this year's "Girls' Day " at B...
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Five Brose plants receive Jaguar Land Rover Award
Coburg 16-Mar-2011Jaguar Land Rover has presented Brose's production plants in Coventry (UK), Ostrava (Czech Republic), Tondela (Portugal), Wuppertal and Würzburg (Germany) with...
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Brose among the top 100 companies to work for in Germany
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Coburg 15-Mar-2011According to a national survey conducted by the career portal "berufsstart.de" in Germany, Brose is the only family-owned company in the automotive supplier in...
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Brose and SEW-EURODRIVE establish joint venture
![<p>Jürgen Otto (left), Chairman of the Management Board of the Bose Group, and Rainer Blickle (right), Managing Partner of the SEW-EURODRIVE Group, while signing the contract.</p>]()
Bruchsal/Coburg 24-Feb-2011Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG and SEW-EURODRIVE concluded an agreement on Monday, February 21, to establish Brose-SEW Elektromobilitäts GmbH & Co. KG, a jo...
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Brose India: Representatives of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs visit Pune site
![<p>Left to right: Dr. Stefan Möhringer (Managing Director, Simon Möhringer Anlagenbau GmbH), Dr. Hans Schleicher (Head of the Minister’s Office, Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs), Kurt Kapp (representing the Head of Work and Economic Affairs in Munich), Dr. Leopold-Theodor Heldman (German Consul General in Mumbai) and Thomas Weber (Vice-President Development Standards Brose Group</p>]()
Pune/India 23-Feb-2011Around 40 representatives of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bavarian SMEs and Franconian universities visited the Brose development and sales offic...
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Brose opens production facility in India
![<p>The international automotive supplier Brose officially opened a production facility in India, watched by many guests from government and industry. From left: Surinder Chauhan (General Manager Brose Pune), Ashwani Aggarwal (President Brose India), Peter Gresch (Executive Vice-President Development and Electronics Brose Group), Dr Bernd Forster (German Deputy Consul General in Mumbai), Bernhard Steinrücke (Director General of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, IGCC), Dr Reinhard Meschkat (Executive Vice-President Production Brose Group).</p>]()
Pune/India 07-Feb-2011The international automotive supplier Brose officially opened a production facility in India on February 2nd, watched by around 150 guests from government and ...
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Brose sets-up joint-venture for electric motors in Korea
![<p>Brose International GmbH, Coburg, and Mando Corporation, Seoul, set up a joint-venture on 31st January 2011 in South Korea which will trade under the name of Mando-Brose Corporation. First row, from left: Moo-Hyun Cho (Manager New Business PJT), Tae-Young Han (Senior Vice President Corporate Audit & Legal Division/New Business Project Development), Zung-Su Byun, (Vice Chairman Mando Corporation), Jürgen Otto (CEO Brose Group), Stefan Halusa (Director Corporate Planning Brose Group) and Yong Park (President Brose Korea). Second row, middle, standing: Mon-Wo Chung (Chairman Mando Corporation) left, Thomas Sprangler (President Brose Asia) right.</p>]()
Seoul 02-Feb-2011Brose International GmbH, Coburg, and Mando Corporation, Seoul, one of the leading automotive suppliers in Korea, have set up a joint-venture which will trade ...
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Great Wall presents Brose with Excellent Development Award
![<p>Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall presented Brose with its Excellent Development Award in January 2011. At the award ceremony in Boading (left to right): Fei Xia (Brose, Director Customer Team Drives China), Yong Huang (Great Wall, Development Director), Manfred Frei (Brose, Vice-President Development Asia) and Ping Ran (Brose, Director of Technical Sales, Customer Team New Products).</p>]()
Shanghai 19-Jan-2011On January 8th, 2011, Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall presented Brose's Asian headquarters in Shanghai with its Excellent Development Award. The award was ...
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Brose Brazil wins Honda Award
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Curitiba 06-Jan-2011Brose Brazil began the year 2011 with a prestigious award from Honda. The location in Curitiba received the Honda Award in the Services category for its excell...
