Company profile

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 fourth-largest family-owned company out of the TOP 100 worldwide automotive suppliers.

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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 of the Brose Group

John Dunn, President Brose North America
Volker Herdin, Commercial Administration
Reinhard Kretschmer, Business Division Drives
Dr. Reinhard Meschkat, Production
Periklis Nassios, Business Division Seat Systems
Kurt Sauernheimer, Business Division Door Systems
Sandro Scharlibbe, Purchasing
Thomas Spangler, President Brose Asia

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Turnover
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013/plan		€ 2.48 billion  € 2.80 billion € 2.60 billion € 3.50 billion € 4.032 billion € 4.495 billion € 4.750 billion
Employees
2007 2008 2009  2010  2011 2012 2013/plan		9,948 14,300 14,172 17,191 19,040 20,500 21.500
Investments
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013/plan		€   87 million € 159 million € 146 million € 186 million € 300 million € 311 million € 350 million

 

Mechatronic systems and electric drives for vehicle body and interior

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Today, in every third vehicle produced worldwide there is at least one Brose product.
 

Door innovations
1928 1950 1963 1986 1987 1991 1997 2002 2005 2006 2009 2012			Manual window regulator Mechanical door latch  Power window regulator Electronically-controlled window regulator with antitrap protection Modular door system Door system with wet/dry side separation System latch Door system with integrated door frame Modular liftgate with integrated drive Door system with highly integrated plastic carrier Drive units for swing doors, Lightweight door system with integrated sun blind Mechanical door stop

Seat innovations
1968 1979 1983 1993 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009			Spindle recliner 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 Manual and power lumbar support adjusters Power rear seat adjuster Power seat-belt carrier Brose Easy Belt® with antitrap technology for coupés and convertibles Sensor based head rest Sensorest® Manual rear seat structure, Manual and power recliner Seat control unit with integrated electronic antitrap

 

Drives and electric motors innovations
1968 1983 1989 1993 2000 2001 2002 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010			HVAC motor ABS motor Integrated motor drive unit for window regulator Sunroof motor Internal rotor brushless for engine cooling Electric parking brake and brushless motor for HVAC Compact motor for HVAC Drive for seatbelt pretensioner Electric power steering and brushless drive for double clutch Brose steering motors modular construction system Applications for electric/hybrid cars Internal rotor brushless for HVAC

 

Headquarters: Coburg (D)

Engineering and Sales: Coburg (D), Hallstadt/Bamberg (D), Moscow (RU), Munich (D), Oldenburg (D), Paris (F), Stuttgart (D), Turin (I), Wolfsburg (D), Wuppertal (D), Wuerzburg (D)

Production: Berlin (D), Bratislava (SK), Coburg (D), Coventry (GB), Ghent (B), Gifhorn (D), Gothenburg (S), Hallstadt/Bamberg (D), Kecskemét (H), La Suze (F), Meerane (D), Ostrava (CZ), Rastatt (D), Sindelfingen (D), Sta. Margarida/Barcelona (E), Tondela (P), Wuppertal (D), Wuerzburg (D)

Ventures/Affiliated companies: Brits (ZA), Bruchsal (D), Istanbul (TR)

Headquarter: Auburn Hills/Detroit (US)

Engineering and Sales: Auburn Hills/Detroit (US)

Production: Curitiba (BR), Jefferson (US), London (CA), Puebla (MX), Querétaro (MX), Reynosa (MX), Tuscaloosa (US)

Headquarter: Shanghai (CN)

Engineering and Sales: Beijing (CN), Nagoya (J), Pune (IN), Shanghai (CN), Suwon (KR)

Production: Changchun (CN), Chongqing (CN), Pune (IN), Wuhan (CN)

Joint Ventures/Affiliated companies: Rayong (T), Shanghai (CN), Song-Do (KR), Suwon (KR)

ISO/TS 16949 : 2009 in line with 9001 : 2008, ISO 14001 : 2004

Research institute CRF/Strategic business consultancy A. T. Kearney: According to the study "Top Employer Automotive 2011/12" Brose is one of the best national employers in this industrial sector, coming in second in the overall ranking. The company was able to improve on its previous year´s ranking of third place. (2011)

berufsstart.de: According to a national survey conducted by the career portal "berufsstart.de" in Germany, Brose is the only family-owned company in the automotive supplier industry among Germany's top 100 employers, taking a respectable 58th place. The survey was conducted among students, graduates and young professionals mainly from the fields of economics and engineering. (2011)

Automotive Magazine „Production"/Strategic business consultancy A. T. Kearney: The Brose plant in Sindelfingen was named “Factory of the Year 2010” in the category "outstanding quality management". The decisive factors, according to the jury, were the plant's exemplary improvements in quality that involved every employee and the consistent use of automated inspections. (2010)

Research institute CRF/Strategic business consultancy A. T. Kearney:  Brose is one of the top automotive employers of 2010/11. The company is ranked third overall, came second for career opportunities and company culture, and third for benefits and work-life balance. (2010)

Initiative Fokus 50plus: Brose won the Fokus 50plus Best Practice Award for its exemplary HR concepts. Fokus 50plus assesses HR measures that take account of demographic change in the workforce. (2010)

Europe´s 500 – trendence Graduate Barometer 2010: Brose is one of the 500 most attractive employers in Europe among engineers, the most relevant target group. The largest pan-European survey of its kind asked final year students. (2010)

Universum Communications/Trendence Institute for Personnel Marketing: Two unrelated surveys have found that the Brose Group has continued to consolidate and improve its ranking among Germany’s top 100 employers in 2010. (2010)

Best Factory Award: The Brose plant in Coventry has received a “high commendation” in the Supply Chain category by the renowned Cranfield School of Management. In a comprehensive audit Brose stood out among some 54 companies. (2009)

Bavarian Quality Prize: 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. (2008)

Automotive Magazine „Automobil Produktion" and Agamus Consult: Automotive Lean Production Awards 2007

Intes Academy for family-owned businesses/economic journal Impulse: Michael Stoschek was honored with the prize "Family Entrepreneur of the Year". (2005)

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)


Awards from our customers (selection)

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BMW: Supplier Innovation Award (Brose Group in 2011)

Brilliance: Development Award (Brose Group in 2008)

Chrysler: Supplier Launch Recognition Award (Brose Jefferson in 2010), Chrysler Group Gold Award (Brose North America and Brose Puebla in 2005)

Daimler: Logistics Supplier Prize (Plant Hallstadt in 2008), Supplier Award (Brose Group in 2009)

Daimler/Chrysler: Global Supplier Award (Brose Hallstadt in 2004 and Brose Rastatt in 2005), Group Gold Award (Brose Puebla in 2004, 2005, 2006 and Brose North America in 2005, 2006)

Dongfeng Behr - Thermal Systems (DBTS): Top Supplier Award (Shanghai Brose Electric Motors in 2009)

Dong­feng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd. (DPCA): Special Contribution Award (Plant Wuhan 2009), Top 10 Supplier Award (Shanghai Brose Electric Motors in 2009)

Ford: Supplier Design Engagement (Brose Group in 2006), Ford World Excellence Gold Award (Brose Tondela in 2006, Brose Saarwellingen and Sta. Margarida in 2007), Q1 Award (Shanghai Brose in 2007), World Excellence Silver Award 2009 (Brose Hallstadt, Saarwellingen and Sta. Margarida)

Geely Holding Group: Excellent Supplier Award (Brose Wuhan in 2009)

GM: Supplier of the Year (Brose Group in 2003), GM Una historia de qualidade (Brose Curitiba in 2003), Merit Certificate (Brose Curitiba in 2004)

Great Wall: Excellent Development Award (Shanghai Brose Electric Motors in 2010)

Honda: Development Excellence Award (Brose do Brazil in 2008 and 2009), Honda Award in the Services category (Brose do Brazil in 2010)

Jaguar/Land Rover: Body & Exterior Supplier Quality Process Award (Brose Coventry in 2006, 2008 and Wuppertal in 2008), Continuous Contribution to Quality Improvement (Brose Coventry in 2009), JLRQ-Award (Brose Coventry, Ostrava, Tondela, Wuppertal and Würzburg in 2011)

Lear: Excellent Supplier of the Year (Brose Changchun in 2006), Quality Supplier of the Year (Brose Changchun in 2006), Supplier Consignment Award of the Year (Brose Changchun in 2006)

Volkswagen: VW Group Award Quality (Brose Puebla in 2004, 2008), VW Group Award Logistics (Brose Puebla in 2006), VW Supplier Award (Brose Brits in 2003, 2004, 2005), Top 5 Supplier (Brose Brits in 2004), VW Group Award (Brose Group in 2005, Puebla in 2007), A-Class Supplier Year (Brose Changchun in 2008), Silver Medal Excellent Quality Performance (Shanghai Brose Automotive Components in 2009)