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Company History
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| Theodor Wilhelm Schmid
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| 1892 | | Theodor Wilhelm Schmid, Robert Wunnerlich
and Otto Franck founded the company "Wunnerlich,
Schmid & Co." at Hof
Production of felt started 1902
Management:
Siegfried Schmid 1925-1926 († 1986)
Wolf-Dieter Schmid 1951-1962 († 2004)
Dr. Helmut Wunnerlich 1933-1957 († 1970) | |
| Siegfried Schmid
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| 1896 | | The businessmen Johannes and Wilhelm Lembert as well as Franz Baptist Silbermann - all coming from Augsburg - set up a felt company at Offingen | |
| Franz Baptist Silbermann
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| 1912 | | The "Königliche Kommerzienrat" Johann Offermann bought the shares of the Lembert family and became managing partner of the "Bayerische Wollfilzfabrik GmbH" at Offingen | |
| Johann Offermann
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| 1956 | | Diversification: The first "Plexigum"-plastic profile
is manufactured by the extrusion process | |
| Dr. August Offermann
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| 1961 | | Development of the undercollar product "Offitex"®
and registration as trademark | |
| 1962 | | Merger of both felt companies Offingen and Hof and "Bayerische Wollfilzfabriken KG Offermann, Zeiler, Schmid & Co. KG Offingen and Hof" | |
| from left: Dr. Helmut Offermann,
Dr. Hermann Zeiler, Wolf-Dieter Schmid
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| 1968 | | Worldwide first introduction of needle felts as filter media by BWF | |
| from left: Wolf-Dieter Schmid,
Dr. Helmut Offermann, Dr. Christian Zeiler
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| 1975 | | Foundation of "BWC Textiles Ltd" in Northern Ireland as production plant for filter media | |
| 1988 | | Acquisition of "tkt GmbH & Co. KG", Geretsried, production of vacuum formed plastic parts with injection moulded quality | |
| 1989 | | New company structure: BWF Offermann, Zeiler, Schmid & Co. KG and BWF Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH as a holding company BWF Textil GmbH & Co. KG and BWF Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. KG as operational companies. Foundation of "BWF America Inc." in the U.S.A | |
| from left: Dr. Christian Zeiler, Dr. Wolfgang Schmid,
Wolf-Dieter Schmid, Stefan Offermann
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| 1990 | | Acquisition of BWF facol s.r.l., Mailand, Italy - production of high-quality undercollar materials for the menswear industry | |
| 1993 | | Acquisition of an English woolfelt manufacturer. Foundation of "Naish Felts Ltd." in Great Britain - manufacturing of felt cut parts | |
| 1994 | | Independence of Engineered Felt Division | |
| 1996 | | Foundation of "Wuxi BWF Environmental Technology Ltd." in the PR of China, production of needle felts for filtration.
Acquisition of "RDP Richard Daleman Plastics Ltd.", Great Britain - extrusion of plastic profiles and tubes | |
| 2000 | | Opening of the new laboratory and production area
for the BWF "Environmental Technology" division | |
| 2001 | | Opening of the new production area for the BWF Profiles division | |
| 2002 | | Opening of a production site of BWF Profiles
in the Republic of China Production
start of special circular needle felts in a new building of
BWF Protec in Hof.
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| 2003 | | Shut-down of BWF (NI) Ltd. in Northern Ireland, transfer of the production to Offingen
Production start of BWF Profiles in the PR China
Construction of a new factory for BWF Profiles (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. in China
Production start of technical needle felts in rolls in a new building of BWF Protec in Hof.
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| 2004 | | Official opening ceremony of BWF Profiles (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., China | |
| 2005 | | Completion of construcion of new factory for BWF Environmental and Industrial Technology (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. in China | |
| 2006 | | Completion of the construction of a further production hall for BWF Envirotec, Offingen
Official opening ceremony of second factory of BWF Protec in Hof-Haidt
Foundation of BWF Türkiye Ltd. sti.
Acquisition of FTI S.p.a. Italy, Foundation of BWF FTI S.p.a. in Italy
135 mio € consolidated group turnover
more than 1000 employees | |
| from left: Dr. Wolfgang Schmid,
Stefan Offermann
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| 2007 | | Production start at BWF Türkiye Ltd. sti. in Izmir/Turkey
Construction start of an additional production hall of BWF Profiles in Offingen
160 mio € consolidated group turnover
more than 1.300 employees | |
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Imprint
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BWF Offermann, Schmid & Co. KG · Bahnhofstr. 20 · 89362 Offingen · Telephone: +49-8224-71-0 · Telefax: +49-8224-7120-91
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