Chronological history of the company
- 1922 The company is founded as an armature winding firm in Beckum
- 1954 The 2nd family-owned company for electrical wholesale is opened in Ahlen; switchgear engineering commences
- 1968 Both companies are merged and new facilities built at today's headquarters in Beckum
- 1969 1st armature winding branch office in Iserlohn
- 1982 All operations are merged into B+M Blumenbecker GmbH
- 1991 Technical office in Prague (automation technology)
- 1991 Industrial maintenance branch offices in Rüdersdorf and Schafstädt
- 1992 Industrial maintenance branch office in Zeitz
- 1993 Industrial maintenance branch office in Chemnitz
- 1993 Blumenbecker Technik GmbH is established and the branch offices in Schafstädt, Rüdersdorf, Zeitz and Chemnitz (industrial maintenance, automation technology, distributor construction) are integrated
- 1995 Blumenbecker Prag s.r.o is established (automation technology)
- 1999 Industrial maintenance branch office in Gelsenkirchen
- 2001 Industrial wholesale is carved out of B+M Blumenbecker GmbH into Blumenbecker Industriebedarf GmbH
- 2001 Blumenbecker Slovakia s.r.o is established in Malacky (automation technology)
- 2002 Acquisition of the business activities of Retronic in Bremen (industrial maintenance)
- 2003 Acquisition of the business activities of BEILKE in Soest - together with 7 branch offices - by Blumenbecker Industriebedarf GmbH
- 2003 Blumenbecker Shanghai Automation Engineering Co. Ltd. is established in China (automation technology)
- 2003 Industrial maintenance branch office in Hamburg
- 2003 Acquisition of Purfürst Engineering GmbH, Isernhagen (automation technology)
- 2004 Industrial maintenance and repair facilities are carved out of B+M Blumenbecker GmbH into Blumenbecker Industrie-Service GmbH as well as Control technology and process automation into Blumenbecker Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
- 2004 Blumenbecker Polska Sp. z o.o. is established in Kattowitz (automation technology)
- 2005 Purfürst Engineering GmbH changes its name to Blumenbecker Purfürst GmbH
- 2005 Blumenbecker Industrie-Service GmbH branch office in Isernhagen
- 2006 Participation in engineering firm Peter Spitzer GmbH, Schöningen, with subsidiary companies in China, Ukraine and Poland (automation technology)
- 2006 Blumenbecker US INC. is established in Stillwater/Minnesota (automation technology)
- 2007 Purchase of the Ingenieurbüro Peter Spitzer GmbH
- 2007 Establishment of the Blumenbecker Industrie-Service GmbH in Kiel
- 2008 Foundation of the Blumenbecker Handel i Serwis Sp. Z o.o. in Kattowitz (Industriebedarf)
- 2008 Foundation of the Blumenbecker OOO in Moskau (Automatisierungstechnik)
- 2009 Acquisition of the company Westekemper Engineering GmbH and taking over of the business activities of the company Westekemper Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH and Co. KG through the Blumenbecker Industriebedarf GmbH
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