B-
Obere Bahnhofstraße 21
D-
Tel. +49 (0)7245-
Email: info@b-
B-
Abb.01: B-
B-
Their business area these days was easily recognised in the name B-
The first products, which we produced were plastic caps filled with concrete (illustration 1), which served as conductor holders of flat roofs for lightning rod wires.
Abb.02: Kunststoffkappen für BlitzschutzDraht (1970)
The space in the garage in Bietigheim (town in Germany) soon became too small, so that we moved to a different address (Obere Bahnhofstrasse) in Durmersheim (town in Germany close to Bietigheim) in 1971 already, where we rented only part of the building.
Kurth Bratke left the company in 1970 already, so that Henning Schmidt was sole managing director and owner of B-
With the increase in product diversity and the number of employees space became limited, so that time after time the entire building was rented.
In 1989 the company changed its name to B-
It would be too much to list all innovations of the 47 years of company history. The following shows a selection of the most important:
An important milestone in the product history of B-
Its unique mechanics (video) was revolutionary and changed the entire market for articles of lightning protection.
A similar resounding success came with the introduction of the stainless steel duplo-
The following shows a brief summary of catalogues of B-
First catalogue in 1970
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Introduction of the snap-
Introduction of stainless steel snap-
Introduction of the foldable air termination support (2009)
First detached air termination mast (2004)
Abb.04: Katalog Titelseiten
The number of products in the product range has reached far more than 4,000 by now.
The introduction of stainless steel and plastic on the lightning protection market has changed the entire branch sustainably, as it was dominated mainly by products of galvanised steel up to then.
The business graduate Roy Schmidt was appointed as new managing director in 1999 next to Henning Schmidt.
Another property (5,000 sq m) was purchased in 2015 and a warehouse of 1,000 sq m was built there to cover the continuous rising demand of storage possibilities (illustration 5).
Abb.05: Neue Lagerhalle
In jüngster Zeit sind von der B-
2009 der revolutionäre Klapp-
2011 Die Entwicklung des höchsten frei stehenden Blitzschutz-
Abb.07: Höchster frei stehender Fangmast der Welt (25m)
2016 schließlich die Einführung der QR (=Quick Rick = Schnelles Aufrichten) Fangmastständer mit Klapp-
2018 folgte eine weitere Erweiterung des Sortiments durch die völlig neuartigen Twister-
Für die nächsten Jahre sind weitere Entwicklungen in Vorbereitung, zum Beispiel:
Mit dem Boden verschraubbare Klapp-
Ohne Kran montierbare freistehende Fangmasten mit Klappständer mit einer Höhe von bis zu 20m (schon fertig gestellt, wird im Katalog 2020 vorgestellt)
Riesen Fangmaste mit einer Höhe von 30m (!).
Die Firma B-
Im Jahre 2019 feiern wir unser 50-
...und freuen uns auf weitere erfolgreiche 50 Jahre!
Durmersheim, den 03.04.2019
Roy Schmidt
(Geschäftsführer)
Introduction of the Twister-
Im Jahre 2018 wurde eine neue 500m2 Produktionshalle auf dem selben Gelände errichtet, um dem weiter gestiegenen Bedarf an B-
Abb.06: Neue Produktionshalle
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