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1974 |
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Establishment: Harry Bertrandt opens an engineering office in the Swabian town, Möglingen. |
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Since the end of the 70s |
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Automotive development: Entrance into the vehicle component construction field. |
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1980 |
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First subsidiary: Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH in Sindelfingen. |
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1982-86 |
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Local presence: New subsidiaries in close proximity of the customers in Heilbronn, Ingolstadt, Stuttgart and France (Bièvres). |
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1989-95 |
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Service spectrum: New business fields, among other things rapid prototyping, modelmaking, testing and validation and vehicle construction. |
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1992-95 |
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Expansion: Further engineering offices in Rüsselsheim, Cologne, Wolfsburg and Munich. |
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1993 |
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Management-Buy-out: Dietmar Bichler and Heinz Kenkmann acquire the shares of Harry Bertrandt. |
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1995-2001 |
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Internationalisation: Subsidiaries in England, Sweden, Spain, the United States and France. |
| 1996 |
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Stock exchange listing: The listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the regular market. |
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1997 |
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Segment change 1: New market. |
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1999 |
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Complete development: First driving prototype. 25th company anniversary. |
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2000 |
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Entrance into the aviation engineering: Subsidiary opens in Hamburg. |
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2001-04 |
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Equity participation:
2001 - Porsche 25.01 per cent.
2004 - ThyssenKrupp 25.2 per cent. |
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2001 |
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New executive committee structure: Dietmar Bichler becomes chairman of the executive committee. |
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2003 |
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Innovation: Propriety developments in the automotive growth fields, among other things in vehicle safety, electronics and in interior.
Segment change 2: Prime Standard, Automobile.. |
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2004 |
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Strategy and organizational alignment: Cross-linking know-how through group wide organised competence centres, new services along the automotive value-added chain. |
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2005 |
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Aviation: Tier-1 supplier status with Airbus through co-operation with EUROAER. New Bremen subsidiary. |
| 2007 |
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New industries: Personnel services for customers outside of the mobility industry.
Aviation: Bertrandt is a EUROAER partner with 33.33 per cent. |
| 2008 |
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Equity participation: Porsche 25.01 per cent (since 2001); LBBW Group (SüdKB) 24.99 per cent.
Aviation: joint venture "Bertrandt Aeroconseil GmbH" for the aviation industry. |
| 2009 |
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Stock exchange: Bertrandt share in SDAX. |
