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Nadine Simon

Nadine Simon

Press contact Press Officer/Public Relations focus on: special axles; agricultural running gears; telematics; human ressources/training +49 (0) 2262 78-1909 Nadine Simon on LinkedIn
Robin Becker

Robin Becker

Press contact Press Officer/Public Relations focus on: 9t running gears; trailer components; e-solutions; digital solutions +49 (0) 2262 78-1905 Robin Becker on LinkedIn

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The BPW Aftermarket Group offers commercial vehicle garages a mobile spare parts warehouse with up to 2,000 parts directly on site.

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The process of ordering spare parts online may be quick in the spare parts business, but simply picking them off the shelf is even quicker: the BPW Aftermarket Group is offering commercial vehicle garages a mobile spare parts warehouse with up to 2,000 parts directly on site. The required parts are simply taken out and the billing and reordering processes are completely automatic.

Ralf Merkelbach, Head of Key Account Management Major Fleets Europe, at the ‘Best Brand 2018’ awards ceremony at the New Palace in Stuttgart on 21 June.

BPW crowned ‘Best Brand’ for the twelfth time in a row

Industry professionals have once again chosen BPW as the ‘Best Brand’ in the commercial vehicle sector. This is the twelfth time in a row that the company has won the ‘ETM Award’ in the trailer axle category. The contest is an important benchmark for the industry and a reliable indicator of the acceptance and reputation of vehicles and brands.

Dirk Hoffmeister, Head of Aftermarket, and Katrin Köster, Head of Corporate Communications at BPW, are pleased about the award.

Where “original parts” really are still original: BPW remains the clear favourite of PROFI Werkstatt readers

If you want to find out about quality in the spare parts service, ask the professionals. Every two years, the editors of the professional journal “PROFI Werkstatt” ask their readers to rate the quality of the most important products and services. BPW has become the frontrunner in a key discipline - and is announcing the next service innovations in time for the Automechanika and IAA trade fairs.

The new BPW ECO Air running gear generation scores with absolute modularity.

BPW revolutionises the running gear for trailers with modular architecture and "digital DNA"

BPW, a leading supplier of axles and running gear technology for commercial vehicles worldwide, will be presenting a new platform for trailer running gears at the IAA: completely redesigned and digitalised, the configuration, construction and manufacturing of trailers has been considerably slimmed down and sped up. To do this, BPW uses newly developed laser techniques.

Wiehl is the first city in Germany to use BPW’s innovative electric axle drive eTransport. Mayor Ulrich Stücker accepted the converted Mercedes Benz Vario from BPW’s personally liable managing partner Michael Pfeiffer (left)

Wiehl is set to become the first city in Germany to put a van with an electrically converted motor axle supplied by BPW into operation

In the Bavarian city of Vilshofen, the vehicle manufacturer Paul Nutzfahrzeuge is currently preparing for the standard conversion of municipal commercial vehicles on the production line to turn them into electric vehicles. The city of Wiehl is BPW's home town. It was there that Mayor Ulrich Stücker accepted the first Mercedes Benz Vario equipped with BPW’s electric motor axle eTransport.

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BPW at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 (Hall 26, Booth C31) in Hannover, Germany

Event date 20 September 2018 – 27 September 2018

Location Fairgrounds of Deutsche Messe, Hermesallee, D-30521 Hannover

Dr. Markus Kliffken, Member of Executive Board / Innovation Management  BPW Bergische Achsen KG

IAA New Mobility Forum  "Masters of Digitization: Digitizing Businesses & Mobility Ecosystems"

Event date 27 September 2018 14:30 – 15:30

Location Deutsche Messe, Messegelände, Hermesallee, 30521 Hannover New Mobility Forum: Pavillon 11 Abschnitt D

Welcome to BPW Bergische Achsen KG!

About BPW Bergische Achsen Kommanditgesellschaft
BPW Bergische Achsen KG is the parent company of the BPW Group. With around 1,500 employees, including around 100 trainees, the family-run company has been developing and producing complete running gear systems for truck trailers and semi-trailers at its headquarters in Wiehl since 1898. BPW’s technologies include axle systems, brake technology, suspension and bearings. BPW’s trailer axles and running gear systems are in use in millions of vehicles around the world. An extensive range of services also provides vehicle manufacturers and vehicle operators with the opportunity to increase economic efficiency in their production and transport processes. www.bpw.de/en

About the BPW Group
The BPW Group researches, develops and manufactures everything needed to ensure that transport keeps moving and is safe, illuminated, intelligent and digitally connected. With its brands BPW, Ermax, HBN, HESTAL and idem telematics, the company group is a preferred system partner of the commercial vehicle industry around the globe for running gear, brakes, lighting, fasteners and superstructure technology, telematics and other key components for trucks, trailers and buses. The BPW Group offers comprehensive mobility services for transport businesses, ranging from a global service network to spare parts supply and intelligent networking of vehicles, drivers and freight. The owner-operated company group currently employs around 6,830 staff in 27 countries and achieved consolidated sales of 1.745 billion euros in 2023. www.bpw.de/en

BPW Bergische Achsen KG