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With BPW's brake force control the brake power of the drawbar trailer can be adjusted to the loading condition with a single movement of the hand.

BPW gets its grips on the brake force of unsprung agricultural machinery

Unsprung agricultural and forestry vehicles are feared obstacles on the road, and not only at harvest time: their brakes can only be adjusted by hand – a rather fiddly and risky guesswork. The EU has therefore tightened regulations. The answer from BPW is as simple as it is ingenious: with a patent-pending fully mechanical system, drivers now have the brakes quite literally in their hands.

The Ermax tail light is made of polycarbonate with an impact resistant 17 times higher than that of conventional acrylic or ABS used in the automotive industry.

Unbreakable – and pretty cool: the new generation of the indestructible Ermax tail lights, now even better with an LED chase

A tail light with a cool design and dynamic flashing – on an agricultural commercial vehicle of all things! The BPW Group will show that the attractive form of the next generation trailer tail lights is a continuation of its function at the Agritechnia trade fair (10-16 November in Hanover; Hall 15, Stand E05) – and why they're worthwhile for the vehicle operator and the environment.

BPW is bringing the running gear computer, AGRO Hub, to the series with a digital weighing system.

Agriculture 4.0: Total transparency in driving, loading, spreading, feeding and weighing with the BPW AGRO Hub weighing system

Contractors and cultivators can now continuously digitally monitor the total weight and the usable load of their drawbar trailers – even during use: the running gear computer AGRO Hub, which BPW will present at Agritechnica 2019, controls and measures the use of spreaders and loading and feed mixers. Even transport drawbar trailers are saved the detour via weighbridges and yard scales.

Growing together, all year long – with its technological expertise and digital competencies, BPW is developing new solutions for agriculture in cooperation with its customers.

Growing together: BPW highlighting successful system partnership with agricultural machinery manufacturers at Agritechnica 2019

The BPW Group is growing successfully as one of the preferred system partners of agricultural machinery manufacturers. With its high-tech axles and digital innovations, the company is driving the Agriculture 4.0 trend. At Agritechnica 2019, BPW will be exhibiting sophisticated solutions for the entire year, from tillage to harvest.

With the AGRO Drive hydraulic drive axle from BPW, drawbar trailers are now digging their own way out of the sludge.

From fields to construction sites: Award-winning "AGRO Drive" drive axle from BPW also available for construction trailers

Soft, loose and wet ground and slopes quickly push even hauled construction vehicles to their limits. With a hydraulic drive axle from BPW, drawbar trailers are now digging their own way out of the sludge: originally developed for agricultural use, the award-winning "AGRO Drive" system is also taking construction sites by storm.

Péter Mándli (right), Managing Director of BPW-Hungária, and Peter Lindner, Agricultural Sales Manager for Germany and Benelux at BPW Bergische Achsen KG in Wiehl, accepted the prize in Würzburg.

‘Innovations in agricultural technology’ public choice award: BPW drive axle is gaining traction

25 per cent more traction for the trailer on wet and difficult ground conditions and higher loads with smaller towing vehicles: these system benefits provided by the ‘AGRO Drive’ hydraulic drive axle have given BPW a bestseller among farmers and contractors. As a result, the drive axle has now won the most important public choice award in the agricultural industry.

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 7,000 staff in more than 50 countries and achieved consolidated sales of 1.41 billion euros in 2019. www.bpw.de/en

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