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Double award: Josha Kneiber, Head of Product Management and Strategic Sales Electromobility at BPW, is delighted about the German Innovation Award in gold for BPW eTransport. BPW AirSave was declared as "Winner".

Double Award: German Innovation Award celebrates super-efficient transport technologies from BPW

Innovative commercial vehicle technologies improve not only environmental efficiency, but also the image of the transport and logistics industry. BPW Bergische Achsen KG has now received two renowned German Innovation Awards - one of which with the highest grade possible from the jury. The deciding factor: focus on the user.

BPW is testing the electric drive axle eTransport in various application scenarios: In this hall the test vehicles like that from UPS are being prepared.

VISION mobility readers name BPW ‘Best supplier’

BPW shines at the IAA in Frankfurt as ‘Best supplier’ – the medium-sized company that actually specialises in commercial vehicle and transport technologies. VISION mobility, Deloitte and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) honored BPW for a drive axle that can be used in the conversion of trucks from diesel to electric drives.

Gerhard Grünig (VerkehrsRundschau), Dr. Dustin Schöder (Deutsche Bahn), Rolf Meyer (Meyer & Meyer), Kurt Sigl (BEM), Clemens Baumgärtner (City of Munich), Markus Schell (BPW) (Source: Karel Sefrna /VerkehrsRundschau)

The power of the network: German SMEs to become innovation drivers of electric transport

Who will lead the breakthrough for emission-free logistics in cities? What contribution can politics make? Is Germany in danger of losing the technological edge – or will all players now be able to make electrical transport a success story together? Top decision-makers from industry, research, politics and associations discussed these questions at BPW's first "Electric Networking Night" in Munich.

The BPW stand, from a bird's eye view: BPW lures visitors upstairs with networking and get-togethers, downstairs with high-tech innovation.

Open.Together: the BPW Group is showcasing itself as a partner for digitisation and networking at ‘transport logistic’ trade show

BPW is one of the global market leaders for trailer axles and running gear systems – but anyone looking for heavy metal at transport logistic in Munich is in for a surprise: the BPW Group stand at the trade fair (Hall A6, Booth 310) is all about digitisation, networking and electromobility. However, the company group wants to inspire its customers with more than just high-tech solutions...

At bauma BPW will be presenting the options available for conversion with the eTransport electric drive axle on the AWB Köln company’s Mercedes-Benz Vario with special bodywork.

BPW to showcase an electrically retrofitted lorry for municipal waste management at the bauma trade fair

Managers of municipal commercial vehicle fleets are some of the regular visitors to bauma, the world’s leading trade fair for construction vehicles and machinery (8–14 April). BPW is bringing a very special vehicle to Munich on their behalf: a Mercedes-Benz Vario of Cologne’s municipal waste management company AWB, which has been converted from diesel to an electric drive.

First battery-powered commercial vehicle with a total weight of 7.5 t in the "LiVe" research project at the PEM of RWTH Aachen University

BPW supplies electric drive for new lorry project from PEM at RWTH Aachen, Isuzu Motors Germany and StreetScooter

Electric vans are being spotted in more and more inner cities – most of them in the bright distinctive colours of the postal service, delivering letters, parcels and packages. Yet truly heavy loads are soon to be transported electrically, too: BPW is supplying the drive axle technology for a research project at RWTH Aachen aimed at helping the electric lorry achieve their breakthrough.

BPW drive axle for vehicles with a gross weight of up to 7.5 tonnes with 6,580-nanometre torque at the rear axle and battery power of 84 kilowatt-hours

BPW uses BMW i battery technology for electric drive for lorries

BPW Bergische Achsen KG is announcing its partnership with BMW i for an electric drive system for commercial vehicles. BPW will use battery technology from BMW i for its particularly powerful drive axle, which is designed for heavy vans and lorries with a gross weight of up to 7.5 tonnes. A drive concept for lorries with a gross weight of 26 tonnes is under development.

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.

from left: Markus Schell, personally liable managing partner of BPW, Mathias Magnor, Chief Operating Officer Road & Rail, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Prof. Dr. Sabine Bruns-Vietor, University of Osnabrück

Hellmann and Bergische Achsen KG start field tests with retro-fitted electric motor for commercial vehicles

As part of an innovation cooperation, the globally operating logistics service provider, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, and one of the world’s largest manufacturer of trailer running gears, BPW Bergische Achsen KG, are starting a joint practical trial: they are bringing the eTransport, an electric motor axle recently developed by BPW, onto the roads.

Dr. Markus Kliffken (middle), Member of the Management Board at BPW, and Katrin Köster, Head of Corporate Communication, received the certificate from Prof. Dr. Tim Hosenfeldt, Senior Vice President Corporate Innovation at category sponsor Schaeffler

A breath of fresh air in the urban environment – BPW’s electric axle drive eTransport takes second place in GreenTec Awards

In Berlin on Friday BPW Group was presented with second prize for its electric axle drive eTransport in the GreenTec Awards, which rank among the world’s leading environmental innovation distinctions. The axle is targeted at electric urban delivery vehicles between 7.5 and 18 tonnes – a segment in which vigorous growth continues to be fuelled by online sales.

Ralf Merkelbach (centre), BPW’s senior key account manager for large fleets in Europe, received the award from Trucker/VerkehrsRundschau representatives.

eTransport recognised as Green Truck Innovation 2017

The panel of experts were clearly impressed by the zero-emission electric axle drive eTransport presented by BPW Bergische Achsen. Following their appraisal, the trade journal VerkehrsRundschau awarded BPW its Green Truck Innovation 2017 prize for this intelligent electric solution to inner city traffic problems.

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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