ABOUT
EXPERIENCE BACHMANN
Family-led for three generations – made and shaped by and for people. This is BACHMANN. Known in the electrical engineering industry as the premium provider of designer sockets, intelligent PDUs and digital solutions. Learn more about us!
WHO WE ARE – THE BACHMANN GROUP
WE POWER YOUR LIFE – with high quality and innovative strength.
INNOVATIVE, INDIVIDUAL, INTERNATIONAL
You have a kitchen. Do you work in an office? Or even operate an entire data centre? Then the chances are you already know BACHMANN. The company with Swabian roots was established over 70 years ago, in 1948. Today it is a globally active, owner-managed group of companies operating in the electrical engineering industry.
Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, the BACHMANN Group develops, manufactures and distributes products and services for various fields of application. These include:
- Electronic components and systems, such as intelligent power distribution units
- Emotional products such as award-winning desk connection panels
- Digital services and solutions that feature superior added value, such as flexible, future-oriented office furnishing
Alongside the expertise offered by our production and development centres in Germany, Romania and China, BACHMANN operates around 30 sales offices and partner companies around the world.
THE BACHMANN COMMUNITY ENSURES SPECIFIC CUSTOMER BENEFITS
Together with Managing Directors Peter Bachmann and Hans-Peter Wulf, the BACHMANN Board drives the corporate strategy through into the BACHMANN Community. This community, including ~800 employees worldwide, puts theory into practice. With functionality, design and innovation, BACHMANN sets new standards in specific benefits for its customers. In keeping with the philosophy of a German small- to medium-sized company, quality together with responsible and future-oriented business dealings are at the forefront.
INNOVATION EXPERTS ARE ALREADY SHAPING THE FUTURE TODAY
With a network comprising experienced experts within the group and others within the industry, research and design sectors, BACHMANN is looking far into the future. Teams are developing tailored, technical innovations. This enables us to create new, disruptive products and services as well as digital and analogue complete solutions for fields such as Office and Home, right through to complete data centres. Here, professionals are creating new, relevant.
And future-oriented values with a passion. Direct current technology is one of Innovation Markets core areas of expertise, which has been expressed professionally in the BACHMANN Group’s new 380-volt direct current data centre.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
To ensure long-term success, one of our key priorities is ensuring that our products, services and processes are tailored as far as possible to continuously changing market demands. Our clear objective is healthy, constant, international corporate growth, to which each individual makes their contribution.
In this respect, people are our focus. Each individual is unique and makes an essential contribution to our success. Personal relationships with customers, suppliers and our own employees alike, some of which have been developed over many years, are therefore key to us.
Our aspirations are backed up by our corporate values. These are firmly established within our culture and form the basis for our daily business operations – both externally and internally.
“Our goal here at BACHMANN is to be a trendsetter, to offer value, and to bring innovations to life."
OUR CULTURE
LIVING THE BACHMANN PHILOSOPHY
The BACHMANN Community ensures that its dealings with each other as well as with customers, interested parties and partners are responsible and respectful – every single day. We achieve great things together thanks to an open exchange.
LIFE QUALITY EVERY DAY, ACROSS THE GLOBE
BACHMANN has been one of the market leaders in the electronics sector for decades. But what is it that makes our family company so successful to this day? Naturally, a great deal of effort, fantastic people on board, and a true entrepreneurial mentality. But what drives the common direction?
OUR VISION
Our vision, which motivates us daily: At the BACHMANN Group, we promote Life Quality every day for people across the globe.
OUR AIM
And we also pursue a common aim: To develop intelligent and emotional products and services and create added value. Together, we bring energy and well-being to private and professional environments alike – WE POWER YOUR LIFE.
A KEY FACTOR FOR SUCCESS IS ALSO INVOLVED
The way we treat and interact with each other. The feeling of being in the right place with the right colleagues. Mastering tasks that are tailored to my key skills. And being in tune with ourselves – simply being happy and motivated – that ensures sunshine at least 70 percent of every day. We are socially committed, assign the greatest possible meaning to tasks, and enjoy a high degree of creative freedom.
HOW WE BREATHE LIFE INTO OUR CULTURE
Our cooperation with colleagues, customers, interested parties and partners rests on five values. Values that are of immeasurable importance to us and that characterise the BACHMANN Community.
TRUST
We trust each other and make the most of our personal potential and skills. Our word and quality can be relied upon.
FUTURE VIABILITY
On the pulse and receptive to new ideas, we are continuously developing. This way we always satisfy the highest standards and offer state-of-the-art products and services.
PASSION
We engage all our commitment and energies to forging ahead and excelling together. In doing so, we aim to bring Life Quality within everyone’s reach.
RESPECT
We interact and support each other in a friendly fashion as equals. A strong team, we pursue our objectives consistently and generate added value.
AUTHENTIC YOU
Authentic you: People are our priority. Their personalities enrich the BACHMANN Community. We are honest, genuine and receptive to different views.
HISTORY
THE BACHMANN HISTORY
From 1948 until today
From a Swabian sales agency to a global company that develops, produces and sells its own products and services. BACHMANN's history is characterised by its family foundation, coupled with continuous further development, growth and value orientation. Join us on a brief journey through history!
2022 ( DR.-ING. OLIVER EITRICH COMPLETES THE MANAGEMENT)
Dr.-Ing. Oliver Eitrich takes over as the third Managing Director for Value Stream, Finance and Digitalisation - important segments for the future of the company.
2021 (THE BACHMANN HISTORY)
Hans-Peter Wulf takes over Managing Director position. In 2021, Hans-Peter Wulf will be appointed Managing Director Sales & Marketing, representing the voice of the customer in the first place.
2019 (INVESTMENT IN IOTSPOT)
In 2019, BACHMANN invested in the Dutch start-up, iotspot. www.iotspot.co
2018 (USE OF INFORMAL BUSINESS LANGUAGE ENCOURAGED)
In 2018, Peter Bachmann and Jan Repplinger introduced a culture of first-name terms to the company. This was a perfect fit with the vibrant corporate culture already in place at BACHMANN.
CHINESE PARTNER AEL ACQUIRED
In 2016, BACHMANN took over its Chinese partner AEL, including the premises and employees.
2016 (JAN REPPLINGER JOINS)
Jan Repplinger joined BACHMANN as an additional Managing Director in 2016. From now on Peter Bachmann & Jan Repplinger lead the fate of the company BACHMANN.
2007 (COMPANIES FOUNDED IN ROMANIA AND FRANCE)
BACHMANN continued its internationalisation by establishing facilities in Romania (Mediaș) and France (Paris) in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Whilst the facility in France was established as a sales subsidiary.
1999 (FIRST INTERNATIONAL SALES LOCATION)
In 1999, the first international sales and distribution facility in Europe was established in Barcelona, Spain.
1998 (NEW BUILDING FOR MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS CENTRE)
In 1998, a new production facility and logistics centre was built near to Steinbach in Gumpelstadt in Thuringia.
1993 (PETER BACHMANN JOINS)
In 1993, Peter Bachmann, son of Dieter Bachmann, (the third generation) joined the company as Managing Director. By this time, the number of BACHMANN employees had risen to around 80 people throughout the world.
1979 (REBRANDING)
In 1979, Bachmann GmbH & Co. KG was formed from the Josef Bachmann KG company.
1978 (IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION OF PATCH CORDS BEGINS)
In 1973/1978, the Parabel Electric company as it was then known – headed by Dieter Bachmann and his wife Sieglinde – started producing its own connectors in Winterbach, Germany.
1954 (DIETER BACHMANN JOINS)
The son of Josef Bachmann, Dieter Bachmann, joined the company as a commercial trainee in 1954.
1978 (COMPANY FOUNDED BY JOSEF BACHMANN)
Josef Bachmann established the Josef Bachmann KG sales agency in Stuttgart in 1948. The focus was on the sales of electrical engineering products.
SUSTAINABILITY
BLUERESPONSIBILITY BY BACHMANN
“At the BACHMANN Group, we promote Life Quality every day for people across the globe.”
Our vision is clear: “At the BACHMANN Group, we promote Life Quality every day for people across the globe.” Sustainability and corporate social responsibility simply go hand in hand.
At BACHMANN, we use the term BlueResponsibility for these areas, which include the three pillars of ecology, social affairs and economy.
In 2020, we joined the United Nations Global Compact. In doing so, we have officially committed ourselves to do our best every day to protect nature, the environment and humans alike. “What happens in our world affects us all,” says Peter Bachmann, owner and CEO of the BACHMANN Group. This is what we are committed to, and every little step counts.
