History
Origin
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1971 Foundation BIW
... as a successor to Dow Corning Silicones belonging to Bochumer Isolierstoff-Werke. The first production facility for Silicone Extrusions was located at Limperg in Schwelm - specialized for woven tapes and tubes braiding
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1975 new building
... in Schwelm at the B7 with continuous extensions
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1987 relocation
... to the industrial area Oelkinghausen Ennepetal with 45 employees
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1990 generation change
... of management
Stages of development
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1998 enlargement
... of production facility in the areas of knitting and silicone foam
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2000 acquisition
... of a neighbouring plot with hall for injection moulding and its assembly
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2006 Construction
... of a new production hall with logistic center
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2007 Construction
... and commissioning of the Technology Center
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2008 Heightening of Office Building
... and expansion of customer service
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2009 Acquisition
... of storage depot Pregelstraße 2
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2010 Leasing
... of storage depot for raw materials in Schwelm
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2011 New building
... production hall Silicone Mouldings
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2012 opening
...production hall „Automotive and Medical Devices” in Weichselstreet
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2014 Acquisition
... of a neighbouring plot with 3 production halls
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2014 Foundation BIW Insulation and sealing technology (kunshan) co. ltd.
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2015 construction
... incoming goods department and raw material warehouse as well as expansion of coating lines (Weichselstreet)
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2015 opening production biw china in kunshan
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2015 foundation of biw polska, wroclaw (breslau)
....and launch of product customising facility
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2016 establishment of a sampling department
...BIW now has four fully equipped extrusion lines
designed exclusively for initial sampling
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2016 - 2018 Expansion of production facility in Ennepetal, Germany
... by additional 12.000 m² of production space
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2017 generation change
... 2nd to 3rd generation in the family business
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2018 Expansion of the office floor
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2018 Foundation for cultural change BIW WITH NEW MANAGEMENT
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2021 Fifty years of biw
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2022 Completion of internal moves for process optimisation
Today
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BIW is
... european market leader with over 5.000 to Silicone and among top 3 in the segment cable protection systems