Berghof Group

Despite indications of an impending economic crisis, all signs still point to growth for Berghof in 2020. As of January 1st, 2020, the Berghof group of companies headquartered in Eningen, Germany, has acquired Gigahertz-Optik GmbH, which is located in the bavarian city Tuerkenfeld near to Munich. By this the Berghof Group grows from five to six subsidiaries and from eight to nine business units.

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Berghof was selected for the "German Brand Award" designation of "Excellent Brand" for its outstanding brand management in the category of "Industry, Machines, & Engineering" among 1,250 applications from 19 countries this year.

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It has been the successful strategy of the Berghof Group ever since to engage in a wide range of areas in order to have ideal conditions for stability and growth. To further increase the effectiveness of this strategy, a dual chairmanship now manages the fortunes of the family-owned company, which has been founded in 1966.

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The day will come when the drivers of almost all modern diesel vehicles of the lowest emission class will have to fill up their tanks with AdBlue^®. And when they do, they will have a rather unremarkable looking blue screw cap in their hands to which there is actually much more than meets the eye: Because the AdBlue^® tank caps of numerous renowned car manufacturers are equipped with a special high-tech sealing membrane from Berghof Fluoroplastics made of one of the most interesting plastics of all - Permeaflon^®.

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After almost two years of construction time, Deutsche Bahn recently opened Europe's largest and most modern maintenance centre in Cologne's Nippes quarter. Deutsche Bahn now services up to 17 high-speed trains, including the new ICE 4, here on a daily basis. The central control system forms the heart and nerve centre of this impressive facility. Berghof Process Management, the Railway Control Management specialist within the Berghof Group, won the tender with its Management Computer called BFR, which is based on the IBIS control system developed by Berghof. A real milestone for the experienced Berghof experts: Never before have they installed and networked so many sensors, backup systems and interfaces as in this project.

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100 percent water as cooling agent, 80 percent energy saving: The "eChiller" is unique worldwide in the scalable power range of 20 to 300 kW, and provides a lasting solution for the challenges currently facing the cooling industry as a result of new legal requirements, uncertain price developments for traditional cooling agents and rising energy costs. An all-round smart concept - thanks to the control technology of Berghof Automation and Control Solutions. At Gardena, the renowned manufacturer of intelligent systems for garden irrigation and maintenance, the "eChiller", which recently won an award from the European Commission, has proven itself over the past year to be highly energy efficient and low maintenance.

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Report from "EI - DER EISENBAHNINGENIEUR" (Issue November 2019): A central process control system from Berghof ensure secure and efficient processes in Europe's largest and most modern railway maintenance centre (only available in German).

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Report from "Waterproof" 3/2019: Interview with Eric Wildeboer, CEO of our subsidiary Berghof Membrane Technology.

Report from "Wirtschaftsspiegel Thüringen" (Issue 5/2019): Why Berghof Process Management from Muehlhausen today is one of the top names for many leading companies when they search for solutions to control complex processes easily, comfortable and secure (only available in German).

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Report from SPS-Magazin (Issue 9/2019): Programmable logic controllers are the key technology of modern manufacturing processes. With the FPS 76, Berghof Automation launched in the year 1976 the first freely programmable microcontroller onto the German market – and with it, completed a true pioneering step. What the company stands for today and which new irons (key word ‘Raspberry’) Berghof has also in the fire (only available in German)?

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Report from "Plastverarbeiter" (Issue 7/2019): Similar to fuel tanks, the tanks for AdBlue® also require an effective system for aeration and venting to compensate the internal pressure fluctuations caused by changes in temperature, filling level or position. This job is taken over by a venting element from Berghof Fluoroplastics made of porous PTFE in the tank cap (only available in German).

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Report from "WNA | Wirtschaft Neckar-Alb" (Issue 7+8/2019): Berghof is one out of four laureates from the Neckar-Alb region (only available in German).

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Report from "WNA | Wirtschaft Neckar-Alb" (Issue 7+8/2019): Berghof is now led by a new dual chairmanship (only available in German).

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Report from "Reutlinger General-Anzeiger" (Issue 23th May 2019): The Berghof Group, focused on Technologies, with 320 employees and headquartered in Eningen, has a new dual chairmanship (only available in German).

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Report from the "Wirtschaftsmagazin" of "Reutlinger General-Anzeiger" (Issue 1/2019): Innovation potential is a question of corporate culture. A visit to Berghof in Eningen (only available in German).

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Report from "A&D" (Issue 3/2019): 100 percent water as refrigerant and about 80 percent energy savings. A new chiller with intelligent control system ensures efficient and environmentally friendly cooling of machines (only available in German).

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Report from "Wirtschaftsspiegel Thüringen" (Issue 1/2019): Why Berghof Process Management from Muehlhausen plays a key role in the field of electric mobility these days (only available in German).

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Report from "Alb-Bote" (Issue of 24th October 2018): At the invitation of the German Association for International Cooperation and fostered by the German Ministry for Economy and Energy a russian delegation has visited Baden-Wuerttemberg in order to meet innovative companies (only available in German).

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Report from "Alb-Bote" (Issue from 19th September 2018): The student trainee Jasmin Talmann developed an integrated approach for the corporate communications of one of Berghof's business units (only available in German).

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