History

1974
Establishment: Harry Bertrandt opens an engineering office in the Swabian town, Möglingen.
End of the 1970s
Automotive development: entry into the design of vehicle components.
1980
Establishment of first office: Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH in Sindelfingen.
1982-2011
Expansion in Germany, Europe and the USA. Further additions to our range of services, for example Rapid Prototyping, modelling, testing, vehicle construction.
1993
Management buy-out: Dietmar Bichler and Heinz Kenkmann acquire the shares held by Harry Bertrandt.
1996
Stock exchange listing: The listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange on the regular market.
1997
Segment change 1: New market.
1999
Complete development: First driving prototype.
2000
Entrance into the aviation engineering: Subsidiary opens in Hamburg.
2001-04
Equity participation: 2001 Porsche 25.01 per cent. 2004 ThyssenKrupp 25.2 per cent.
2001
New executive committee structure: Dietmar Bichler becomes chairman of the executive committee.
2003
Segment change 2: Prime Standard, Automobile.
2004
Strategy and organizational alignment: Cross-linking know-how through group wide organised competence centres, new services along the automotive value-added chain.
2005
Aviation: New Bremen subsidiary.
2007
New industries: Supporting Services for customers in the electrical engineering, energy, mechanical/plant engineering and medical technology sectors.
2008
Major shareholdings: Porsche 25.01 per cent (since 2001); LBBW Unternehmensgruppe (SüdKB) 24.99 per cent.
2009
Stock exchange: Bertrandt share in SDAX.
2011
Major shareholders: Porsche 25.01 per cent (since 2001); LBBW Group 5.29 per cent; Boysen 14.9 per cent; management/employees 13.88 percent. Expansion of our range of services relating to all aspects of electromobility.