Corporate history
1974
 
Establishment: Harry Bertrandt opens an engineering office in the Swabian town, Möglingen.
Since the end of the 70s
 
Automotive development: Entrance into the vehicle component construction field.
1980
 
First subsidiary: Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH in Sindelfingen.
1982-86
 
Local presence: New subsidiaries in close proximity of the customers in Heilbronn, Ingolstadt, Stuttgart and France (Bièvres).
1989-95
 
Service spectrum: New business fields, among other things rapid prototyping, modelmaking, testing and validation and vehicle construction.
1992-95
 
Expansion: Further engineering offices in Rüsselsheim, Cologne, Wolfsburg and Munich.
1993
 
Management-Buy-out: Dietmar Bichler and Heinz Kenkmann acquire the shares of Harry Bertrandt.
1995-2001
 
Internationalisation: Subsidiaries in England, Sweden, Spain, the United States and France.
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. 25th company anniversary.
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
 
Innovation: Propriety developments in the automotive growth fields, among other things in vehicle safety, electronics and in interior.
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: Tier-1 supplier status with Airbus through co-operation with EUROAER. New Bremen subsidiary.
2007   
New industries: Personnel services for customers outside of the mobility industry.
Aviation: Bertrandt is a EUROAER partner with 33.33 per cent.