History
We have been producing machine tools in Reutlingen site since 1888. Today, some 220 employees continue the long tradition of making high-precision machining centres.
1888 Founding of BW. Manufacture of simple drilling machines
1892 Special versions of circular saws
1908 Product range expanded by column drilling machines with belt drive
1928 Manufacture of multi-path special machines
1945 70 % of the building destroyed and machine manufacture prohibited
1951 Construction of Europe's first transfer line
1959 Introduction of the world's first numerically-controlled machining centre
1975 Commissioning and delivery of the very first flexible manufacturing system
1984 New series of MC machining centres with rack-type tool magazine
1986 First flexible assembly line with NC-controlled handling units
1993 Introduction of digital control technology
2002 Market launch of MCX machining centres with linear guideways
2005 Presentation of the tool magazine with 570 tools
2007 New series of MCR machining centres with sliding guides
2008 Presentation of the high-speed HVC/P head
2010 Introduction of the combined milling/turning centre
2012 Integration into Indústrias Romi SA, Brazil
