B&R Industrial Automation GmbH is an Austrian automation and process control technology company. It was founded in 1979 by Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer, and is headquartered in Eggelsberg, near Braunau in the state of Upper Austria.
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| Company type | GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) |
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| Founded | 1979 in Eggelsberg, Austria |
| Founder | Erwin Bernecker & Josef Rainer |
| Headquarters | Eggelsberg, Upper Austria, Austria |
Number of locations | 190 offices in 68 countries |
Key people | Joerg Theis (CEO), Clemens Sager (CFO) |
| Products | Industrial Automation |
| Revenue | approx. 620 Mio. € |
Number of employees | 3000 worldwide (as of Nov. 2016) |
| Website | B&R Homepage |
The company specializes in machine and factory control systems, HMI and motion control. In addition to scalable complete solutions[buzzword], B&R also offers individual components. The product range is oriented toward machinery and equipment manufacturing, and the company is also active in the field of factory and process automation.
In July 2017, the company was acquired by the Swiss ABB Group.[1]
Performance
editB&R concluded 2015 with a revenue of €985 million, a 10% increase over the previous year.[2] In 2014, the company posted growth of 13% to 535 million euros.[3] In the same year, B&R opened two new subsidiaries in Japan. and Singapore.[4]
The company's 2013 revenue of 475 million euros represented a growth of 11% over the previous year. 2013 also saw the founding of B&R subsidiaries in Turkey and Taiwan.[5]
References
edit- ^ "ABB kauft oö. Automatisierer mit 3.000 Mitarbeitern". 4 April 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "B&R verzeichnet 10 Prozent Umsatzwachstum". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "B&R knackt erstmals halbe Umsatzmilliarde". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "B&R: Neue Tochtergesellschaft in Singapur". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "B&R mit 11% Wachstum". 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2017.