Reiner Brach (Company)

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Reiner Brach GmbH & Co. KG

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legal form Limited partnership
founding 1970 in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Seat Bremen , Germany
management Company FRH Insolvency Administrator Managing Director
Number of employees 2 (2012)
sales - million euros
Branch Steel manufacture and trade
Website www.reiner-brach.com

The Reiner Brach GmbH & Co. KG is a since September 2017 in-bankruptcy steelmakers and traders based in Bremen . The company currently has 2 employees.

The family company was founded in 1970 by Reiner Brach in Mülheim an der Ruhr . The head office has been in Bremen since 2008. The company has agencies in France , India , Italy , Finland and the USA, among others .

The products are used, for example, in mechanical engineering and shipbuilding as well as in the offshore industry.

history

In 1970 Reiner Brach founded a steel wholesaler in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 1985 he took over the block rolling mill of Klöckner-Werke AG in Bremen with 25 employees in production and a further 29 employees in steel wholesale. In 1994 quality management was certified according to ISO 9001 by Lloyds Register Quality . In 1996, Brach established a second production site for ingot casting on the Arcelor / EKO site in Eisenhüttenstadt .

In 1999 the subsidiary Reiner Brach Profiles & Components GmbH & Co. KG was founded. This is where the production of complex flame-cut parts takes place. In 2003 Brach employed over 200 people. In 2004, the company's founder, Brach, handed over management to his son Stefan Brach. In 2005 the company gained American Steelmasters Ltd. in Houston / USA has its own sales branch for the North American market. In 2008 the administration of Mülheim an der Ruhr moved to the new building in Bremen. In 2013 the foundry moved from Eisenhüttenstadt to Bremen. In 2014 the new building of the in-house laboratory RB LAB was inaugurated. In the same year Stefan Brach handed over the management to Dr. Andreas Mansch.

By resolution of the two shareholders Stefan Brach and Dominic Brach, the company stopped production on March 31, 2016 and initiated an orderly liquidation phase. As a result, all employees were dismissed without a separate social plan - almost all employees were able to find new jobs through the company.

On July 1, 2017, Lutz C. Abram took over the task of liquidator and on September 20, 2017 filed an application for insolvency proceedings, which will continue until 2020.

Processes and products

Administration building in Bremen

Reiner Brach GmbH & Co.KG focuses on the following processes:

The products produced include:

  • Slabs
  • Sheets
  • Burned parts
  • Flat products with thicknesses from 40 mm to 800 mm, widths up to 2850 mm and lengths up to 15000 mm. The core competence lies in the thick sheet metal area from 80 mm upwards.

The company's proprietary branded steels are a specialty:

  • The RBoffshore 355 is a tempered fine-grain structural steel (offshore steel) for large sheet thicknesses (between 80 and 360 mm). It is used in wind farms , oil platforms or in general offshore construction.
  • The RB 400HB has a high wear resistance with sufficient processing properties. Areas of application are shredding systems, molding tools and crane segments.

The company's products are processed in the following areas: (Heavy) mechanical engineering, e.g. B. Presses , tools , wind turbines

Locations

Reiner Brach GmbH & Co. KG is headquartered in Bremen - sales and service branches worldwide.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Milan Jaeger: Out for the Bremen steel company. Crisis forces Brach to close down. In: Weser-Kurier from January 27, 2016.

Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 16.7 "  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 46"  E