BWC International has many years of practical experience and contacts in the manufacturing sector of components (eg, stamping, plastic injection molding, die-casting technology) and associated molds.

Our suppliers are located throughout Europe, Turkey, China, Taiwan and South Korea.

We support our partners in finding suitable suppliers and the project management.

Further information at www.bwc-international.com

Call us at info@bwc-international.com

The story of C.Behrens
The cornerstone of the brand name C. Behrens was laid in 1858. The medium-sized family experienced an exciting and eventful company history.
The following provides a brief overview of the main stages of this development:
Founding 19 Century
1858 Founded by Carl Behrens focusing shoe last production
1884-1900 Construction of a Leistenfabrik near the present-day terrain and expansion of production capacity with factory on the Hackel Masch

20 Century
1900-1920 Founded by Carl Behrens focusing shoe last production
Jr. 1910 takeover of the company by Carl Behrens
1920 establishment of branches and Model Workshops in the shoe centers in Europe
Jigs and fixtures - 1930 From the punching knife production out a separate application with tools developed
1950 Construction of special machines for cutting, punching and embossing
1955 Construction of a revolving cutting press with hand lever operation for sheet metal processing
1961 Construction of Turret punch press with magazine and coordinate table
1964 First numerically controlled Turret punch press with 20 tons.Punching force
1971 First NC - controlled Turret punch press with automatic loading and unloading
1979 Presentation of the first punch laser combination machine at EMO in Milan
70 expansion in tool and fixture, first tools for the automotive industry
Change in the shoe last production from raw material of wood on plastic
Production of metal shoe lasts (aluminum bars) and forms for the footwear industry towards direct
80s-90s Continuous expansion of three divisions: Engineering (in particular laser cutting technology with "Flying Optic") shoe mold (use of CAD / CAM technology and 4-axis milling machines) tooling (stamping and trimming tools for the automotive industry)
1992 sale of the company to the Greiffenberger Holding
1997 of the company and setting of mechanical engineering restructuring, establishment of C. Behrens tooling and Service GmbH
1998 restructuring of the company with a focus on tooling and shoe mold

21Century
2000 Acquisition of a 5 - axis milling machine including HSC modern CAD / CAM workstations shoe mold production
Acquisition of the latest EDM technology for punching tools
2001 Takeover of the company by Dr. Carl Behrens, a great-grandson of the company founder
2002 investment to a 400. Try-out press
Completion of the digital process chain in the shoe mold making through modeling software "Freeform"
2003 splitting the company into two companies: C. Behrens tooling and Service GmbH C. Behrens forms & Design GmbH
2004 Certification of C. Behrens tooling and Service GmbH according to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2000
2005 Successful implementation of the surveillance audits in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001: 2000
2006 Exhibition at the ANPIC 2006 in Leon Mexico, the trade fair for suppliers to the shoe manufacturing industry
2007 restructuring of the company and setting of the (large) tool making, establishment of C. Behrens GmbH & Co. KG and C.Behrens stamping technology and systems GmbH.
Exhibitor at the ANPIC 2007 in Leon, Mexico, trade fair for suppliers to the shoe manufacturing industry
Participation as an exhibitor at the EuroMold 2007 as part of the Lower Saxony joint stand
2008 Acquisition and commissioning of a new milling machine: DMC 64 V linear vertical machining center with 18,000 he spindle

For 15 years, we are on the Austrian market, which shows that our quality and prices are acceptable to you.



Main ideas of the company's activities are:


Sheet metal processing, construction welding

Material: stainless steel, structural steel, tool steel

(Platform trucks, shelving, mobile tables)



Metalworking

Turning, milling, mechanical completion



Surface treatment

Painting, powder coating, galvanizing



Tools and equipment

CEL GROUP


CEL Group operates UK based limited companies located in Telford, Shropshire skilled in sub-contract sheet metal work, assembly work, warehousing and logistics. China manufacturing is located with two 250,000 square foot facilities based in Guangzhou and Shanghai with warehousing facilities in Poznan, Poland.


China Enterprise UK Ltd – operates two modern 250,000 square foot manufacturing facilities in Guangzhou and Shanghai, China. Our premise is to take sub-contract customer manufacturing to China to reduce costs and improve bottom line customer profits.

In-house manufacturing in China includes sheet metalwork & tubular manipulation, pressed parts & tooling, turned parts, full fabrication facilities, welding, plastic injection moulding & tool making as well as assembly lines for final assembly & electromagnetic integration. We also offer product consolidation for onwards shipping.

We are fully ISO 9001 certified and hold approval certificates for many large OEM’s globally.
We also hold both import and export licenses for China.
We ship product to the UK, Australia, USA, France, South Africa, Poland, Japan, Holland, Ireland……

We handle and control all engineering and manufacturing processes as detailed above, all consolidation and shipping details and duty payments. Our prices reflect this service. We offer to carry a UK stockholding against customer order, deliver and operate customer kanban systems or direct to line call offs as well as direct shipping if preferred.

Interface on any level would be with staff in Telford as we have UK engineers continuously working within the factory in China.
We feel we are a unique business in offering a sub-contract manufacturing service from China.


CEL Sheetmetal Ltd - offers customers the best of both worlds – solely UK manufactured sheet metal parts plus the potential to prototype and product develop for customers. We can then offer the option to transfer builds to our factory in China as well as continuing to supply solely UK manufactured parts.

In-house capabilities include Laser cutting (including a new state of the art 5kw Trumpf laser cutting centre), CNC Punching, Tubular Laser Cutting and tubular manipulation, CNC Press braking plus all onwards fabrication capabilities.

As with our China business we offer to carry a stockholding against customer order and deliver and operate kanban systems or direct to line call offs as required.


CEL Logistics – is the distribution arm of the Group with the capability to delivery customer orders countrywide to required delivery schedules, run kanban and direct to line systems for customers as well as acting as a logistics hub for our China factories for onwards consolidation and customer distribution.

The family business is run successfully for 35 years by the founder Francis H. Jeanneret. For the high quality and economical production of precision turning parts, modern, functional high-performance machine tools are used in our company.

The current production site (4000 m) is located in the Swiss Jura region, in the heart of the micromechanical tradition in Dombresson.

Trade and production of all kinds of plastic items
as well as sales of fully electric injection molding machines from
from Toyo

The Craemer Group - well positioned for the future
Craemer is an independent, modern and traditional family company, which is characterized by innovative strength and stable values as well as cosmopolitanism and tradition. In the course of our more than 100-year company history, which is characterized by constant development, continuous investments and future-oriented decisions, Craemer has grown into a successful, internationally active group of companies.

Craemer stands for quality - worldwide
Today our group enjoys worldwide recognition as a specialist in metal forming, plastics processing and tool making. Our name, our brands and products stand for the highest quality. With our main plant in Herzebrock-Clarholz in East Westphalia, our other production sites in Attendorn in the Sauerland, in Telford in the UK and in Liptovský Mikuláš in Slovakia, as well as our worldwide sales network, we are internationally positioned and optimally prepared for the challenges and opportunities of globalization.We remain firmly rooted in East Westphalia.

Constant growth through our own efforts
As a family-run medium-sized company with profitable business fields and steady growth from our own resources, with highly qualified specialists, active social partnership and an intact corporate culture, we continue to trust in our own performance. In the future, too, we will rely on the responsible actions of our specialists and managers, our employees - and thus on the people who make up our success. With the involvement of younger family members in the company, the fifth generation change was secured. This is how we confidently go into the future with pride and joy in our mutual success, the courage to come up with new ideas, a high level of technical competence and high-quality products and services.