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History

Key dates

1920: Brammer established in Leeds, UK. Founder Harry Brammer raises capital from his trademarked inventions. They include a detachable ‘V’ link belt, that helps improve shoe and clog making machinery.

1954: H Brammer & Company Ltd employs over 150 people, and is exporting globally.

1960: Company has gone public. Employs 650 people, with customers in over 60 overseas markets.

1969: Brammer acquires Bearing Service Limited, one of the UK’s largest distributors of replacement industrial bearings. This is a step-change in Brammer’s capability. It is the first in an on-going series of acquisitions that gradually turns Brammer into Europe’s leading supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul solutions. (See timeline below.)

2006: All our businesses are brought under the Brammer Group. This lets us focus on our key strategic priority - delivering added value services to customers across Europe.

2011: Brammer Group’s size and success shows how effective our approach is. Today, Brammer employs over 2,500 people in over 300 locations across 15 countries.

Brammer acquisitions - a timeline

  • 1992 - Roulement Service (France)
  • 1995 - Rodamientos USA (Spain)
  • 1999 -  AKN (Benelux), bringing power transmission, seals and liner motion to the portfolio. 
  • 2001 - Rabinad Group (Spain);THF GmbH  (Germany), opening up markets in Central Europe
  • 2002 - Britannia Edelstahlgesellschaft (Austria); Awexim (CzechRepublic)
  • 2003 - Berdo Technik; THF Hungary; part of MRE-H (all Hungary)
  • 2005 - MHBH (Czech Republic and Slovakia 2005); we also opened our first branch in Italy
  • 2006 - Ramaekers (Belgium); KS Csapagy (Hungary).  Brammer also opened an Insite™ - a branch in a customer plant – in Iceland.
  • 2007 - Fin S.A. Group (Poland, 2007); Rotate Ltd (Dublin); Boada Industrial S.A (Spain); ZPV Group (Czech Republic); Mercia Engineering Supplies Limited ( UK).
  • 2008 - Centre Roulement (France); Walser (Austria); HandelsondernemingOtten B.V. (Netherlands); CBS Rotary Power Motion Ltd ( UK); Tecnoforniture Srl (Italy); plus a 25%share in CN Industrial Group srl, (Romania).
  • 2011 - Buck & Hickman (UK) a leading UK distributor of industrial products, operating predominantly in the Tools and General Maintenance MRO market.