BAUER Aktiengesellschaft

History

The BAUER Group, based in the town of Schrobenhausen in Upper Bavaria, is a business with a long-standing family tradition. The artisan’s workshop founded in 1790 has grown into an international construction and machinery manufacturing concern. The company's traditional core competency in specialist foundation engineering has today been expanded to encompass three distinct business segments: Construction, Equipment and Resources. BAUER AG has been a publicly listed corporation since 2006. At its head is Professor Thomas Bauer (Dipl.-Kfm.), representing the seventh generation of the family to run the business.

1790	Sebastian Bauer acquires the right to set up a copper smithy in Schrobenhausen.
1840	Copper cladding for the roof of St. Jakob's church tower in Schrobenhausen.
1874	Artesian well constructed for Schrobenhausen railway station.
1928	Installation of the first centralised water supply network in Schrobenhausen.
1948	The office building moved in the Wittelsbacherstrasse, well sinking and water supply network in Bavaria.
1952	Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Bauer (born 1928) joins the company. With his arrival comes the big move into specialist foundation construction and an upturn in the business of the company.
1958	Patent application for grouted tieback anchors in loose sediment soils. First deep basement wall in Munich, Bayerischer Rundfunk building, retained by grout anchors.
1967	New factory building on Pöttmeser Strasse.
1969	First Bauer designed and manufactured machine, the UBW 01.
1972	Construction of new head office building on Wittelsbacherstrasse.
1976	Bauer's first large diameter rotary drilling rig, the BG 7, in operation.
1982	Prof. Dipl.-Kfm. Thomas Bauer (born 1955) joins the company.
1984	Building of the new workshop complex in Schrobenhausen. First diaphragm walling until 80 meter depth.
1986	Prof. Dipl.-Kfm. Thomas Bauer takes over the management of the company and expands the international operations of the Bauer Group.
1989	Bauer takes its own stand, for the first time, at BAUMA in Munich, the world´s largest construction equipment exhibition.
1990	Expansion into new fields through the founding of BAUER und MOURIK Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co for environmental engineering. 200th anniversary of the Bauer business.
1991	Establishment of SPESA Spezialbau und Sanierung GmbH.
1992	Bauer acquires the SCHACHTBAU NORDHAUSEN GmbH.
1994	Establishment of BAUER Aktiengesellschaft to act as a holding company for all present and future Bauer subsidiaries.
1998	Bauer acquires KLEMM Bohrtechnik GmbH.
2001	BAUER Maschinen GmbH becomes an independent Group company. Acquisition of EURODRILL GmbH.
2002	New fabrication halls and extensive outdoor assembly areas for BAUER Maschinen GmbH in Aresing.
2003	Acquisition of FWS Filter- und Wassertechnik GmbH.
2004	Majority in PRAKLA Bohrtechnik GmbH, Peine.
2006	4th July 2006 BAUER AG goes public. 18th September 2006, Admittance of BAUER AG to the SDAX.
2007	Establishment of BAUER Resources GmbH. Therefore appearance in three segments: Construction, Equipment and Resources.
2008	22nd September 2009, Admittance of BAUER AG to the MDAX. Start of construction works for the new head office administration building in Schrobenhausen and for the Edelshausen plant of BAUER Maschinen GmbH. Expansion of machinery manufacturing capacities in Aresing and Nordhausen as well as in Tianjin and Shanghai, China.
2009	BAUER Resources GmbH acquires a majority holding in the Site Group in Jordan. The BAUER Group concludes the largest capital investment programme in its history: official opening of the new head office administration building in Schrobenhausen and of the Edelshausen plant. Inauguration of the machinery manufacturing plant in Conroe, Texas, USA.
2010	20th September 2010, Reclassification of the share to SDAX 25 years of cutter technology