Braunschweig: The BMA Supervisory Board has appointed Dr Dirk Steinbrink as new CEO and Chairman of the Board of BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AG. Former CEO Dr Rolf Mayer will be joining the Supervisory Board of SMAG, the Salzgitter-based engineering group that merged with BMA in October.

A hot topic – and the title of a meeting on 23 November 2018 of international decision-makers from the sugar industry and top experts in digitalisation. The one-day symposium was hosted by BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AG, a reliable partner to sugar producers for over 160 years and through all industrial revolutions. Among the 70 or so guests were representatives from the Chamber of…

Back in August, practical training started for the 2018 class of trainees.

The executive boards and shareholders of Salzgitter Maschinenbau AG (SMAG) and BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt AG (BMA) have signed a contract for the merger of the two companies. The deal will create a strong group of companies with a focus on internationality situated between Harz and Heide, with an excellent extended portfolio in mechanical engineering and plant construction.

Founded last year, BMA Turkey has been headed by Mr Murat Torun since 1 April 2018. With this new man at the helm, BMA’s subsidiary is expected to gain more weight and visibility in the Turkish sugar sector.

With temperatures a pleasant 26 degrees outside, the BMA Sales team are currently meeting at the head office in Braunschweig. Once more, it becomes clear why BMA won the Lower Saxony Foreign Trade Award last year: delegations have come from many different countries, including the United States, China, Russia and Brazil.

BMA America has a new President. Dennis P. Brice, who will be leading BMA’s subsidiary in the United States, is no stranger to a German company doing international business, having worked in several of them between 2000 and 2012. Born in the USA, the American culture is also very much part of him.