Family-owned BEUMER Group said it is celebrating its 90th anniversary, all while also reporting that 2024 was the most successful financial year in its history thanks to its innovations and partnerships.
The company said its order intake for all of least year was 1.39 billion euros, which it attributed to a long-term independent strategy that it has scaled globally.
“Rather than pursuing short-term profit maximisation, the intralogistics specialist is committed to sustainable growth. This is based on quality leadership, innovation and a strong international presence,” the company said.
“The company’s motto ‘Made Different’ represents an independent approach; [we focus] on stability, reliability and collaborative partnerships, setting [us] apart from current mainstream trends.”
BEUMER noted that, as it celebrates the milestone, it has four key values that have helped guide it: reliable, down-to-earth, ambitious and collaborative. It also noted that it expects a further significant increase in order intake for the 2025 financial year.
The company, which said it strategically invests in new technologies, digital business models, and the continuous development of its portfolio, pointed to its recent integration of the companies Codept and Elara as an example. Both emerged from BEUMER’s company builder, BEAM. “Globalisation is another important factor in the company’s success and helps it to remain resilient in a volatile global economy,” it said.
“Nine decades of BEUMER Group demonstrate a willingness to repeatedly break new ground and seize opportunities courageously,” added Dr. Christoph Beumer, BEUMER Group’s advisory board chairman. Since its foundation in 1935, BEUMER Group has evolved from a local machine factory in Beckum to become a leading global provider of intralogistics systems, with around 40 companies operating worldwide.
BEUMER opens Chinese manufacturing facility
Material handling supplier BEUMER Group has opened a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Taicang, China, marking a major expansion of the company’s presence in the country.
A grand opening ceremony was held on December 10, a date which coincided with BEUMER China’s 20th anniversary and the BEUMER Group’s 90th anniversary globally.
The company said the high-tech plant, which sits on a land area of about 33,350 square meters and has manufacturing space of about 23,000 sq. m. across two workshops, will significantly enhance its global production capabilities and underscores the family-owned company’s long-term commitment to the Chinese market.
Construction of the campus was completed quickly – just 12 months – from the start of ground works in July 2024 to the handover in June 2025. The new site is now fully integrated into BEUMER’s global manufacturing network.
As part of establishing this new base, BEUMER said it also set up two new wholly owned foreign enterprises (WOFE) in Taicang, China, to anchor its expanded operations. “This opening is a proud moment for our team in China and for BEUMER Group as a whole,” said Rudolf Hausladen, CEO. “As a family-owned business, we think in decades, not quarters, and this investment reflects our confidence in the continued growth and long-term partnership with our customers and the community here in China.”
Established in 2005, BEUMER’s presence in China began with delivering a single product line. Over the past two decades, the company’s footprint in China has expanded steadily into a comprehensive organization that delivers a full portfolio of solutions across multiple industries, including airport baggage handling systems, logistics systems and overland conveyor systems, as well as equipment for the cement, minerals, and mining sectors.
Hausladen noted that the foundation built over the past 20 years in China has been critical to the company’s success: “Our journey in China has always been about building trust and delivering excellence. This new facility is not just an investment in production capacity; it’s an investment in the next decades of partnership with our customers and in the development of our BEUMER footprint in China.”