85 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Banner CELEBRATES A BIRTHDAY
The Banner family business was founded 85 years ago in Rankweil, Vorarlberg, Austria by Artur Bawart. In the meantime much has changed, from the company’s location, which is now firmly rooted in Upper Austria, to its global expansion and the move towards e-mobility and energy solutions. However, what has remained unaltered from the outset to this day is the high standard of quality that has made Banner an internationally recognised supplier of innovative, energy storage solutions with reliable bull power.
Banner’s Commercial CEO, Andreas Bawart and its Technical CEO, Thomas Bawart, are successfully leading the company into the future. Moreover, they can rely upon their highly coordinated team of more than 800 employees across Europe. A team, that every day gives its very best in the company’s Automotive - OE/IAM and Energy Solutions business units.
photo: Artur Bawart - the Banner founder
PRODUCTION THEN & NOW
Everything began in 1937, in a garage in Vorarlberg, where the first hundred batteries were manufactured. This total increased year by year, and with the relocation to Linz in 1952, for the first time more than 10,000 batteries were delivered. The next milestone was achieved in 1972 at the current company location with output of over 100,000 units and after another twenty years the one-million-battery milestone was also passed.
INNOVATIVE, STRONG AND SERVICEORIENTED
Every year, Austria‘s sole manufacturer of starter batteries invests ten million euros in new product research and development. The demand is enormous and from the locations in Linz/Leonding and Thalheim bei Wels, as well as the branches across Europe, over four million starter batteries are sold yearly in more than seventy European, African and Asian countries. Annual sales revenues amount to some € 270 million. Numerous well-known customers such as Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Bomag, Caterpillar, Jungheinrich, Käss- bohrer, Knaus Tabbert, KTM, Linde, Liebherr, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Rammax, Rolls-Royce, Schmitz Cargobull, Seat, Suzuki, Volvo, VW and Wacker Neuson all trust in Banner quality and service. Moreover, thanks to the preservation of its independence, the commitment of an outstanding team and numerous precautionary measures, the company has succeeded in overcoming past times of crisis and is well positioned for the future. Accordingly, the success story is set to continue...
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1937Artur Bawart grundlægger virksomheden Banner i Rankweil/Vorarlberg.
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1953Flytning til Linz/Kleinmünchen i det centrale Østrig.
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1959Opbygning af nyt hovedsæde i Salzburger Straße.
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1968Banner producerer som en af de første i Europa det første foropladede (dry-charged) startbatteri.
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1976Udvikling af produktionsteknologi med sammensvejsede polypropylenbatterier (PP).
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1980Banner påbegynder produktionen af helt vedligeholdelsesfrie batterier baseret på bly, calcium og tin. Med den nye teknologi sætter Banner nye standarder for europæisk batteriproduktion.
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1988Det vedligeholdelsesfrie Banner Uniturbo-startbatteri kommer på markedet og løser problemet med de alt for mange startbatterityper.
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1994TÜV Produkt Service certificerer Banner efter ISO 9001.
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1996Andreas og Thomas Bawart overtager ledelsen af Banner-koncernen.
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2000Audi AG udmærker Banner med den eftertragtede Kvalitetspris 1999.
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2004Banner vinder produkttesten Warentest! Et batteri med bøffelsymbolet, Power Bull 62 Ah, ender på en førsteplads!
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2007Investeringer på ca. 7 mio. euro i Linz-anlægget (logistikcenter, AGM-produktion).
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2012Banner Power Bull vinder Warentests og ADAC's 2012-test af konventionelle startbatterier. Banner-batteriet Power Bull P72 Type 9 løber af med sejren og karakteren "Sehr gut" (1,4).
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2015Daimler AG nominerede Banner Batterien til en plads blandt sine top 3-leverandører i kategorien "Kvalitet" ved Daimler Supplier Award 2015.
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2017Banner fejrer 80 års fødselsdag.
Gennem de otte årtier har vi produceret omkring 80 millioner startbatterier. Banners historie er skabt af værdier som stabilitet og uafhængighed.
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2018Introduction of new technologies in the commercial vehicle segment – EFB and high current, as well as significant product range expansion in the passenger car segment.
