Vergleich.org has compared panniers for bicycles and rated our waterproof bags “very good”.

The German test portal “Vergleich.org” has awarded us the “price/performance winner” seal. Click here for the complete comparison: https://www.vergleich.org/gepaecktraegertasche/

In our portfolio are now, in addition to the carrier bags, a handlebar bag, a saddle bag and a waterproof handlebar mount for smartphone. You can find more info here.

We have already converted 50% of our packaging.

What can be done about the growing mountains of plastic waste? Plastic waste is a plague of the 21st century. Every year, around ten million tons of plastic end up in the world’s oceans. That’s a load of a 20-ton truck every minute. There is hardly a corner on earth that is not affected. Plastic residues in beach bays, in mountain rivers, in the Arctic sea, in fish stomachs, in the food chain and in the human organism.

More and more companies are trying to stem the tide of plastic. Consumers and manufacturers are gradually realizing that the world needs alternatives to plastic packaging. At our company, the switch from so-called blister packaging to cardboard packaging began last year, and in the meantime more than 50 tons of plastic have been saved,” explains our Managing Director Erhard Büchel. In the meantime, a large part of the product packaging has already been converted.

What was initially set in motion by customer-specific requests will be successively implemented for all products, i.e. also for Büchel’s own products. “Our goal is for almost 100 percent of the packaging to be recyclable, and even the packaging for the saddles has already been converted to cardboard.” When asked about additional costs, Büchel shakes his head, “We’ve been able to absorb the costs so far.” Paper instead of plastic, that would already do the world a lot of good.

Picture: Deborah Foht, purchasing manager

We have received an award from the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.

Award for Büchel GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugteilefabrik KG at the highest level: The seal “Innovative through Research” has now been awarded by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. This seal certifies that innovation and research are essential components of our corporate policy. The slogan “Technology around the bike” is Büchel’s program: As a producer and supplier, the company offers quality products for the bike, lifestyle products are now just as much part of the range as parts for the automotive industry.

Since 2002, Büchel Felgenproduktion and Vuelta Deutschland GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary, have been working together with the Steinbeis Transfer Center at Chemnitz Technical University to develop mechanical systems and testing equipment for the technical implementation of their own ideas. Together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden, highly innovative lighting equipment for bicycles is being developed, including brake lights that operate by means of sensors without a cable connection. The Medicus range of bicycle saddles from the Wittkop subsidiary, which has received a great deal of attention from experts, was developed in collaboration with orthopedist Torsten Werlich from Fulda.

The company holds over 122 industrial property rights, the majority of which are registered trademarks and designs, so-called “design patents”, as well as 25 patents and utility models. New product ideas are implemented by the company’s own designers and technicians and brought to series maturity, with the equipment and tools required for this being manufactured in the company’s own group of companies.

The “Innovative through Research” seal, which is valid for two years, was first awarded to Büchel in 2016. The Stifterverband is one of the largest private sponsors of science in Germany. In addition to its commitment to young academics, excellent universities and cutting-edge research, it is also its task to examine and evaluate the German research and innovation system. How much does industry invest in research and development in Germany? What impact does this have on the future viability of this country? The Stifterverband awards the “Innovative through Research” seal to all research-based companies that participate in the biennial full survey of business research and development in Germany.

We are very grateful for this award!

Vitali Tissen celebrates 20 years at Büchel GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugteilefabrik KG.

Vitali Tissen received numerous congratulations, especially from the two managing directors Erhard Büchel and Oliver Venohr, on the occasion of his 20th company anniversary.

Tissen began his training as an industrial clerk on 1 August 2000 and successfully completed it three years later on 31 July. At The training was seamlessly followed by a position in the internal sales department of Büchel GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugteilefabrik KG.

Against the background of the high level of commitment, Vitali Tissen was already assigned sales for Eastern Europe during his training period.

n 2004, he then took over the entire Eastern European sales with office and field sales activities. Wholesale customers such as Wiener Bikeparts and Hartje since 2005 have also been Büchel employees are in charge.

Even though he was very busy with his professional activities, the Vitali Tissen took on another challenge in 2011 and completed until In 2014, he completed a part-time course of study to become an IHK business economist. Still during of his studies, he received a promotion to sales manager in 2012.

The hobbies of the father of three also include cycling. is almost a matter of course in this company. Next to it his passions include jogging and skiing.

In a small ceremony, the anniversary certificate and a gift basket were presented.

We have been successfully training for over half a century.

Trainees quickly take on responsibility with us.

The spectrum of apprenticeships in the Büchel GmbH & Co. Fahrzeugteilefabrik KG is wide-ranging.

For half a century now, about ten new apprentices have been welcomed every year at the company headquarters and at the individual locations in Germany and prepared for their employment as industrial clerks, office clerks, wholesale and foreign trade clerks, toolmakers or plastic moulders. Another new addition is the cooperation with the Private University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, where the starting signal has been given for a student who is completing the dual study programme “SME Management”. Owner Erhard Büchel and managing director Oliver Venohr agree to train the next generation of managers from their own ranks, if possible, which is why the takeover rate averages 80 percent. The opportunities for promotion are diverse and attractive: whether sales manager, head of key account/e-commerce or even the deputy purchasing manager – all of them once started their careers as trainees in the company.

Without question, an apprenticeship in the company is versatile and demanding, because the young people are quickly encouraged to take on responsibility and make decisions. Erhard Büchel humorously points out: “While trainees in other companies are busy filing mail, they are already making purchases worth millions at our company.

In the picture (from left to right): Managing Director Oliver Venohr, Emiliano Kessler (apprentice industrial clerk), Kevin Ginter (also apprentice industrial clerk) and Erik Usinger (dual study programme in middle management).

taff on ProSieben checked different bikegadgets for the cold season and our heating for bikes from our subsidiary WITTKOP Sattel GmbH. They found it very recommendable. We are very pleased about that!

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