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XBK-KABEL Xaver Bechtold GmbH

Company profile

"Your best connection"

XBK-KABEL is a medium-sized German company with around 200 employees, creating top-quality products since 1926.

We produce cables and wires of all kinds for regional and international use at our two sites in Rottweil.

In order to live up to our own high standards as a reliable and flexible partner to trade and industry, we carry out our entire production process, from copper via plastic to the finished cable, using our own equipment.



Milestones

1926

Company founder Xaver Bechtold sets up his own minor mechanical repairs and bicycle repairs business in Rottweil.


1938

Xaver Bechtold develops a bicycle cable which saves material and registers a patent for his invention. Shortly afterwards, he starts to manufacture lighting cables for bicycles. To start with, most of the work is done in people's living rooms, with up to 40 homeworkers employed.


1945

Business starts up again after World War II. The production of bicycle tyres begins. At the same time, the production and sales of bicycles under the brand names of "REFAX" and "BECHTOLD" begins.


1951

Due to a legal requirement which makes the use of rear lights on bicycles compulsory, demand for manufactured bicycle cable takes off massively.


1952

Xaver Bechtold acquires larger business premises in Hölderstraße, Rottweil.


1954

The Marshall Plan is taking effect and Germany becomes the land of the economic miracle. Xaver Bechtold goes with the times, investing and starting production of automotive cable, with a team of 14.


1960

The production programme is extended to include manufactured connection cables. The company also invests in its own wire-drawing machinery to produce wires and braids.


1968

Xaver Bechtold takes over the company premises of a weaving mill in Rottweil-Bühlingen and now starts operations as Xaver Bechtold KG.


1975

Production capacity is increased, thanks to the company's own PVC granulation extrusion plant.


1981

In St. Georgen, a further factory is opened, to house cable and connector production. The production of cables and wires stays in Rottweil.


1983

The company's own brass band is born, with several performances following.


1986

Staff numbers across the two factories reach 500!


1988

Xaver Bechtold dies in May 1988, and the company drifted into troubled waters.


1990

A strategic reorganisation is required. Consequently, the production site in St. Georgen is sold. The Rottweil factory is taken over by the Wilms Group.


1992

Under new directorship, XBK-KABEL's capacities are modernised and extended, particularly for wire-drawing. Plastics processing is automated and daily capacity increased.


1995

XBK-KABEL opens a sales office in the UK.


2000

The new logistics centre at the "Berner Feld" industrial estate is opened.


2004/2005

XBK-KABEL increases its production capacity still further. The logistics centre is extended to house production premises for halogen-free wires.


2010/2011

The company administration in Rottweil is restructured and extended.



Environmental management

For us the need to protect the environment for future generations goes without saying. We encourage our staff and suppliers to behave in an environmentally responsible way. For instance, we observe all environment laws and disposal is carried out strictly by certified environment companies only.

We don't just talk about renewable energy, we use it. Making careful use of precious resources and consumables is fundamental to us.

Goods which do not meet the standards of our quality control department are separated out by type within the company and recycled in line with environment directives.

Wire drawing



All copper wires and copper braids are produced in compliance with national and international standards in our own wire-drawing plant.

Highly experienced and motivated staff are the basis of our success. Regular training and ongoing quality and process control ensure consistently high product quality.

Granulation



We are specialists in all matters related to plastics, with many years' experience in granulate manufacture. This of course extends to technical specifications and all related process technologies.

Through regular training and ongoing quality and process controls, we guarantee consistently high granulate quality.



Quality assurance

Our work is informed by high quality standards economic processes and fair, client-oriented trade.

In compliance with DIN ISO 9001, every single organisational process within the company is regularly checked and brought up to date.

Specific quality objectives are constantly monitored, and met by our quality assurance department and the production testing laboratory. The modern testing and measuring devices which form an integral part of our production process provide a proven process and system-oriented contribution to quality management and continual improvement.


Jobs and Training

Situations vacant:

    We are not looking for any new staff at this time

Our training opportunities are:

    Commercial clerk
    Industrial engineering electrician
    Machine and plant supervisor

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