Our History

“WE ARE NOT THE MAKERS OF HISTORY,
  WE ARE MADE BY HISTORY”


- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

OUR HISTORY

Snow

2019
A complete reorganisation is currently underway.

All businesses, in different geographies, are being merged under one Organization.

2017

Start of our relationships with Jaguar Land Rover.

2016

Roll out of “Two Growth Engines” strategy. Manufacturing Engineering business of RLE India was put in a new company called RLE INDIA Manufacturing Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

2015

Start of our relationship with Valmet Automotive.

2011

Start of our relationship with Thyssenkrupp System Engineering.
Consolidation of our operations in the Bangalore and Chennai offices.

2010

Start of relationships with Ford, Mercedes Benz & General Motors.
A new branch office was set up in Chennai.

2009

Execute more complex projects for other German Line Builders, e.g. EBZ, Emil Bucher and others.

2008

Expand to Chinese market with Changan Motors and Dalian Auto.
A new branch office was set up in Bangalore.

2007

KUKA awards us the Engineering project for Inner & Outer Framing of Delta 2 for 3 models, later 2 more models added in 2011

2006

The journey of Manufacturing Engineering department started when Comau in Köln gave us a Cutting fixture for Mondeo Bodysides for Spare parts department of Ford.
However later in the year, TMS gives us our 1st big project for Opel on the Global Delta Platform.

2005

RLE India Pvt. Ltd. was founded by Mr. Harjeet Singh as a fully owned subsidiary of RLE International GmbH, Germany.

Snow

2018
In the begining of the year, SACHA GmbH was set up in Munich, Germany.

Later on in the year, SACHA Engineering Limited was set up Coventry, UK, as a 100% owned subsidiary of SACHA GmbH.

2018

Konstruktionsbüro Bauer GmbH is renamed as Bauer Engineering GmbH. The new logo was introduced.

A new turn in the history was made when SACHA GmbH bought 100% of the shares of Konstruktionsbüro Bauer GmbH.

2016

Bauer’s innovation culture is recognised when it wins the Top-Innovator 2016 award.

More information:
Top-Innovatoren-2016

Stadt Wadern

2015

After running the company for 38 years, Mr. Bauer finally hands over the leadership to his chosen mentee, Mr. Stefan Lieschke.

Mr. Lieschke becomes the Managing Director of the company.

2002

25 years celebrations

2002

Review blackboard 25 years of the company

2001

20 Years of Mr. Gerd Jung

1999

10 Years of Mr. Ramb

1999

10 Years of Mr. Bock

1990s

After work beer party (Birthday of an employee)

1990s

All hands meeting

1987

First computer for Mr. Sauer in the new office

1987

Inauguration Party

1987

Inauguration of the new office Address: Buttnicher Str. 2, 66687 Wadern-Dagstuhl

1986

Stone Laying for the new office on 1st October 1986

1980s

Mr. Knapp looking for finer details (Drawings were made on blackbords)

1977

Konstruktionsbuero Bauer GmbH was founded by Mr. Hans-Josef Bauer
First office, Volksschule in Dagstuhl

2017

Take over of Effisi in Chemnitz. Today: HLS Robotic Automation

2015 to 2019

Shareholders are TerVia, Aheim, U.Betz

2009

Founding of HLS Vietnam in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt

2006 to 2015

Daughter company of KUKA Systems

1999

Founding of HLS Tschechien in Mladá Boleslav

1991

Start of office in Meerane

1966

HLS was founded by Horsch, Leue, Schmid