Our history from 2003 until today
- 2003Foundation of the company by 4 start-up members with executive backgrounds in projecting, sales, design and production of industrial furnaces
- 2004First purchase orders received for furnaces with Jet Heating (BSN's objective: to establish this technology in the market)
- 2005Strategic partnership with Otto Junker/Simmerath; receipt of a contract for 3 large continuous furnaces with Jet Heating technology from the global leader in aluminium forgings; company moved into BSN headquarters building
- 2007Delivery of a newly developed furnace concept to a renowned supplier of aluminium die-cast parts (multi-deck rotary hearth furnaces)
- 2009First purchase orders for furnace lines with Jet Heating for Daimler's new aluminium forging plants; recruitment of experienced furnace production personnel (until 2010, sales and engineering)
- 2010Development of a new furnace concept for ‘press hardening’ and delivery of a furnace system featuring BSN's special indexing conveyor (patents pending)
- 2012Receipt of further orders for the furnace concept with BSN's special indexing conveyor from voestalpine, a leading European steelmaker
- 2013Signature of a licensing agreement with Aichelin relating to production and global sales of the furnace concept with BSN's special indexing conveyor
- 2014Delivery of the first large-volume continuous furnace system for structural aluminium parts to a globally active automotive industry supplier
- 2015Receipt of a purchase order for 3 additional furnace systems with BSN's special indexing conveyor – equipment that provides ideal handling properties for hydroforming tubular sections
- 2017Installation of a new heating technology for press hardening at a very large and renowned car manufacturer's site
- 2018Development of a space-saving furnace design for fast heating of high-strength aluminium alloy sheets intended for use in auto bodies