Brammer - Europe's leading supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products and services - is currently one of the main industrial MRO suppliers to be able to offer a comprehensive range of hydraulic products and services from world leading suppliers right across Europe.
With over 12pan-European supply agreements for Fluid Power and Process, which includes hydraulic specialists Parker, Mahle and Enerpac who distribute their full range of products across our 19 countries in Europe. Brammer's extensive range of hydraulics products includes valves; hoses and fittings; filters; pumps; cylinders; measuring devices, and accumulators.
This committment to hydraulics MRO goes way beyond simply supply, each Brammer business has a hydraulics specialist that can share their expertise and provide valuable training in hydraulics for Brammer customers. Working together with the suppliers, these specialists have the capability and product and application knowledge to make a real difference to the customers operation. Customers can also learn more and get hands on experience at many of Brammer's Centres of Excellence locations across Europe.
Brammer's hydraulics product range combined with its capabiltiies have enabled Brammer customers to benefit from significant cost savings. One customer in the steel forging industry encountered continous break downs with their 14 piston pumps with power compensators and load sensitive controls. Brammers were able to offer a repair service saving the company over €60,662 of the costs for new pumps and delays to operations while waiting for deliveries.
A dairy found that its OEM rodless cylinders were failing and damaging the milk carton packages, as well as causing production stoppages and increased maintenace costs. Brammer trialled corrosion resistant cylinders fitted with stainless steel guide rails and pillow block bush bearings, which are suitable for the aggressive wash downs necessary to maintain high hygiene standards within the dairy. These cylinders were installed permanently, saving the customer €18,250.
In fact in the first six months of 2014, Brammer has made 2,523cost savings which amounts to €14,972,047- and with 1,706 pages of Brammer's new MRO catalogue dedicated to hydraulics, pneumatic and process, Brammer is set to provide even more hydraulic products and support to more customers helping them to make further cost savings.
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Brammer is Europe's leading distributor of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) products and services, operating in 19 European countries.
It works as a key strategic partner to companies across all manufacturing sectors - helping them to reduce total acquisition costs, improve overall production efficiency, and reduce working capital. Brammer achieves this through combining its extensive purchasing power with independent technical support and a range of value-adding services aimed at optimising manufacturing operations.
Brammer's product range covers bearings, mechanical power transmission products (including gearboxes and motors), fluid power, seals and industrial automation, as well as a complete range of tools, maintenance and health and safety products.
The company is an authorised distributor for many of the world's leading brands including SMC, Parker, SKF, NSK, Renold, Gates, Timken, Siemens, Simrit, Gates (belts) and 3M. Major customers include Coca Cola Enterprise, Cemex, Crown, Procter & Gamble, Dupont, Kraft Foods, Nabisco and Smurfit Kappa.
Brammer employs more than 3,500 people in more than 350 locations in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
With a turnover in excess of €750 million (£651.9 million) in 2013, the company offers a range of more than 3.5 million individual products to more than 100,000 customers.
For more information, visit the company's website at www.brammer.biz
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