Learn more about the history of the Brabender company from 1923 until today.
1923
Company foundation
Carl Wilhelm Brabender founds Brabender Elektromaschinen GmbH to carry out major repairs of electric motors and transformers.
1926
Entry into the global flour and grain market
Expansion of the product range through the production of electric flour improvers to improve the baking properties of cereal flours.
1928
Market launch of the Brabender Farinograph
Manufacture and sale of the first device for testing the quality of flour.
1930
First foreign subsidiary
Foundation of Brabender Corporation in the United States (today: C. W. Brabender Instruments, Inc., re-established in 1955 in the aftermath of World War II)
1933
Introduction of the Brabender Moisture Tester
Expansion of the Brabender portfolio into the general food and other industries.
1934
Opening of the “Institute for Flour Physics”
Facilities for user training on Brabender equipment (forerunner of today’s Application Lab Food & Feed)
1936
Entry into the plastics market
Further development of the Farinograph into the Plastograph and thus into a special testing device for plastics and other plastic masses
1957
Foundation of the Brabender Technologie KG
Production of solutions for dosing and discharging bulk materials.
Today: Brabender Technologie GmbH & Co. KG.
1962
Foundation of the Brabender Messtechnik KG
Production of moisture analyzers for the plastics industry and for viscosity testing during production
1979
Changeover to PC technology
Production of the first computerized Brabender devices
1970
Brabender opens up the extrusion market
Production of the first single-screw extruders
1990
New laboratory for polymer applications
Opening of the first customer laboratory for plastics and rubber applications
2001
Innovation in extrusion
Development of the world’s first twin-screw extruder with hinged liner
In a fast procedure, the Brabender GlutoPeak measures the gluten quality of whole grain, flour, vital gluten and baking mixtures. The results provide evidence of suitability for various intended purposes.
2012
GlutoPeak: Unique rapid analytics
Development of the first rapid rheological measuring device for testing the quality of gluten
Brabender Farinograph-TS
2015
First devices with Brabender MetaBridge
Farinograph and Moisture Tester with web-based, site- and platform-independent instrument software
2015
Second foreign subsidiary
Opening of the OOO Brabender in Kazan (Russia)
2017
Opening of the Customer and Technology Center
New, modern facilities for the Brabender application laboratories
2021
Intracompany consolidation
Integration of Brabender Messtechnik GmbH & Co. KG into Brabender GmbH & Co. KG
Product development – tradition meets cutting-edge technology
Standard solutions
Further development of globally proven analytical methods (Image: Brabender Farinograph)
