Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Automobile manufacturing |
Founded | 1970 |
Founders |
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Headquarters | Fichtenberg, Germany |
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Products | Alloy wheels |
Revenue | €163 million (2006) |
Number of employees | 1,200 |
Parent | KW Automotive |
Website | bbs.com |
BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG (English: BBS Automotive Technology AG) is a high-performance automobile wheel design company headquartered in Schiltach, Germany. BBS produces wheels for motorsport, OEM, and aftermarket applications. The company is often credited as pioneering the three-piece wheel and advancing the aluminum wheel industry over many decades, and remains one of the largest producers of automobile wheels in the world.[1] It is a part of KW Automotive since 2021.
The company employs approximately 1,200 employees worldwide (2018).[2] BBS was traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Symbol: BKS3) with a market capitalization of €8.15M.[3]