2010 – 2019

DRÄXLMAIER developed the world’s first door panel with visible natural fibers. With this natural fiber look, the company set new aesthetic standards for the automotive interior. The door panel went into series production with the fully-electrical BMW i3.

The picture shows the DRÄXLMAIER plant in Kavadarci.

Another Chinese plant was added in 2010—this time in Xiaoshi. Since 2010, DRÄXLMAIER also owned a plant in Masaya, Nicaragua. In 2012, DRÄXLMAIER not only expanded its production area in Shenyang. It also set up a fully-integrated production plant in Macedonia. DRÄXLMAIER has since become one of the largest employers in the central European country.

A young technical model maker in turquoise dungarees smiles at the camera. He is filing a workpiece.

As DRÄXLMAIER expanded abroad, it also brought along its very own expertise. Initiated by the company, the dual education system modeled according to the German standard was launched in Brasov, Romania. It was also introduced in China in 2014 and has since been established in over ten countries.

With DecoSOUL, DRÄXLMAIER developed a material that could be precisely customized to fit into any design. The product received the reddot Design Award.

In 2016, there was a reason to celebrate: BMW had been a DRÄXLMAIER customer for 50 years. The company has been supporting the automobile manufacturer with its expertise and providing guidance for vehicle projects from the initial idea through series delivery.

The picture shows DRÄXLMAIER production employees in battery production in Chonburi. They are wearing white coats.

DRÄXLMAIER continued to grow. In 2017, new sites were added in Matehuala (Mexico) and Livermore (USA). They were followed the next year with plant openings in Anshan (China) and Chonburi (Thailand).

In 2018, the company celebrated its 60^th anniversary. Friedrich Dräxlmaier, partner and (at that time) CEO of the DRÄXLMAIER Group, was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Vilsbiburg.

The picture shows a turquoise mold in a production hall in Sachsenheim.

DRÄXLMAIER has always been intuitive about future trends. The company built their first highly automated battery production site in Sachsenheim near Stuttgart. After its opening in June 2019, production of a complete high-performance 800-volt battery systems was launched.