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Success Story

Today’s Imperial Auto Germany GmbH was founded in 1932 as Metallwerk Biebighäuser GmbH and has been a supplier to the automotive industry since 1948. We look back on nearly 90 years of success, marked by technological progress, strong customer partnerships and a consistent focus on quality and precision.

From the very beginning, we specialized in the production of tube fittings, piping assemblies, and connection components, later expanding into fineblanked parts. Our core technologies – tube forming, joining techniques, and thermal connection processes such as welding and brazing – have been continuously developed and today form the foundation for delivering sophisticated customer solutions.

With our in-house technology center, development resources, CAD construction, and toolmaking capabilities, we are able to design components and entire assemblies tailored to customer requirements. The ongoing development of customer specifications forms the basis for building and optimizing production equipment and implementing efficient, cost-effective processes.

We see ourselves as a capable and flexible partner, contributing innovative ideas for production-oriented design. Thanks to our expertise, high product quality and reliable delivery, we have become a trusted supplier to the automotive industry.

With our long-standing experience and technical excellence, we now represent the German site within the internationally operating Imperial Auto Group.

Milestones

1932

FOUNDATION MERSCH & BIEBIGHÄUSER GMBH IN LEVERKUSEN-OPLADEN

1932

1948

FIRST DELIVERY OF TUBULAR PARTS TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

1948

1963

SITE RELOCATION TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK OF LEVERKUSEN-FIXHEIDE

1963

Manufacture of pipe fixings for the chemicals industry (e.g. Bayer AG)

1968

FIRST DELIVERIES OF FINE BLANKING PARTS TO THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

1968

1978

EXPANSION OF FACTORY 1

1978

1989

USE OF THE FIRST WELDING ROBOT IN COMPONENT MANUFACTURING

1989

1997

PRODUCTION OF COMPONENTS USING THE HYDROFORMING METHOD

1997

2002

EXPANSION OF FACTORY 2 (LEVERKUSEN)

2002

2005

FOUNDATION OF BIEBIGHÄUSER KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH

2005

2009

EXPANSION OF HYDROFORMING PRODUCTION CAPACITIES

2009

2010

INSTALLATION OF A HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR < 3.000 M2 OF FLOOR SPACE

2010

2011

FACTORY EXPANSION / ESTABLISHMENT OF A BENDING CENTRE

2011

2012

DEVELOPMENT OF FUEL CELL PIPE SYSTEMS

2012

2014

FACTORY EXPANSION / ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ASSEMBLY FACILITY

2014

2015

FOUNDATION OF BIEBIGHÄUSER SLOVAKIA S.R.O.

2015

2016

EXPANSION AND REORGANISATION OF SOLDERING CAPACITIES

2016

2018

INVESTMENT IN THE EXPANSION IN THE AREA “ALUMINIUM SOLDERING”

2018

2018

EXPANSION OF INCOMING GOODS LOGISTICS

2018

2019

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE USE OF COLLABORATING ROBOTS IN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

2019

2024

Acquisition by the international Imperial Auto Group and rebranding as Imperial Auto Germany GmbH

2024

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