Private company
Beru
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Diesel cold start systems company
BERU Group is a listed public company since October 1997. The company was founded as a spark plug factory by Julius Behr and Albert Ruprecht in 1912. The company is the leading manufacturer of diesel cold start systems with an estimated worldwide market share of 40 % for glow plugs.2 It is part of BorgWarner.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersLudwigsburg1
- Websitewww.beru.com
- Legal formAktiengesellschaft, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
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BERU Group is a listed public company since October 1997. The company was founded as a spark plug factory by Julius Behr and Albert Ruprecht in 1912. The company is the leading manufacturer of diesel cold start systems with an estimated worldwide market share of 40 % for glow plugs. In the field of ignition technology for petrol engines, BERU is one of the four major manufacturers in Europe. BERU makes electronics for cars. The company also produces sensor technology and ignition systems for the oil and gas burner industry. Almost all OE-manufacturers of automobiles, commercial vehicles and engines are BERU's customers. The company's headquarters are located in Ludwigsburg, Germany. BERU was acquired by BorgWarner in 2010.2
Corporate structure
Beru is part of a group headed by BorgWarner. 169 entities, 23 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- BorgWarner Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- Beru Ludwigsburg
- BorgWarner (Sweden) Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner (Brazil) Subsidiary · Itatiba, Brazil
- AKASOL Inc. Subsidiary · Michigan, United States
- Beijing Delphi Wan Yuan Engine Management Systems Co. Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- BorgWarner (China) Investment Co., Ltd (博格华纳(中国)投资有限公司) Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner (Germany) Subsidiary · Germany
- BorgWarner (Reman) Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- BorgWarner (Thailand) Ltd. Subsidiary · Thailand
- BorgWarner Aftermarket Europe GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
- BorgWarner AKASOL GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
- BorgWarner Alternators Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- BorgWarner Arden LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
- BorgWarner Arnstadt RE GmbH & Co. KG Subsidiary · Germany
- BORGWARNER ASIA INC. Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner Automotive Asia Limited Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner Automotive Components (BEIJING) Co. Ltd Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner Automotive Components (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd (博格华纳汽车零部件(江苏)有限公司) Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner Automotive Components (Ningbo) Co., Ltd Subsidiary · 寧波, China
- Borgwarner Automotive Components (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- BorgWarner Automotive Components (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · China
- BorgWarner Battery Systems Technical Center GmbH Subsidiary · Germany
- BorgWarner Brasil Ltda. Subsidiary · Brazil
- BorgWarner Brasil Ltda., Piracicaba Branch Subsidiary · Brazil
- BorgWarner Changnyeong LLC Subsidiary · South Korea
- and 143 more
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- BorgWarner since 2009
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.beru.com1
- WikipediaBeru (company)
- WikidataQ893518
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataBeru on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBeru on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBeru logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsBeru photo by R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0