About RHEINMAGNET Horst Baermann GmbH

  • RHEINMAGNET

    RHEINMAGNET Horst Baermann GmbH has been one of the leading European manufacturers and suppliers of permanent magnetic products and solutions for trading, advertising and industrial applications for more than 4 decades.Continuous and sound corporate growth since 1966 was made possible by and based upon a strict and certified adherence to quality standards according to DIN ISO 9001 as well as a strong focus on providing advice and service to our domestic and international customer base.Our in-house QC department ensures ongoing development and maintenance of high quality standards and guarantees full compliance with all applicable regulations and customer requirements for all finished products leaving our premises.

    In close cooperation with our customers, even most demanding technical challenges, which require a permanent magnetic solution, are technically mastered. Such efforts are efficiently supported by our own testing laboratory, equipped with the latest state-of-the-art measuring and testing devices for continuous product development and basic research & development.

    At the same time we offer a wide portfolio of standard products available for the customers to choose from. We invite you to review this highly innovative and continuously growing product range with its superior quality level.

    Outstanding service mentality by a highly motivated staff and competent advice by our in-house experts paired with a most efficient order processing time including a new modern warehouse providing sophisticated logistics.

    We are there for all your permanent magnetic needs and look forward to hearing from you soon!

  • History

    1934

    1934 a mishap lead to the invention of the first plastic bonded permanent magnet. A precious, very brittle AlNiCo magnet dropped on the floor during a test and scattered into many individual pieces. Time was too short for casting a new magnet and thus MAX BAERMANN had the idea to simply glue all the pieces together again. With success: some time later he filed a patent on plastic bonded permanent magnets, made from milled magnetic particles mixed with phenol resin powder and then moulded it to finished formed bodies under the influence of pressure and heat.

    1956

    1956 the flexible magnetic material ("magnetic rubber") was invented and, shortly thereafter, the injection moulded thermoplastic bonded magnet. The invention of the flexible magnets was the prerequisite for a further invention by Max Baermann: the magnetic gasket which today is integrated in every refrigerator door.

    1966

    1966 Horst M. Baermann, the son of Max Baermann, founded today's RHEINMAGNET Horst Baermann GmbH. Using laminating, stamping, cutting and printing machines, RM turns flexible permanent magnets into finished products of small and large series which, by using efficient magnetizing equipment of own development and design, are magnetized as required to suit their individual application.

    1979

    1979 Horst M. Baermann founded BAERMANN MAGNETICS INC. (BMI) in Spartanburg, SC/U.S.A.

    1983

    1983 H.M. Baermann developed a permanent magnet which was specifically suitable for therapeutic purposes which, under the internationally registered trade mark BIOflex®  has become a world-wide synonym for the effective treatment of certain body discomforts. Since then a large number of further inventions in the field of magnetic therapy have been filed and/or applied for patent in Germany and abroad.

    1992

    1992 founding of MAGNAPLAST TECHNOLOGIES (INDIA) PVT.LTD. (MTI) in Poona, India as a joint venture of MAX BAERMANN GMBH and H.M. Baermann with an Indian partner company. MTI was taken over 100% by MB and HMB in 1999. Manufacturing programme: similar to MB and RM.

    1995

    1995 RM developes a hybrid magnet system for magnet therapeutic purposes by using flexible magnets and the rare earth material NdFeB.

    1996

    1996 a quality management system to DIN ISO 9000 ff is developed and established.

    1997

    1997 certification to DIN ISO 9001.     

    1997 Invention of a magnetic radially orientated magnetic system which consists, mainly, of a magnetic profile coiled in the form of a spiral. Due to its particularly deep penetration effect it is preferably applied in therapeutic bandages, shoe soles and similar appliances.

    2001

    2001 POLYFLEX MAGNETS LTD (PML) was founded in China as a joint venture between MAX BAERMANN GMBH and a Chinese partner. Manufacturing programme: flexible permanent magnets.     

    2001 certification to DIN ISO 46001 QS system for medical products.     

    2003

    2003 latest certification of DIN ISO 9001:2000 and to DIN ISO 13485 for medical products.

    2006

    2006 RHEINMAGNET GMBH celebrates its 40th anniversary.

    2007

    Since 01.01.2007 Dipl.-Kfm. Eckhard Baermann is the new Managing Director of RHEINMAGNET Horst Baermann GmbH.

    2009

    2009 Installation of a modern computer-controlled high-rack warehouse allowing for considerably reduced delivery times.

    2010

    2010 Implementation of a new ERP System.
    Increased marketing activities in Europe and abroad.

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