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Philosophy
Interview with Thomas Bischoff
B+B is a family operated business. How can we figure this?
In our country we have meanwhile again recognised the potential which is available in these companies. In the past, a family company was considered to be casual and mostly led in a patriarchic and unstructured way. Today we know that these companies too make use of professional tools for planning, process management and controlling. Combined with personal commitment and social responsibility, this results in the optimal mix for entrepreneurship, as I see it.
Company
Bischoff & Bischoff, the young company engaged in the auxiliary means industry, can look back to a rapid and successful development in just 10 years. By means of high-tech products, it improves the quality of life of disabled persons or people who are restricted in terms of movement.
Revolutionary new developments
In the wheelchair sector, Bischoff & Bischoff have a clear core competence due to many years of experience and the commitment of highly qualified staff. This particularly emerges when it comes to new developments. The B+B product development manager is rightly proud to report: “More than 20 entries are recorded with the German and European patent office under our name.“ The latest, sensational new release is the “Revolution“. The adaptive wheelchair where seat height, width and depth as well as the height of the back is variable is based on a bright idea: “One size fits all“.
Quality
Sales Manager Marc Schumacher (MS) talking to the Quality Manager Rolf Vermaßen (RV).
MS: “The basis of our sales growth is clearly the good quality of products. Also the longstanding cooperation with our customers is based on our excellent quality.”
RV: “This is correct! But in the meantime it has become very hard to adhere to familiar standards and to produce products in a cost-saving and efficient way anyway.”
Internationality
Bischoff & Bischoff, a young Reha company with expansion trend, is well positioned in Europe. The secret of their success: High-tech suited to daily use where the price-quality factor is right.
Bischoff & Bischoff succeeded in entering the market by means of walking frames. Despite of a market marked by a price war, the company pulled up right from the beginning. “By means of a very favourable price-quality offer, we were able to sell 18,000 walking frames in 1998 alone,” reports Thomas Bischoff. With it, the company always consistently paid attention to quality. Only suppliers coming up to the German quality standards are considered for Bischoff & Bischoff. Due to their own R&D department and design activities, B+B sets a high production standard. Besides standard wheelchairs, lightweight wheelchairs, raised toilet seats and further auxiliary means for the bathroom, B+B’s product range today also includes healthcare beds and supports. Delivery takes place from the Czech Republic, where B+B has produced since 2000 according to German standards as well as still from the Far East.