Development, design and manufacture of ready-to-mount attachments for tractors, telescopic loaders, wheel loaders, yard loaders and forklifts
Bressel und Lade Maschinenbau GmbH
Visselhövede, Lower SaxonyNew on Amplifa
About Bressel und Lade
Bressel und Lade Maschinenbau GmbH develops, designs and manufactures ready-to-mount attachments for tractors, telescopic loaders, wheel loaders, yard loaders and forklifts. The product range includes buckets, side-tip and high-tip buckets, grab buckets, cutting buckets, pallet forks, cutting clamps, work platforms, front weights, bumpers and CargoBoxes. With a high degree of in-house production depth, the products are manufactured entirely at the Visselhövede site in northern Germany; sheet metal parts are laser cut, cut, bent, welded (partially automated by welding robot) and painted, while machining operations are performed on a lathe and milling machine. In addition to the standard range, the company also implements customer-specific custom solutions. Its customers include agriculture, construction and municipal services; distribution is handled by agricultural and construction machinery dealers throughout Europe and beyond. 90 employees manufacture on more than 7,000 m² of production space as of 2024/2026.
- Site
- Visselhövede
- Processes
- Welding (automated welding robot), Painting, Laser cutting, Bending (press brake 220 tonnes, 2026: 400t press brake), Roll bending (4-roll bending machine), Turning (automatic lathe with sub-spindle), Milling (3-axis milling machine), Development and design (in-house development, custom fabrication to customer specifications)
- Materials
- Laser cutting system, Bending (press brake), Welding (automated welding robot), Automatic lathe with sub-spindle, 3-axis milling machine, Painting system
- Founded
- 1989
- Employees
- 90
- Industries
- Agriculture, Construction, Municipal services
- 01
Development and design
- 02
Laser cutting
- 03
Bending/roll bending
- 04
Turning and milling
- 05
Welding
- 06
Painting
- 07
Assembly of ready-to-mount equipment
- 08
Distribution via specialist dealers
Manufacturing Processes
Laser cutting system
Production of precise sheet metal parts as the initial stage of attachment manufacturing, installed in 2026.
Bending (press brake)
Press brakes with 220 and 400 tonnes of pressing force for precise bent profiles; complemented by a 4-roll bending machine.
Welding (automated welding robot)
Automated welding for repeatable, robust steel constructions, since 2019.
Automatic lathe with sub-spindle
Machining of turned parts for hydraulic and attachment components, since 2021.
3-axis milling machine
Increases the dimensional accuracy of the products, since 2024.
Painting system
In-house painting for corrosion protection of the steel attachments, since 2013.
Site
Visselhövede
DEProduction, development and administration
- Materials
- Steel
- Laser cutting system (2026)
- 400-tonne press brake (2026)
- 220-tonne press brake (2018)
- 4-roll bending machine (2018)
- Automated welding robot (2019)
- Automatic lathe with sub-spindle (2021)
- 3-axis milling machine (2024)
- Painting system (2013)
Attachments
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding (automated welding robot)Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| PaintingSurface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Laser cuttingMachining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bending (press brake 220 tonnes, 2026: 400t press brake)Forming | – | – | – | – | – |
| Roll bending (4-roll bending machine)Forming | – | – | – | – | – |
| Turning (automatic lathe with sub-spindle)Machining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Milling (3-axis milling machine)Machining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Development and design (in-house development, custom fabrication to customer specifications)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly of ready-to-mount attachmentsAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
8 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-roll bending machine | – | 1 | – | 2018 | Visselhövede |
| Press brake | – | 1 | – | 2018 | Visselhövede |
| Press brake | – | 1 | 400 tonnes pressing force | 2026 | Visselhövede |
| Laser cutting system | – | 1 | – | 2026 | Visselhövede |
| Welding robot | – | 1 | – | 2019 | Visselhövede |
| Automatic lathe with sub-spindle | – | 1 | – | 2021 | Visselhövede |
| 3-axis milling machine | – | 1 | – | 2024 | Visselhövede |
| Painting system | – | 1 | – | 2013 | Visselhövede |
Additional services
Company History
- 1955
Friedhold Bressel builds his first self-made front loader bucket
- 1975
Production of dung forks, beet, carrot and potato baskets; custom fabrications
- 1985
Addition of an approx. 800 sqm hall to expand production
- 1989
Foundation of Bressel und Lade Maschinenbau GmbH
- 1990
Equipment also for telescopic loaders, wheel loaders, yard loaders, forklifts
- 1992
Handover of the business to daughter Ulrike Bressel-Hesse
- 1993
Construction of a further production hall of approx. 1,700 sqm
- 1999
First export business in neighbouring European countries
- 2000
Construction of a production hall of approx. 3,000 sqm
- 2002
Good contacts across Europe
- 2004
Completion of the new office building; export business accounts for 30% of revenue
- 2007
Heating of the production halls using waste heat from a biogas plant
- 2009
Nils Hendrik Hesse joins the company
- 2013
New production hall of over 3,000 m² with painting system; Nils Hendrik Hesse becomes managing director
- 2018
4-roll bending machine and 220-tonne press brake
- 2019
Automated welding robot
- 2021
Automatic lathe with sub-spindle
- 2022
Photovoltaic system; takeover of the MMS Agriline product line
- 2024
3-axis milling machine
- 2026
Laser cutting system and 400-tonne press brake