In 1956 Mr G.F.J. Bruinhof established under his own name a technical trading enterprise at the Schiedamsedijk in Rotterdam.

Bruinhof supplied drive systems and components to the Dutch shipbuilding industry from the very beginning, supported by the ample experience and expertise of Lohmann + Stolterfoht from Germany.
Throughout the years, Bruinhof cemented a solid reputation which is marked by customer care, expertise and excellent service.

Bruinhof’s slogan “YOUR THRUST IS OUR CARE” emphasizes over half a century of dedication, reliability and efficient service to the Dutch shipbuilding and shipping industry.

Meanwhile, the area of operation grew from local to global. At any given day of the year, from China to Cameroon, a Bruinhof engineer is serving our customers on board ships which have been fitted with our products. Many of our customers do not choose a gearbox or coupling on the basis of technical performance and reliability only.

Imagine you are senior executive of a large dredging company, engaged in a lucrative contract for land reclamation in, say, Dubai or Singapore. Every cargo of sand delivered by your hopper dredgers to the agreed destination brings good return to your company.

On the other hand, your ships are pushed to the limit by a very quick turn-around from loading to discharging operations. The propulsion system and dredging systems carry high dynamic loads, which increases the risk of incidents and failure. Do you use gearboxes and couplings of superior quality, but without fast and reliable service in case problems do occur?

Or do you elect to use quality products with fast and reliable service, executed by highly trained and skilled service engineers, available day and night, anywhere in the world?

Our service providers will go out of their way to ensure that “YOUR THRUST IS OUR CARE”, whether it concerns your hopper dredger in Dubai or your fishing vessel in Whitby.

As per 20.02.2009 Bruinhof has been succesfully integrated within Siemens Nederland N.V.