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Last Friday, 6 May 2011, ran the BMW plant in Berlin, the two-millionth motorcycle off the line. The work produced since 1969 motorcycles for the world market in Berlin Spandau.


In a ceremony with the mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, and numerous invited guests, as the actor Hannes Jaenicke and Gerit Kling presented motorcycle stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer the anniversary motorcycle. Following it was to René Gurka, Managing Director of Berlin Partner GmbH, pass. It is a BMW R 1200 GS in Berlin’s exclusive design. You will be raffled off at the industry Quiz “I am a Berliner” industry campaign “be Berlin”.

“BMW Berlin has kept the faith when others have left the city. The entrepreneurial vision, his conscious decision to Berlin have been proven right. BMW and Berlin have gone through thick and thin, we will continue to do so successfully,” said Klaus Wowereit. BMW as a partner to “be Berlin” campaign supported by this donation, which aims to strengthen the perception of the federal capital as an attractive, innovative and future-oriented industrial location.

As part of the ceremony said Hendrik von Kuenheim, head of BMW Motorrad. Joy. “Admits the BMW Group is sustainable for the motorcycle with its great tradition of BMW motorcycles embody” driving “the most direct in their form they were sympathetic ambassador of the BMW brand and also Ambassador Berlin in the world. From Berlin, they are as it were delivered with Berlin air in the tires “in 130 countries. Our establishment is convinced that the long standing connection between Berlin and the BMW Group is the result of all parties encouraging and positive development which is update it. ”

The BMW plant in Berlin, with around 1,900 employees a day up to 510 motorcycles of all model series, and in addition about 24,000 discs for the automotive plants. The annual production in 2010 amounted to 97 076 cycles, in the first year of production 1969 in Berlin produced a total of 12000 cycles.

“Berlin will continue to be the heart of the BMW motorcycle production. We invest around 30 million € in our work to continue and remain competitive at the top,” said Hermann Bohrer, head of BMW plant in Berlin.