After 10 years with the company, working alongside her father Stefan Bülte, Fanny Bülte, the founder's granddaughter, officially takes over the reins of the family business.
Bülte has been a family business since it was founded in 1956 by Norbert Bülte when he decided to start his own assembly parts and fasteners company. He set up his offices in Lüdinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
In collaboration with companies in the sector and specialists, Norbert Bülte invented the Bülte polyamide safety/sealing washer.
In 1979, he was joined by his son, Stefan Bülte, who contributed to the company's international development and set up Bülte Plastiques in France in 1986.
In 2013, Fanny Bülte, granddaughter of the founder and daughter of the CEO, joined the family business and modernised its working and marketing methods. In particular, she is behind the digitisation of processes and the communication strategy.
Now at the head of the company following her father's retirement, Fanny Bülte is determined to preserve the family heritage and perpetuate the values and expertise that have been the company's strength for almost 70 years.
She has chosen to honour the family culture of the company, while remaining attentive to the environmental and social challenges of production, such as the climate emergency, the rational consumption of raw materials, the decarbonisation of the industry and the need for more responsible management and governance.
