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Four Companies, one Team and over a Century Tradition of Cable Manufacturing – That’s Bayka.

When the era of electrification began at the end of the 19th century, we were one of the first companies manufacturing insulated electric wires. When the information era was proclamed in the 1970s, Bayka was one of the first German cable manufacturers delivering modern fibre optic cables for the expansion of infrastracture for German Post and Railway.

Now – in the second decade of the 21st century we are right in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, which will change our life and work substantially. We are ready and are developing cable solutions for tomorrow -for digital production, modern buildings, the transformation of traffic systems and energy transport.

The Subsidiaries of Bayerische Kabelwerke AG

Link to: Bayka plus

Baykaplus

Cable accessories and fittings

Link to: Bayka Berlin Company

Bayka Berlin GmbH

Specialised on the production of power cables

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Bayka Color Farbkonzentrate GmbH

Production of plastics granulates and colour concentrates

Link to: BGF Company

Berliner Glasfaserkabel GmbH

Production site for FOC

One Century Cables

Bayerische Kabelwerke AG (Bayka) is a medium-sized cable manufacturer with more than 135 years of company tradition.

We develop and produce power cables, flexible connection and motor cables, communication cables, low-current cables, FOC, railway cables, signalling cables, fireproof cables and customer-specific cables. The product line Baykaplus complements our cable range with an always increasing offer for cable accessories.

Our production sites for the cable manufacturing are located in the heart of Franconian Roth and in the German capital Berlin (Bayka Berlin GmbH & Berliner Glasfaserkabel GmbH). The subsidiary firm Bayka Color Farbkonzentrate GmbH, which is also located in Roth, produces colour concentrates and plactic compounds for the cable industry as well as for plastics processing companies.

Every Single Success Has Its Own Story

Bayka is one of the most well-known manufactures of power cables, paper insulated lead cables, insulated overhead lines, copper and aluminium wires, multi-system long-distance communication cables, railway cables and FOC. For more than 125 years we are on of the most successful players on these markets – exclusively “made in Germany”. We have summarized the events which were characterising our company in a time lapse.

Milestones of Bayka History

  • 1885

    Foundation of today’s Bayka as „Riffelmacher & Engelhardt“.

    Production of ironical products like laces and ligaments out of gold, silver and copper wires.

  • 1887

    Otto Schrimpff enters the company. Beginning of the era Schrimpff over three generations - until 1993.

  • 1898

    Start for the production of insulated copper wires for the conduction of electricity.

  • 1900

    Introduction of a seamless rubber cover through „Guttapercha“.

  • 1902

    Otto Schrimpff becomes sole shareholder.

  • 1904

    Establishment of an own rubber plant.

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  • 1910

    Manufacturing of power cables for direct burial.

  • 1923

    Bayka becomes a coporation

    Transformation to a corporation and new company name:
    „Bayerisches Kabelwerk, Riffelmacher & Engelhardt, Aktiengesellschaft“.

  • 1936

    Bayka Support Association e.V.

    A support association is founded in order to help employees in financial distress.

  • 1945

    Bayka plants withstand the second world war

    Bayka is one of few cable plants in Germany that suffers no damages due to the second world war.

    In May, Bayka gets the permission to produce again.

  • 1954

    The first plastics extruder for the insulation of cores is being put into operation.

  • 1956

    The change in the company’s name in „Bayerische Kabelwerke AG“.

  • 1959

    Foundation of Bayka company-owned apartments GmbH...

    .. that built 85 company flats until 1965.

  • 1985

    Development of "Foam Skin Cables" with special electrical characteristics

  • 1987

    Foundation of BGF

    Bayka is one of the founders of „Berliner Glasfaserkabel GmbH“ (FOC production in Berlin).

  • 1993

    Otto Schrimpff III dies, Günter Krauß manages the company.

  • 2000

    Wilms-Gruppe

    Die Wilms-Gruppe, größter mittelständischer Kabelhersteller in Deutschland, übernimmt die Aktienmehrheit.

  • 2001

    Design of BayCom multifunctional cables

    Bayka develops – together with German Railways – the BayCom multifunctional cable and the TUSI® cable for the safety in tunnels .

  • 2002

    Production of high-voltage cables

    Bayka takes over the former Kerpen plant Berlin and therefore reinforces the production of high-voltage power cables in the German capital.

  • 2003

    German Telekom assigns Bayka with the further development of local area network cables.

    Series production as BayCom 4 Mhz in 2004.

  • 2005

    Bayka takes over the sole direction of Berlin Glasfaserkabel GmbH.

  • 2006

    Big reconstructions are beginning at the location in Roth.

    Due to the increasing demand for BayRail® signalling and telecommunication cables, existing and new plants are set up in a separate production hall.

  • 2009

    Development of theft-defending grounding cables.

    Nationally, there are losses over several millions due to the theft of copper grounding cables. Bayka has developed aluminium railway grounding cables as an alternative which are not as attractive for thieves and therefore further losses are effectively prevented.

  • 2010

    125 years of company anniversary & technical test winner in the field of FOC rail foot cables

    Bayka celebrates its 125 years  company anniversary. Celebrations with many customers took place in Hannover and Berlin. A special celebration for all employees complemented the anniversary year.

  • 2010

    Technical test winner

    After two years of research and development (2007/2008) and two further years of practical tests (2009/2010) together with Deutsche Bahn AG the decision was made official:

    Our RailOptic® FO rail foot cable is economic and technical test winner and is now requested as standard at DB.

  • 2020

    135 years "Cables made in Germany"

    Bayka celebrates its existence of 135 years. Unfortunately, this anniversary takes place amid the “corona times”. This is why the celebrations were postponed.

Policy Satement

Policies regarding Quality, Working Safety, Health Protection, Energy and Environment
Code of Conduct for Social Responsibility

As a traditional manufacturer of cables, wires and plastic products we feel obliged to systemetic quality management, working safety, environmental protection, sustainable energy management and  health protection as individual elements of an integrated management system.

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