BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik AG is a high-performance automobile wheel design company headquartered in Schiltach, Germany. BBS produces wheels for motorsport, OEM, and aftermarket applications. The company is often credited as pioneering the three-piece wheel and advancing the aluminum wheel industry over many decades, and remains one of the largest producers of automobile wheels in the world. It is a part of KW Automotive since 2021.
BBS Kraftfahrzeugtechnik
Finishing facility in Herbolzheim, Germany
Metal sampling during manufacturing at BBS
BBS wheel stamp diagram (1: BBS brand, 2: wheel offset, 3: wheel model, 4: JWL standard certification, 5: wheel size, 6: country of manufacture)
Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstadt.
General view of Schiltach
1643 townscape by Swiss engraver, Matthäus Merian, showing the castle above the town of Schiltach
Lower gate by the Gasthaus Adler until 1840
Upper gate by H. Eyth (until 1840)