Broetje-Automation GmbH is a special machine construction company in the aerospace sector with headquarters in Rastede (Lower Saxony).

[1][2] The company is active in 23 international locations (including all the major aerospace markets like Germany, US, France, UK, China, Russia, Japan).

With the delivery of the first machines for the automated riveting of aircraft components, the company established itself in the aviation industry between 1980 and 2000 and expanded into the US, Europe and Asia.

In 2003, the Claas Group acquired the company and Broetje-Automation GmbH expanded its product repertoire to include joining stations and final assembly lines in addition to riveting machines.

[5] Broetje-Automation acts as an integrator of all necessary individual systems and manufactures machines for the various assembly processes in aircraft construction, such as riveting and joining techniques or production steps such as automated fiber placement and preforming.