1901
The founder is born in the Netherlands
Adolfo Bergsneider Laurens is born in the Netherlands. His engineering training would, decades later, take him across the Atlantic.
Adolfo Bergsneider Laurens is born in the Netherlands. His engineering training would, decades later, take him across the Atlantic.
Adolfo arrives in Colombia to install the country’s second hydroelectric generation unit, at Telares e Hilados de San José de Suaita, Santander.
When the contract ends, World War II prevents his return to the Netherlands. With his sons Carlos and Walter now born in Colombia, he settles in Bucaramanga and founds Talleres Elme: a mechanical, electrical and metalworking shop dedicated to building small hydroelectric plants.
Walter Bergsneider, Adolfo’s son, begins working at the shop. He becomes well known across the region for building small hydroelectric plants.
With Walter Bergsneider now part of the company, the workshop is renamed Talleres Elme Adolfo Bergsneider e Hijo, formalizing the father-and-son partnership.
William Bergsneider, Walter’s son, joins the shop and leads a new stage of technical growth and team development.
The shop formally adopts the name Central de Bobinados S.A., consolidating its identity as a national technical benchmark.
Central de Bobinados opens its new facilities at Calle 17 #17 in Bucaramanga, expanding operating capacity to meet the region’s growing industrial demand.
A division specializing in electrical transformers is created, expanding the portfolio beyond motor winding into the maintenance and repair of distribution and power transformers.
Facilities open in Barranquilla to serve the Atlantic coast and the petrochemical sector. The shop doubles its operating capacity.
TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company authorizes Central de Bobinados as an official shop for the inspection and repair of the brand’s electric motors and variable frequency drives.
WEG Indústrias S/A — Máquinas grants Central de Bobinados the "WEG Authorized Technical Assistant" credential, backing specialized service for WEG motors and generators to factory standards.
Central de Bobinados is authorized by ABB BU Machines GPG Service under the "Service Center Qualification Process 2009" to perform overhaul, maintenance, repair and rewinding of ABB high-voltage electric motors and generators.
The family’s fourth generation joins Central de Bobinados, driving the shop’s modernization with new machining, diagnostic and management technologies — without losing the craft inherited over three generations.
Central de Bobinados is named an Authorized Service Center for Nidec Power, backing the repair of Nidec-brand generators and motors —including Leroy-Somer— to factory standards at its Bucaramanga and Barranquilla locations.
Central de Bobinados earns EASA AR100 accreditation, the international standard for electromechanical repair shops. An independent third-party audit certifying good practices in AC motor repair that maintain or improve original efficiency.
Central de Bobinados opens a new plant in Girón, Santander, expanding its infrastructure and capacity for the repair and rewinding of large-scale generators and motors.
Complete restoration of a 9 MW Leroy-Somer LSA 60 generator through the One Nidec alliance: Leroy-Somer (France) manufactured the high-voltage VPI coils, Kato Engineering (USA) provided specialized technical support, and Central de Bobinados carried out the rewinding as an Authorized Service Partner at its plant in Girón.
Adolfo Bergsneider Laurens is born in the Netherlands. His engineering training would, decades later, take him across the Atlantic.
Adolfo arrives in Colombia to install the country’s second hydroelectric generation unit, at Telares e Hilados de San José de Suaita, Santander.
When the contract ends, World War II prevents his return to the Netherlands. With his sons Carlos and Walter now born in Colombia, he settles in Bucaramanga and founds Talleres Elme: a mechanical, electrical and metalworking shop dedicated to building small hydroelectric plants.
Walter Bergsneider, Adolfo’s son, begins working at the shop. He becomes well known across the region for building small hydroelectric plants.
With Walter Bergsneider now part of the company, the workshop is renamed Talleres Elme Adolfo Bergsneider e Hijo, formalizing the father-and-son partnership.
William Bergsneider, Walter’s son, joins the shop and leads a new stage of technical growth and team development.
The shop formally adopts the name Central de Bobinados S.A., consolidating its identity as a national technical benchmark.
Central de Bobinados opens its new facilities at Calle 17 #17 in Bucaramanga, expanding operating capacity to meet the region’s growing industrial demand.
A division specializing in electrical transformers is created, expanding the portfolio beyond motor winding into the maintenance and repair of distribution and power transformers.
Facilities open in Barranquilla to serve the Atlantic coast and the petrochemical sector. The shop doubles its operating capacity.
TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company authorizes Central de Bobinados as an official shop for the inspection and repair of the brand’s electric motors and variable frequency drives.
WEG Indústrias S/A — Máquinas grants Central de Bobinados the "WEG Authorized Technical Assistant" credential, backing specialized service for WEG motors and generators to factory standards.
Central de Bobinados is authorized by ABB BU Machines GPG Service under the "Service Center Qualification Process 2009" to perform overhaul, maintenance, repair and rewinding of ABB high-voltage electric motors and generators.
The family’s fourth generation joins Central de Bobinados, driving the shop’s modernization with new machining, diagnostic and management technologies — without losing the craft inherited over three generations.
Central de Bobinados is named an Authorized Service Center for Nidec Power, backing the repair of Nidec-brand generators and motors —including Leroy-Somer— to factory standards at its Bucaramanga and Barranquilla locations.
Central de Bobinados earns EASA AR100 accreditation, the international standard for electromechanical repair shops. An independent third-party audit certifying good practices in AC motor repair that maintain or improve original efficiency.
Central de Bobinados opens a new plant in Girón, Santander, expanding its infrastructure and capacity for the repair and rewinding of large-scale generators and motors.
Complete restoration of a 9 MW Leroy-Somer LSA 60 generator through the One Nidec alliance: Leroy-Somer (France) manufactured the high-voltage VPI coils, Kato Engineering (USA) provided specialized technical support, and Central de Bobinados carried out the rewinding as an Authorized Service Partner at its plant in Girón.