Company
Founded 1892. Rebuilt for the 21st century.
BOSWAU + KNAUER is one of the oldest engineering names in Germany. Today it carries forward what defines German engineering culture: precision, longevity, directness.
Heritage
A name that has outlasted the buildings it raised.
BOSWAU + KNAUER was founded in Berlin in 1892. Over the decades that followed, the company delivered projects that still stand today:
- · The Oestertalsperre dam in Plettenberg (1905,1907).
- · The Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf.
- · The DWM factory in Berlin-Reinickendorf, now the Landesarchiv Berlin.
- · The Industriepalast at Schlesische Straße 29/30, Berlin-Kreuzberg (1907,1908).
- · Haus Puricelli, Düsseldorf (1905,1907, to plans by Gabriel von Seidl).
Now the name sets a new standard. In autonomous security technology.
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The company today
Historic brand equity. Modern robotics capability.
BOSWAU + KNAUER is a brand of Quarero Robotics Deutschland GmbH, based in Filderstadt near Stuttgart. Quarero Robotics is the technological core behind the brand, specialised in the development, manufacturing and commissioning of autonomous security systems for industrial and safety-critical environments.
The combination of historic brand equity and modern robotics capability is not coincidence. It is by design. The name stands for engineering work that holds. The technology beneath it delivers on that standard today.
Principles
Four sentences that carry everything.
Direct sales. Always.
No intermediaries. No distribution network. You talk to the people who built the product. That guarantees honesty about what is feasible, realistic delivery dates and offers that hold.
Build to order. Always.
No stock units. Every device is configured and built for the customer. That takes a little more time. In return it guarantees a unit designed for your deployment.
Made in Germany. Always.
Manufacturing, quality control and factory acceptance in Germany. Not as a marketing promise. As a technical standard.
Long-term partnership. Always.
Service contracts, software updates and named contacts after delivery. We do not ship and disappear.
Geography
Primary market DACH. Extended market EU.
Primary market
Germany · Austria · Switzerland
Extended market
EU · selected EMEA markets on request
Headquarters & manufacturing
Hornbergstrasse 49
70794 Filderstadt
More about the company
Four ways to get to know us.
History
Founded 1892 in Berlin. A name that has outlasted the buildings it raised.
OpenTeam
The people behind the brand. Directly reachable, no call centre in between.
OpenThe Book
From construction to security technology. The book by Dr Raphael Nagel (LL.M.). Published 2026.
OpenBlog
Notes, analysis and technical commentary by Dr Raphael Nagel.
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