thumb|right|Beurer BM26 sphygmomanometerBeurer GmbH is a German family-owned Mittelstand manufacturer of electrical devices for health and well-being. Originally a manufacturer of electric blankets, the company began diversifying its product line in the 1980s and now sell some 2,200 products including weighing scales, blood pressure monitors, and mobile ECG devices. Founded in Ulm in 1919, the company in 2016 employed 800 people and had revenues of about 230 million Euro. Production was based in Uttenweiler since 1963 but was shifted to Hungary and the Far East, with Uttenweiler becoming the c
thumb|right|Beurer BM26 sphygmomanometerBeurer GmbH is a German family-owned Mittelstand manufacturer of electrical devices for health and well-being. Originally a manufacturer of electric blankets, the company began diversifying its product line in the 1980s and now sell some 2,200 products including weighing scales, blood pressure monitors, and mobile ECG devices. Founded in Ulm in 1919, the company in 2016 employed 800 people and had revenues of about 230 million Euro. Production was based in Uttenweiler since 1963 but was shifted to Hungary and the Far East, with Uttenweiler becoming the company's main logistics center in Germany in 2011. The company also grew by acquisitions, taking over British electric blanket manufacturer Winterwarm. Winterwarm's Birmingham plant was shut down in 2005 when manufacturing was moved to Hungary.
== History == Beurer was founded in 1919 after the first world war in Ulm Germany by Eugen and Käthe Beurer. The company's initial product offering was electric head pads and hairdryers. After World War II, the couple, along with their son Bernhard Beurer, restarted the company, introducing heated underblankets in 1952. The 1980s marked a period of diversification under Managing Director Dieter Bühler, expanding the product range to include health and well-being items.
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