The begin
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                    In 1984 mister Philippe De Brauwer started De Brauwer BVBA.
                    This company was specialized in selling bakery machines and small material for the bakery.
                    During maintenance of the bread slicing machines, Mr. Philippe De Brauwer got the idea to manufacture his blades himself as he was not satisfied with the
                    quality of the knives on the market at that time.

                    In the beginning the knives were made by hand but after a while we invested in automation.
                    Multiple machines were automated.
                    The demand kept on rising as different manufacturers of bread slicing machines found their way to DE BRAUWER BVBA.
                    Due to this increase we made our first full automatic knives sharpening machine in 1993.
                    The demand for blades kept on rising and now we have 4 full automatic knives sharpening machines.
                    Besides these machines, we also bought decoltage machines (2 Petermann and also an Escomatic-D6).
                    Buying these machines allows us to manufacture any blades with a very short lead time.
                    The quality and the quantity are the most important points in our strategy.
                    This strategy is appreciated by multiple manufacturers of bread slicing machines such as VLB, JAC, SOFINOR, NALIM, RENOVE, FRANCE COUPE,
                     F-B Bread slicing machines,...
                    A knive in a bread slicing machine is 70% of the machine, 30% of technic.
                    Therefor these manufacturers only use high quality blades which are complying to the thoughest regulations.
                    To destinguish our knives, we laser our DEBRA-BLADES logo and website on the blades.
                    This newly found company (created in 2000) as a daughter of DE BRAUWER BVBA is taking care of the selling of the produced blades.
                    The volume has now passed the 1,5 million blades a year.

                    At this time we are investing in a brand new sharpening device which will be able to work 24 hours a day.
                    This new investment will assure the quantity and quality we stand for in the future.
                    We intend to grow further, wish to thank all our customers and we recommend their products.