Bapmic autoparts
 

Anyone have any experience with this company? They have their headquarters in Germany and plants in Germany, China, and U.S. Just received a pair of strut boots from them....package from Germany, stamped made in Germany.

Never heard of them. Are they a store or a manufacturer? Probably not a store of consequence if the site filter lets you post their name. I’m curious why you buy first, ask questions later :P

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon

Just strut boots. Ended up having some money on my Amazon account from a gift card refunded and no longer had the gift card so I could only spend on Amazon because I had saved the card to my account.

Bapmic
 

I replaced the three cam plugs and the centrifuge cover on my wife’s E350 using Bapmic parts ordered from Pelican. They seemed comparable to the original parts I removed when making the repair. Given the low price of the parts and the fact that the job is an easy one I can do in my garage, I felt justified in deviating from OEM. So far I’m pleased....but it has only been about a month since the repair.

FYI for curious minds:


Serial Number
86869199

Registration Number
5022356

Word Mark
BAPMIC

Status
700 - Registered

Status Date
2016-08-16

Filing Date
2016-01-08

Registration Number
5022356

Registration Date
2016-08-16

Mark Drawing
5000 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s)/letter(s)/number(s) in Stylized form Typeset

Published for Opposition Date
2016-05-31

Attorney Name
Kao H. Lu

Law Office Assigned Location Code
M60

Employee Name
WHEATLEY, TRAVIS DWIGH



Statements

Indication of Colors claimed
Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.

Description of Mark
The mark consists of the stylized wording "Bapmic".

Goods and Services
Anti-skid chains for vehicles; Belt pulleys for land vehicles; Bumpers for automobiles; Clutches for land vehicles; Electrically-powered motor vehicles; Land vehicle parts, namely, transmissions; Motor buses; Motors for land vehicles; Self-propelled electric vehicle; Sensors for land vehicles, namely, electric power steering torque sensors, sold as a component of the power steering system; Shock absorbers for automobiles; Shock absorbers for bicycles; Shock absorbers for motorcycles; Tires for vehicle wheels; Trailer hitches for vehicles; Upholstery for vehicles; Vehicle parts, namely, idler arms; Vehicle parts, namely, shock absorbers; Chains for cycles; Combination transmission control units and gear shifting mechanisms for automatic transmissions sold as aftermarket parts for motor land vehicles ; Gearboxes for land vehicles; Idling pulleys for land vehicles; Vehicle parts, namely, transfer cases


Have not checked on their subsidiary locations or whether they are a pass-through company which contracts parts from various sub-suppliers in various locations.


This would explain a HQ in China and a manufacturing location in Germany.

Sorry, they are a subsidiary of Shanghai Tongzhi Auto Parts Co., Ltd. according to their international business filings.

So a Chinese owned company with a hq in Germany and a manufacturing plant in Germany?!?

I’m tempted to think with a postal address in Germany or at most a packaging site. Uro has/had an unmappable German address.

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon

Legally, the "made in" designation only describes the country where the last manufacturing operation was performed, however trivial that operation may be. The country of origin label has become very misleading as companies globalize manufacturing. Even so, boxing isn't legally considered manufacturing and shouldn't change the origin.

Company is actually owned by large parent company Sourcemost International located in Germany. Sourcemost

Follow up
 

Just to follow up..... The breather cover seems to be holding up okay but the cam plugs started sleeping less than two months after installing them. I went to MB-Austin this morning, got three new plugs, and installed them this afternoon. Comparing the parts, the MB version was definitely more “formidable;” the rubber sealing portion of the plug was definitely larger and the parts fit much better on install. At any rate, based on my experience, I wouldn’t recommend Bapmic parts.