On January 8th, 2011, Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall presented Brose's Asian headquarters in Shanghai with its Excellent Development Award. The award was given for the supplier's development work on the introduction of the Unilatch® side door closure system. Each year, Great Wall presents awards to the best of its 560 suppliers in the categories Development, Quality, Collaboration and Best Supplier.

Brose International GmbH, Coburg, and Mando Corporation, Seoul, one of the leading automotive suppliers in Korea, have set up a joint-venture which will trade under the name of Mando-Brose Corporation. Each partner holds a 50% stake in the company.

The international automotive supplier Brose officially opened a production facility in India on February 2nd, watched by around 150 guests from government and industry.