The 70s, 80s, and 90s ushered in computers and advanced farming techniques that allowed one farmer to do the work of many hands. Many farmers took other jobs in factories in addition to cultivating crops. Fiberglass became a big business and then faded. Wire companies came to town.

1970s

  • Hop-Cap began to put Bremen’s name on pickup truck caps all over America in 1970.
  • Greg Mishler started Mishler Funeral Home (1971).
  • Miller Bearings was founded by Joe Miller (1971).
  • Doc Bowen served two consecutive terms as governor of Indiana (1973-1981) and later served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Reagan administration (1985-1989).
  • The Wooden Peel began serving the best pizza in the world (1975).
  • Bremen Oktoberfest got started in 1977 and lasted until 1991.
  • Bremtown Kitchens was founded (1977).
  • The Bremen community built a new hospital building in 1977, and German Township Community Hospital became Bremen Community Hospital.
  • In 1978, the high school was expanded to include a media center, auditorium, choir and band center, swimming pool, and additional gymnasium.

1980s

  • Corl Corp was reorganized to become Bremen Glas (1980).
  • Grace United Methodist Church started the Bremen Holy Walk on the Bob Huff farm (1981).
  • Bremen Town Council hired Dudley Keyser as its first town director of operations (1981).
  • Video rental stores popped up; at first, you could rent a VCR to play the tapes as well.
  • The state built a by-pass around Bremen, turning US 6 in town into SR 106 (1982).
  • An Indiana State Police post was added west of town (1982).
  • Penguin Point came to town (1984).
  • TMT Automotive got started by Mike & Serena Tatich (1984).
  • Martin Ford was founded (1987).
  • Subway came to town (c1989)

1990s

  • Duwaine Elliott replaced Dudley Keyser as town director of operations in 1992.
  • McDonald’s (1993), Burger King (1994), and Arby’s (c1994) came to town. The Burger King and Arby’s locations didn’t last long. Together, they killed Penguin Point.
  • Cellular telephone service began to be offered in Bremen.
  • Precision Painting set up shop (1995).
  • The town renovated the town hall to its original 1923 appearance (1996-97).
  • Bremen Glas was bought by Maax and renamed Maax Midwest

2000s

  • Bremen Community Hospital built a new facility on SR331 and the old hospital became Doctors Neuromedical Hospital & Brain Institute (2006).
  • High-speed Internet began to be offered in Bremen by Mediacom (c2005).
  • Trend Weldy replaced Duwaine Elliott as town director of operations.
  • Georgia-based Southwire built a wire factory here (2014).

2020s

  • Plymouth and N Center regraded and repaved, removing the 1910s bricks back to the dirt base (2020).
  • Brightspeed brought high-speed fiber-optic Internet service to town in 2025.
  • Keith Fraine replaced Trend Weldy as town director of operations in 2025.
  • TMT Automotive became Ameri-fix Automotive (2026).