WEICON Inc.
History
WEICON is a medium-sized family-owned company with a history of more than 60 years. The company was founded in 1947 in Muenster, Germany. On our website we will show you our roots and the history of our company - from the establishment up to now.
Mining Exhibition Essen 1958 Hannover Exhibition 1968
1947 Foundation of P.W. Weidling & Sohn by Paul Wilhelm Weidling
1950 Relocation of the company to Engelstraße in Münster
1957 Gerd Weidling joins the company
1957 The company changes to a limited partnership
1958 First participation in the Mining Exhibition in the German city of Essen
1959 First participation in the Hanover Exhibition
Hannover Exhibition 1970 Hannover Exhibition 1971
1960 Relocation of the company to Schleebrüggenkamp in Münster
1964 Gerd Weidling takes over the company management
Automechanika Exhibition Frankfurt 1972 Post card Never Seez
1967 Introduction of the new product line Stripping Tools
1969 New building of the company headquarters at An der Kleimannbrücke in Münster
WEICONLOCK Offshore transport securing of an oil platform WEICON Duo-Crimp and Ralph Weidling
1987 Ralph Weidling joins the company
1987 Introduction of WEICONLOCK® Anaerobic Adhesives
1993 New building of the company headquarters at Königsberger Straße 255 in Münster
1997 Start of the cooperation with company Willteco B.V. from the Netherlands
1997 First Off-Shore project: Securing of the transport of an oilrig in Portugal
2000 German Federal Award for WEICON Duo-Crimp No.300 as an outstanding innovative achievement
2000 Ralph Weidling takes over the company management
2002 Change of name from P.W. Weidling & Sohn to WEICON GmbH & Co. KG
Cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM Dubai Canada
2004 Start of the cooperation with the German Fraunhofer institute (IFAM)
2005 Foundation of WEICON Middle East LLC in Dubai, U.A.E.
2005 Innovation Award of the German Industry for WEICON Plastic Metal RFC
2006 Patent for the WEICONLOCK® pen system
2006 Extension of the headquarters at Königsberger Straße in Münster
2008 Foundation of WEICON Inc. in Kitchener, Canada
2009 WEICON becomes member of the German Adhesives Association (IVK)
Enterprise premises Istanbul WEICON trade fair stand
2010 Enlargement of the company premises by acquisition of a new 15,200 m2 lot
2011 Foundation of WEICON Kimya Sanayi in Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Set-up of the WEICON Online-Shop
2012 Foundation of WEICON Romania in Targu Mures, Romania
2012 WEICON participates in 45 exhibitions all over the world
Source: http://www.weicon.com/pages/en/company/history.php