Wuppermann Quality made of Steel since 1872 The Wuppermann name stands for experience and expertise in the manufacture of quality steel products — for innovative product development, streamlined production, and first-class finishing. Ever since its foundation in 1872, the family-owned company has pursued a strategy of long-term growth and the steady creation of value in the interest of its customers, employees and shareholders. 2020 Fraunhofer study confirms 31 % CO2 savings with Wuppermann's galvanising process. More 2019 Since 2019, Wuppermann's Executive Board has been composed exclusively of non-family members for the first time. More 2017 In the course of strategic restructuring Wuppermann sells five of its companies with focus on sheet metal processing. With the sale the company will focus on its core business again, the processing of hot-rolled steel strip. 2017 Wuppermann Group celebrates the official opening of the new production site for flat products in the Hungarian port of Győr-Gönyű. With an investment volume of more than 110 million Euros, the family-owned steel company has built four production and logistics halls with a total area of around 33,000 m² on the 100,000 m² plot. More 2016 KLB Blech in Form GmbH is renamed to Wuppermann Systemtechnik GmbH in Herbolzheim. With this step Wuppermann underlines the structure of the group and the affiliation to the business unit. At the end of the year, production starts at the new plant in Hungary and Wuppermann Bandstahl GmbH in Linz ceases operations as scheduled. 2015 Wuppermann celebrates the first stone laying at its new production site in Hungary. At full capacity, Wuppermann Hungary Kft. will employ about 200 employees. More 2014 Wuppermann signes the leasing contract for a site in the Hungarian port of Győr-Gönyű. From mid-2016 a combined pickling and hot galvanizing plant shall start operating there. 2013 KLB Blech in Form GmbH in Herbolzheim takes over the complete business of its sister company Wuppermann Blechformtechnik GmbH. More 2012 The Wuppermann Group is celebrating its 140th anniversary. What began for founder Heinrich Theodor Wuppermann in 1872 with a single puddling oven and ironworks forge has become an important steel company with locations all over Europe. 2011 Wuppermann founds Wuppermann Polska sp. z o.o. and thus expands its product range to include black tubes. Acquisition of the remaining stake in H&B Fertigungstechnik GmbH. Wuppermann acquires KLB Blech in Form GmbH, a specialist for complex and high-quality parts made of sheet or metal. More 2008 With the acquisition of the operations of Eroform GmbH, based in Wilnsdorf, Germany, and the founding of Wuppermann Edelstahltechnik GmbH, Wuppermann starts production of stainless steel tubes. More 2006 Services for the group's Austrian companies and IT services for the group as a whole are centralized at Wuppermann Business Services GmbH, based in Altmünster, Austria. 2004 Wuppermann Blechformtechnik GmbH, formerly RIME GmbH, a well-known manufacturer of sheet metal in of Herbolzheim, Germany, joins the company group. 2001 Wuppermann Kovotechnica s.r.o. is added to the group and opens up new markets in Eastern Europe. More 2000 Founding of Wuppermann Staal Nederland B.V., together with 30 percent-stakeholder Tata Steel, in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and the start of construction of a new plant for galvanizing and processing wide strip. More 1997 Founding of Wuppermann Engineering GmbH in Judenburg, Austria, as a specialist for project management, plant design, product development, and process engineering. 1996 Linz-based Wuppermann Bandstahl GmbH, a subsidiary of Wuppermann Austria GmbH, launches production of medium-width hot-dip galvanized strip. 1995 Acquisition of Metallfertiger Kagerer, based in Linz, Austria. Two years later, the production operations will be integrated with those of Wuppermann Metalltechnik GmbH in Altmünster, Austria. 1989 Wuppermann launches a new process for galvanizing hot-rolled strip steel, thereby laying the foundations for a major wing of the company's current operations. 1987 Founding of Wuppermann Austria GmbH, to produce narrow steel strip with zinc-coated edges, in Judenburg, Austria, together with 30 percent-stakeholder voestalpine Stahl GmbH, principal supplier of the primary material. 1986 The non-profit company Wuppermann-Bildungswerk is founded in partnership with the City of Leverkusen, Krupp Stahl AG, and the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce. 1985 The companies remaining after the sale of the rolling mill in Leverkusen are consolidated to form the Wuppermann Group, under the control of the holding company Wuppermann Handel und Industrie GmbH, which is renamed into Wuppermann AG in 2000. 1984 Rohrtechnik Osthoff GmbH (Burgbernheim) becomes a fully owned member of the group under the name of Wuppermann Rohrtechnik GmbH. 1983 The rolling mill in Leverkusen is sold to Krupp Stahl AG in the wake of the European steel crisis. 1971 Acquisition of a stake in the Burgbernheim-based company Rohrtechnik Osthoff GmbH. 1964 Acquisition of the Austrian company Eisen- und Metallwerke Altmünster GmbH (EMA) by the Wuppermann family. In 1991, EMA will become Wuppermann Metalltechnik GmbH. 1930 Start of the production of cold-rolled profiles. 1907 Workforce numbers in Leverkusen rise to 400. 1888 Start of the manufacture of strip iron. 1879 Theodor Wuppermann sells the factory in Düsseldorf and relocates the company to Leverkusen, where it is based to this very day. 1872 Theodor Wuppermann founds Wuppermann — a manufacturer of semi-finished products and forged parts — in the Oberbilk district of Düsseldorf. Contact Wuppermann AG Ottostraße 5 51381 Leverkusen Germany +49 (0) 21 71 50 00 800 +49 (0) 21 71 50 00 802 info(at)wuppermann.com General Information Imprint Data Protection Legal Sitemap Print page Downloads Annual Reports Product Portfolio Brochures Certificates GTCs