WE’R FOUNDED! 1949
"Autumn 1949 – It is almost impossible to describe our own mood as well as the mood of the population in words. There was an euphoric mixture of liberation, catastrophe and spirit of optimism everywhere", said Helmhold Schneider, as if it were yesterday.
"It was sunny autumn day in 1948 as my father grasped the opportunity and purchased a company in Altenkirchen with four plastic Bakelit presses. It was the firm belief that synthetic plastics belonged to the future as raw materials such as timber and iron were rare and expensive at this time. He saw another huge benefit in the molecular specific design of their area of application. With this vision and the purchase, the foundation stone was laid for the WERIT factory.
The purchase of the plastic Bakelit presses combined orders for an electric global corporation Voigt & Häfner in Frankfurt. The pleasure to be able to supply this large corporation did not last long as one year later, the corporation terminated the orders so that they can produce in Holland themselves.
I decided to create my own range of electric connecting elements so that I would never be dependent on a single customer again.
"The fascination of creating something new from synthetic plastics is the foundation of the corporate philosophy today and is a part of the entrepreneurs DNA."
In the mean time, the trend in plastic processing went towards injection moulding and a offer of thermoplastics. I purchased several injection moulding machines and looked for companies where conventional materials could be substituted by plastics and thus, already produced the one-millionth plastic flushing cistern in 1964. But before that, already in 1953, I received an invitation from the Bayer factory for a study tour to the USA and visited companies of the automobile industry that manufacturer particularly light but extremely strong body parts made of fibre glass. Back in Germany, I developed a machine that could manufacture moulds such as safety helmets, and registered it for patent. It was a huge success that laid the financial foundation for the further expansion of the company. I invested in large injection moulding machines, e.g. for bottle crates and in the construction of the to date largest extrusion blow moulding machine for plastic tanks with a filling volume of more than 5,000 litre.
"We keep on inventing ourselves - it has always been like that"
With a long-term vision for future-orientated products, at the end of the 1970´s, we developed our 1,000 litre container on a pallet. The so-called IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container). It replaced the existing steel containers, and a gigantic IBC market developed within the following ten years.
My sons Ekkehard and Jörg followed me into the company in 1982 and 1994 and became shareholders.
We founded other locations throughout Europe and developed ourselves to plastic specialists. Today we are also thinking about tomorrow, are not standing still and are always reinventing ourselves, it has always been that way.
WE’R FOCUSED
Service provider and production expertise
We distinguish ourselves in our flexibility and delivery reliability. Together with our customers, we develop solutions for highly specialised application case. We create our unique selling proposition by customer orientated product development and focusing on challenging markets. Our diversification strategy secures the existence of the company over the long term.
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