The founding
The iron-goods factory was founded by Karl Huperz (†) on 13.11.1992 and was then taken over by Klaus Hilleke (†) and Ludger Weier. H+W Metallverarbeitung GmbH is founded. The first products are stone, anchoring and U-bolts, as well as rope tillers and diverse levelling equipment for road construction.
New product
Our revolutionary process for repairing and maintaining shot sleeves is launched on the market, and would go on to become the leading global process over the following years.
Continuous growth
The range of machines is increased across the board and partially automated.
End and beginning
The two business partners decide to go their separate ways. The company is renamed “Weier Verbindungstechnik GmbH” and then managed by Ludger Weier on his own.
Renewable energies
The product range is restructured. The main focus is now put on production of safety-relevant connection elements, especially for the wind-energy sector (supplier for wind-energy plants).
The company is certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2000.
First trade-fair stand at the Euroguss in Nuremburg. Our process “Füllkammer Instandsetzung“ (Repair and maintenance of shot sleeves) was officially launched here.
Successful audit carried out by ENERCON GmbH.
It is starting to get a bit tight
The planning for our change of location from Lennestadt to Drolshagen is going full-steam ahead. Conclusion of contract in the area “Füllkammer Instandsetzung“ with the first foreign sales partner.
Everything is new
After only just 6 months of construction, the move from Lennestadt to Drolshagen 35-km away was completed. At the same time, marketing strategies and the image of the company changed massively, accompanied by a renewed corporate restructuring into “Weier GmbH”.
Hightech processing
In order to further increase the technological advantage in the area of the “Füllkammer Instandsetzung“, we now use 7-axle welding robots.
Economic crisis
…also didn’t leave us unaffected. But instead of just resigning ourselves to the situation, we did the direct opposite instead. Thanks to targeted marketing and the most extensive participation in trade-fairs that we had undertaken in our existence. All these efforts saw us come out the other side of the crisis even stronger than before.
Our first trade-fair stand for the area “Verbindungselement” (Connection elements) at the Fastener Fair in Stuttgart.
Expansion of production
We constructed a production hall with a surface area of 1300qm² for our screw production. This was also the spatial separation of the areas “Verbindungselemente“ and "Füllkammer Instandsetzung“.
Introduction of the ERP system
In order to also bring our administration up to the high level of our automation, we introduced a modern ERP system that makes it possible for us to plan, control and monitor all ongoing processes even more efficiently than before.