2023 | A strategic cooperation is concluded with the company Essetre S.r.l. unipersonale in the field of CNC joinery machines.
Weinig Group acquires majority shares in H.I.T. Maschinenbau and H.I.T. Finger jointing technology, thereby expanding its portfolio in the field of automation and mechanisation and further developing the BSH Technology and Sawmill Technology division. |
2022 | Weinig Raimann relocates to Malterdingen
Georg Hanrath becomes the new CTO |
2021 | Axel Steiger and Mario Kordt are no longer members of the Executive Board. |
2020 | Axel Steiger becomes a board member
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2019 | Introduction of the WEINIG COMBISCAN SENSE
Mario Kordt becomes a board member |
2018 | Co-founding (e.g. with Siemens) of the MindSphere World cloud system
Foundation of the new business unit "Automation & Digital Business"
Construction start of a new headquarters for the group subsidiary HOLZ-HER in Nürtingen
Opening of a new location in Anaheim, CA in the western USA
Introduction of the WEINIG CONTUREX ARTIS
Introduction of the WEINIG POWERMAT 700 Black-Line
Wolfgang Pöschl ends his role as chairman of the board of the Weinig Group. Gregor Baumbusch becomes the new chairman of the board. |
2017 | WEINIG presents the WEINIG POWERMAT 3000 as the new flagship of the Powermat series. |
2016 | WEINIG acquires 100% of the shares in GRECON. |
2015 | Gregor Baumbusch is going to become board member
In the course of events of the concentration of the two production locations in Germany (Tauberbischofsheim-Hobeltechnik und Freiburg-Auftrenntechnologie) the board of the WEINIG AG decided to discontinue the work operation of the Waco Jonsereds AB/ Halmstad, Sweden.
In the business area of 'cutting' (Raimann, Dimter, Luxscan) Herr Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mario Kordt substitutes Herrn Michael Holtmann after 7 years.
Umbrella brand WEINIG will be extended further: The Grecon Dimter Holzoptimierung Süd GmbH & Co. KG, responsible for optimisation mitre saws and glueing presses within the Weinig-group with work in Illertissen, which will be renamed Weinig Dimter GmbH & Co. KG in march. The Grecon Dimter Holzoptimierung Nord GmbH & Co. KG situated in Alsfeld/ Leine will be as Weinig Grecon GmbH & Co. KG on the market. |
2014 | NKT is relocated to Alfeld, operating as Weinig Grecon GmbH & Co. KG; Luxscan opens second location for production and assembly in Hautcharage/ Luxembourg |
2013 | Weinig transfers component production for tools from Switzerland (Michael Weinig S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds) to Tauberbischofsheim. |
2011 | With effect from the 1st of July 2011 Mr. Dr.-Ing. Otto Leible takes over the management of Weinig Concept GmbH & Co. KG. This way he succeeds Mr. Uwe Motzkau, who left the company on the 30th of April 2011. The site in Yantai, China, is extended to 12000 m². In the future the production of machines for window construction Weinig Unicontrol for the Chinese internal market is going to take place. |
2010 | Weinig takes over the HOLZ-HER GmbH, Nürtingen; Wolfgang Pöschl is CEO |
2009 | Weinig founded the Weinig (Yantai) Woodworking Technology Co. Ltd. Yantai, China |
2008 | 'GreCon Dimter Holzoptimierung Nord GmbH & Co. KG' takes over the business operations of 'NKT GmbH', Eppingen. |
2008 | Walter Fahrenschon is new CEO |
2007 | Weinig takes over LuxScan Technologies, Luxembourg |
2005 | Presentation of the manufacturing system Conturex; acquisition of the remaining shares in GreCon Dimter GmbH, GreCon Dimter Inc., USA, GreCon Dimter France |
2004 | Rainer Hundsdörfer is new CEO, Wolfgang Wilmsen's retire; launch of the Powermat moulders series |
2002 | Withdrawal of the Weinig AG by the Exchange; Weinig takes over the Control Logic Inc., USA |
2001 | Acquisition of Raimann GmbH & Co. KG, Freiburg; Establishing of the Weinig Concept GmbH & Co. KG |
1999 | Acquisition Weinig Japan to 100%; Introduction of fully automated Profiling Unimat 3000 |
1998 | Weinig takes over of 60% of the engineering sector of the Fagus-GreCon Greten GmbH & Co. KG, Alfeld, formation of the joint-venture GreCon Dimter Holzoptimierung Ltd. and its subsidiaries GreCon Dimter Inc. U.S. and GreCon Dimter France |
1997 | Opening of a production plant in Yantai, China |
1995 | Establishing Weinig Australia; Establishing of Weinig Yantai, China |
1993 | Weinig absorbs Dimter GmbH |
1992 | Weinig takes over Waco Jonsereds AB, Sweden |
1989 | Weinig goes public |
1988 | The company is converted into a corporation; Wolfgang Wilmsen is CEO |
1987 | Bertold Weinig and Georg Demuth retire |
1985 | Establishment of Weinig ASIA |
1984/1987 | Sale to Kuwaiti investors |
1983 | The company is converted into a LTD |
1982 | Establishment of Weinig UK. The families Weinig and Demuth prepare an alternation of generations - Wolfgang Wilmsen is director |
1980 | Establishing Weinig S.A. Switzerland |
1979 | Start of production of windows machines |
1976 | Establishing Weinig USA |
1975 | Maturity phase of the newly developed hydraulic tool system (Hydromat series); entry into the area of tool sanding machine production; beginning of the production of automation systems |
1974 | Establishing Weinig Japan |
1972 | Changing the legal status in GmbH & Co. KG |
1970 | Introduction of the timed conveyor assembly, one of the world most modern plants for woodworking machines |
1964 | Specialization of the product range on moulders |
1955 | George Demuth is the case of shareholder Weinig |
1948 | Introduction of series production as the first company in the industry;
Georg Demuth joins the company. |
1947 | Switching production to woodworking machines |
1945 | Reconstruction of the deactivated company after the war by Bertold Weinig |
1905 | Establishing of the company as a trading and manufacturing business for agricultural machinery, Managing Director: Michael Weinig |