History and development

1953 Company founded
1954 First generation powder coating
1957 Humidifier with 360 ° aerosol outlet
1958 Construction of the company building in Echterdingen
1960 Photocells for sheet control
1961 Devices for electrostatic charging and discharging
1963 Dry sprayer powder with two-jet nozzles
1971 Inauguration production in Heiligenzimmern
1972 First adjustable rotorcarier unit
1979 Founding of WEKO UK
Founding WEKO Biel
1981 First Representation Agreement in the Far East with Nikka
1983 World's first Ionomat pollination system
1990 WEKOTRON powder system
1993 Foundation of WEKO Italia
WEKO-RFS Remoistening
1996 WEKO-PAS Powder exhausting
1997 Founding of WEKO North America
1999 Powder Coating module RS
2000 AP-Powder Coating
WEKO-RFDi Digitalprinting-Remoistening
2002 First agency contract in China with Tacho
2005 ARS nozzle technology
WEKO-SIGMA – new generation rotor carrier
2007 Foundation of WEKO América Latina
WEKO-FLOW Fluid Supply
ARX-nozzle technology
2008 WEKO-C trend liquid supply
AP900-Large system for the glass industry
2010 WEKO-ProCoat coating unit
2011 WEKO-RFDi digitalprinting conditioning units
2013 60 years WEKO
2016 WEKO-WebCon and WEKO-DigiCon
2018 WEKO-ProTec
2018 WEKO-FlowTec
2019 WEKO-NEO