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The Company in Profile

The seals we produce are used in almost every car around the world. Other demanding industrial applications also benefit from our know-how. With around 1,100 employees, our family-owned company from Niederwinkling operates five production sites on three continents and supplies customers worldwide. Our product portfolio includes precision seals such as O-rings, profile seals and composite parts. We develop and produce the necessary elastomer compounds ourselves.

In the six decades since Wallstabe & Schneider was founded, we have developed three core competencies:

Development Competence

We find custom-fit solutions because we understand our customers' application requirements.

Manufacturing Excellence

Our state-of-the-art, digitally networked machinery manufactures products of consistently outstanding zero-defect quality.
Global Presence

We manufacture close to where our customers are, bringing them added value and enable them to benefit from short delivery routes.

Our Mission

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We reliably seal important components for
automotive and industrial applications.

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In this way, we ensure safe usage and prevent
pollution of the environment caused by leakages.

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We act according to the principles of economic,
ecological and social sustainability.

Our Strategy

Management

Management (from left): Dipl.-Kaufmann MBA Christian Wallstabe, Managing Partner /CEO | Dipl.-Chemiker Jürgen Wallstabe, Managing Partner | Dipl.-Ingenieur (FH) Kai Peters, Managing Director (technical)

Dipl.-Kaufmann
MBA Christian Wallstabe

Managing
Partner /CEO

Christian Wallstabe, Jürgen Wallstabe's son, worked for a number of years at an internationally active US management consultancy before joining the family business in 1998. In 1999, he was appointed Managing Director.

His responsibilities include sales, finance, controlling, procurement, HR, IT and strategy development.

Dipl.-Ingenieur (FH)
Kai Peters

Managing
Director (technical)

Kai Peters joined the management team in 2016.

He brought with him over 20 years of experience in the rubber industry.

Kai Peters is responsible for production, development, quality and supply chain management.

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Awards

The Success proves us right.
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Top 100 Award
2021

Top 100 honors the most innovative companies in the German SME sector for their outstanding innovation management.
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Bayerischer Mittelstandspreis
2016

Every year, the European Economic Forum (EWiF) awards the Bavarian SME Prize to successful companies in Bavaria. The prizes presented distinguish the winners as pillars of Bavaria’s SME economic landscape.

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Deutscher Bildungspreis
2016

In order to establish scientifically based and practical quality standards in education and talent management, the TÜV SÜD Academy launched the German Education Award in 2012. Under the auspice of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, awards are presented in a total of five categories.

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Bayerns Best 50
2012, 2015 and 2018

The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology honors the 50 fastest-growing medium-sized companies with the BAYERNS BEST 50 award. The award honors particularly high-growth medium-sized companies that have been able to increase the number of their employees and their sales above average in recent years.

History and International Growth

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1960

Company founded by Wolf Wallstabe and Fritz Schneider
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1961

Entry into the automotive industry
One of the first customers: ZF Passau

1962

The first compression molding hall is put into operation.

1963

The company grows rapidly and reaches 100 employees for the first time. The first trainees begin their apprenticeships.

1965

After another two years of rapid growth, the company already employs 200 people. First migrant workers from Portugal.

1966

Managing Director and qualified chemist Dr. Rolf Schneider, nephew of founder Fritz Schneider, joins the company.

1967

First shipping hall and wet drum deflashing.

1968

Managing Director and qualified chemist Jürgen Wallstabe, son of founder Wolf Wallstabe, joins the company.

1970

Change of name to Dichtungstechnik Wallstabe & Schneider GmbH & Co. KG.

1973

Changeover from compression molding to injection molding technology.
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1973

Start of cooperation with partner companies in Italy.

1974

Construction of a new mixing hall.

1977

The company employs more than 300 people.

1980

Construction of a new building to house a laboratory. Acquisition of new customers from the automotive industry.
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1992

Relocation of labor-intensive production steps to partner companies in the Czech Republic.
Hochregallager

1994

Modernization and automation of warehouse and shipping logistics.
Certification of the QM system according to QS 9000.

1998

Dipl.-Kaufmann Wolf Wallstabe ends his active service in the company.
His grandson Dipl.-Kaufmann MBA Christian Wallstabe joins the company and is appointed Managing Director in 1999.

2000

Certification of the environmental management system according to "Ökoprofit".
Export to 34 countries.

2001

Construction of a new injection hall with a 1,200 m2 production area.
Certification of the QM system according to ISO/TS 16949.

2004

Modernization of the rubber mixing hall.
Construction of a new production hall with canteen.

2006

Certification of the environmental management system according to ISO 14001.

2007

Construction of a further production hall.

2009

The 300th apprentice finishes his apprenticeship at Wallstabe & Schneider.
The company wins the 2009 training prize of the district of Straubing-Bogen.
Introduction of a company health management system.

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2010

Foundation of the joint venture "Divekar Wallstabe & Schneider" in India.
50th anniversary of the company.

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2012

Expansion of the production area with a
3,000 m² production hall in Niederwinkling.

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2013

Opening of the new production site in Irapuato, Mexico. Start of production.
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2014

Inauguration of the new logistics center in Niederwinkling.

2014

Certification of the energy management system according to ISO 50001.

2016

Kai Peters joins as a new Managing Director.
Inauguration of the new training center.

2018

Certification according to IATF 16949.
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2018

Inauguration of the new mixing hall extension, the second mixer line
and the new maintenance building.

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2020

Establishment of the Wallstabe & Schneider Sealing Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd. sales location in China.
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2021

Acquisition of Rubbertec GmbH: Bulgaria site is integrated into the group of companies as Wallstabe & Schneider Bulgaria.
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2022

Construction of the new laboratory building in Niederwinkling to the latest standards.
Groundbreaking ceremony at the Chinese production site.

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2024

Start of production at the Chuzhou site in China.
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    Locations

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    Germany

    Dichtungstechnik Wallstabe & Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Straße der Dichtungstechnik 2
    94559 Niederwinkling
    Deutschland
    T: +49 (0) 99622010
    E-Mail: info@wallstabe-schneider.de

    India

    Divekar Wallstabe & Schneider Precision Seals Pvt. Ltd.
    Survey No. 16/2, Village Ambivali, Post-Kanchad
    Taluka-Vikramgad, Dist-Thane 421303
    Maharashtra, India
    T: +91-2520661000
    E-Mail: sales@dwspspl.com

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    Bulgaria

    Wallstabe & Schneider Bulgaria EOOD
    Nikola Vaptsarov str. 24
    2210 Dragoman
    Sofia – Yugozapaden – Bulgaria
    T: +359-24001192
    E-Mail: kiril.kirilov@wallstabe-schneider.bg

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    China

    Wallstabe & Schneider Sealing Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Room 1105,
    No. 888 South Moyu Road
    Anting Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, 201805 China
    T: +86-18918292233
    E-Mail: rong.fang@wallstabe-schneider.cn

    沃旭施密封技术（上海）有限公司
    上海市嘉定区安亭镇墨玉南路888
    号1105室 邮编：201805

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    China

    Wallstabe & Schneider Sealing Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd.
    No. 279, Changzhou North Road, Post Code: 239000,
    Chuzhou City, Anhui Province
    China

    沃旭施密封技术（安徽）有限公司
    安徽省滁州市常州北路279号
    邮编：239000

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    Mexico

    Wallstabe & Schneider México S. de R.L. de C.V.
    Parque Tecnoindustrial Castro del Río
    Calle Río Turia, No. Ext 668
    36810 Irapuato
    Estado Guanajuato
    México
    T: +52-4621660800
    E-Mail: jose.hernandez@wallstabe-schneider.mx

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