History

Learn more about the history of the WETEC Group.

Our History

We at WETEC offer you a basis for professional and personal realization in a high-performance environment: Feeling comfortable at work, in unique and diverse teams, with challenging tasks in which you continuously develop your skills and much more. With us you will find a career in the most diverse areas and can realize yourself in them.

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Foundation Funke & Huster

Foundation of the company Funke & Huster (origin of BEA).

1897

Foundation Hellingrath

Foundation of the Hellingrath Company for process control engineering in Moers.

1946

Takeover Funke & Huster

Takeover of Funke & Huster by the Röchling Group.

1992

Foundation of WETEC Elektrotechnik

Foundation of WETEC Elektrotechnik GmbH in Moers.

1998

Takeover Röchling Group

Takeover of the Röchling Group by the BEA Group.

2007

Foundation of LUX Automation GmbH

Foundation of LUX Automation GmbH and takeover of the BEA Group.

2008

Fusion LUX Automation

Merger of Lux Automation GmbH with SMS Hellingrath.

2010

Takeover of production LUX Automation

Wetec Systems GmbH takes over the production facilities of Lux Automation GmbH in Mülheim a. d. Ruhr.

2015

Takeover Schiess Defries

Acquisition of the Naval Division Schiess Defries including know-how and technology for ship lifts and transfer systems.

2015

Production consolidation

Merger of Wetec Elektrotechnik & Systems GmbH (incl. SDS) in Mülheim a.d. Ruhr.

2015

Progress to date

Continuous progress to the present day.