{"id":4894,"date":"2022-10-07T18:13:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/company\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:15:30","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIRA Through the Ages<\/p>\n<\/div>

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From Company Foundation to Digitalisation<\/h2><\/div>

Since its founding nearly 50 years ago, the WIRA team has mastered numerous challenges \u2013 from globalization to digitalization, including technical innovations, new materials, and complex design tasks that have proven our engineering expertise.<\/p>\n<\/div>

1976<\/span><\/a><\/div>

The Birth of WIRA: Founded by Max Kurt Meier<\/h3><\/div>

With foresight, innovative spirit, and customer orientation, Max Kurt Meier founds WIRA Fahrzeug- und Maschinenteile GmbH together with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stefer. The success story of a family business begins, and to this day, this guiding principle remains an integral part of our corporate philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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1981<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Completion and Occupation of Plant 1 in Wipperf\u00fcrth<\/h3><\/div>

Thanks to increasing demand, the company grows rapidly. Plant 1 is completed and occupied in 1981. We significantly expand our production capacities for various products through new production lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our Products<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
1992<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Launch of WIRA push-in connectors in series production<\/h3><\/div>

Our push-in fittings for plastic tubes with tool-free assembly revolutionise the industry. We start series production in 1992 \u2014 a milestone.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our push-in systems<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Selection<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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1996<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Certification: DIN EN ISO 9001 Quality Management<\/h3><\/div>

Our consistent quality management receives its first DIN EN ISO 9001 certification in 1996. This marks the beginning of a success story with regular re-certifications.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our Certifications<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
2001<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Certification: DIN EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management<\/h3><\/div>

Environmental protection and sustainability are firmly anchored in our corporate values and part of our mission statement. Our environmental management system was certified according to DIN EN ISO 14001 as early as 2001 \u2014 confirmation of our early and consistent commitment.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Sustainability initiative<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2006<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Plant 2: Doubling of Production Capacity<\/h3><\/div>

With the commissioning of Plant 2 in 2006, we create space for new employees and machines. New production lines and more efficient processes result in significant capacity expansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our Products<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
2016<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Certification: Quality Management according to ISO\/TS 16949:2009<\/h3><\/div>

Since 2016, we have been successfully meeting the particularly stringent requirements of ISO\/TS 16949:2009 (now IATF 16949) for the automotive supply chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our Certifications<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2018<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Management: Stefan Lange appointed as Managing Director<\/h3><\/div>

Unfortunately, we had to mourn the loss of shareholder Max Kurt Meier this year. To secure our successful development in the long term, Stefan Lange is appointed as the new managing director in 2018. Experience meets innovative power.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2019<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Shareholders: Shares Transition to Next Generation<\/h3><\/div>

In 2019, the Meier family transfers the shareholder stakes to daughter Michaela Lange and her family, including Stefan and Timo Lange. WIRA remains a family-managed business.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2019<\/span><\/a><\/div>

New Machines,
\nNew Possibilities<\/h3><\/div>

Since 2019, we have been continuously investing in state-of-the-art production facilities. We aim to support companies in selection, design and new development to realise the best possible solution even for demanding applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Our Products<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
2020<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Management: Franz-Josef Ludwig Joins the Team<\/h3><\/div>

With Franz-Josef Ludwig as additional Technical Managing Director, WIRA strengthens its management team in 2020 \u2014 for far-sighted, future-oriented corporate leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2021<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Pioneering Digitalisation Projects<\/h3><\/div>

In 2021, we launch comprehensive digitalisation projects to make processes, service and customer communication sustainable and future ready.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2022<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Contract Turning: Customised Solutions on Request<\/h3><\/div>

Thanks to our own contract turning shop, we have been manufacturing high-precision turned parts to customer specifications since 2022 \u2014 from almost all common materials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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WIRA Today:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Your Application,
\nOur Solution.<\/h2><\/div>
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Push-in Fittings<\/h5><\/div>

Perfect seal, tool-free, robust.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cutting Ring Systems<\/h5><\/div>

Perfect seal, versatile, repeatedly detachable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Manifolds<\/h5><\/div>

Modular, with function integration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4894\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wira-gmbh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}