HISTORY
The GLUETEC company history – over 25 years of adhesive expertise.
In 1997, the company WIKO Klebetechnik e.K. was launched as a one-man business by the founder Wilhelm Kopp. In 2000, his daughter Christine Kopp founded GLUETEC Industrieklebstoffe, with which she focused on the growth market of MMA adhesives and introduced this class of adhesives to the market on a large scale under the Weldyx and WIKO Multi Power brands. Due to the close cooperation between the two companies WIKO and GLUETEC, it was an obvious step to rebrand together: in 2012, WIKO was integrated into GLUETEC's brand portfolio and father and daughter took over joint management.
With locations in Germany, Poland and Slovenia as well as long-standing sales partners in many European countries, GLUETEC is continuously growing and positioning itself as an innovative and leading supplier of adhesives and sealants on the European market.
In 2016, the extensive investment measures in Polish production were completed. The new company headquarters of WIKO Poland was built in Czestochowa with a total area of 3,000 sqm and fully automated filling facilities.
The core business in the chemical B2B trade is strengthened and the area of adhesive solutions for special industrial applications is further promoted. In addition to the established business models, GLUETEC has specialised in the development, production and distribution of toxicologically safe polyurethane chemistry in 2019. A state-of-the-art laboratory was set up specifically for this purpose at the Greußenheim site and the new Research & Development department was formed.
With locations in Germany, Poland and Slovenia as well as long-standing sales partners in many European countries, GLUETEC is continuously growing and positioning itself as an innovative and leading supplier of adhesives and sealants on the European market.
In 2016, the extensive investment measures in Polish production were completed. The new company headquarters of WIKO Poland was built in Czestochowa with a total area of 3,000 sqm and fully automated filling facilities.
The core business in the chemical B2B trade is strengthened and the area of adhesive solutions for special industrial applications is further promoted. In addition to the established business models, GLUETEC has specialised in the development, production and distribution of toxicologically safe polyurethane chemistry in 2019. A state-of-the-art laboratory was set up specifically for this purpose at the Greußenheim site and the new Research & Development department was formed.
Milestones in the company's history
25 years of entrepreneurial spirit - 25 years of success - 25 years of innovation!
In February 1997, WIKO Klebetechnik e.K. was founded as a one-man business by our founder Wilhelm Kopp in the garage of his detached house. His entrepreneurial activities are characterised by a firm conviction and the irrepressible willpower for constant success. With the courage to break new ground and create real solutions for his customers in a wide range of industries, the family business WIKO e.K. grew continuously and never lost focus on the customer.
At the turn of the millennium, the daughter Christine Kopp founded her own company GlueTec Indutrieklebstoffe GmbH & Co. KG and specialised in the growth market of two-component mehtyl methacrylate adhesives. In 2012, the close cooperation between the two companies WIKO and GLUETEC led to the joint company name and the establishment of the sales location GLUETEC d.o.o. in Slovenia. The company WIKO and its brand of the same name were incorporated into GLUETEC and the management was from now on jointly led by father and daughter Kopp.
In 2016, the new manufacturing site in Poland was successfully commissioned with extensive investments in new machinery.
With long-standing sales partnerships in many European countries, GLUETEC has grown continuously and has firmly positioned itself as an innovative expert for adhesives, sealants and aerosols on the European market, so that the decision to unite all three locations in the GLUETEC GROUP company group in 2018 was obvious.
Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the WIKO brand, a new era begins for GLUETEC 2022.
Since 01.01.2022, Nils Lang as Managing Director of GLUETEC GERMANY and Markus Hartig as Managing Director of WIKO POLAND have been managing the business of the group of companies. With the German management at WIKO POLEN, we also have the goal of further expanding and modernising WIKO POLEN as a production location in 2022. Willi and Christine Kopp remain the sole owners of the company and become members of the supervisory board.
We look forward to the future with confidence and look forward to continuing to work on innovations for our customers, developing customised solutions and being a full-service partner with broad expertise in adhesives.
Since 01.01.2022, Nils Lang as Managing Director of GLUETEC GERMANY and Markus Hartig as Managing Director of WIKO POLAND have been managing the business of the group of companies. With the German management at WIKO POLEN, we also have the goal of further expanding and modernising WIKO POLEN as a production location in 2022. Willi and Christine Kopp remain the sole owners of the company and become members of the supervisory board.
We look forward to the future with confidence and look forward to continuing to work on innovations for our customers, developing customised solutions and being a full-service partner with broad expertise in adhesives.
STATEMENTS
Willi Kopp - Company founder
"Today, more than 25 years after the foundation of WIKO, we can look back together on the successes of our staff and our family. Again and again we faced new challenges and strived for innovation and individual solutions. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who have contributed to this success with their work yesterday, today and in the future! A special thank you goes to my wife Herlinde, who founded this company together with me and made sure that this one-man-one-woman company really got going. What always drove us both was that we take small steps with our work, but we always take them really well forward."Our catalogues in the change of time
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