200 years. 200 stories. Wieland tells.

Wieland has been developed over 200 years with thoughtful decision-making, courage, and entrepreneurship. For its anniversary, Wieland will tell 200 stories about the company's history, today's developments and dares to take a look into the future. Stay tuned and keep reading new stories from the past, present and future!

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People
200
2020
An anniversary year comes to an end
Innovation Business-model Products
199
1930
Light metal tubes - also economical lightweights
Innovation Products
198
1850
An important chapter in industrial history
Quality Products
197
1990
Moving the heaviest loads with millimeter precision
People
196
1955
"He felt comfortable here"
Products
195
1930
At full bore in Ulm
People
194
1956
Villingen: Factory history in a different way
Innovation
193
2015
When the smallest detail matters
Innovation Business-model Products
192
2018
Tremendous performance from the socket
Innovation Business-model Products
191
1860
No half measures
Business-model
190
1820
No need to keep reinventing the wheel
Innovation Products
189
2019
The higher the power density, the hotter the electronics
People
188
1859
Short history of a splendid domicile
Innovation Business-model Products
187
1952
Courage to innovate – as the basis for success
People
186
1945
Destruction put into words
Quality Products
185
2015
Carried around the world by the sun
People Innovation Business-model
184
2040
At home in 2040
Business-model Products
183
1871
Memorable exhibition with "scenic magic"
People
182
1934
Tragic end at the "Fateful Mountain of the Germans"
Innovation Business-model Products
181
1950
Great presentation
Innovation Quality Products
180
1996
Natural gas is best transported in liquid form
Innovation Quality Business-model
179
1936
The short history of aluminium rolling
Safety Innovation Processes
178
1893
Technology instead of muscle power: the Vöhringen works railway
Innovation
177
2016
Landmark with inner values
Products
176
1835
Small symbol of a great tradition
Innovation Business-model
175
1820
From bell founder to leading supplier of semi-finished products
People Care
174
1820
Weighty present with high utility value
Innovation Products
173
1865
A classic item rightfully in the spotlight
Innovation Quality Business-model
172
1993
The reinvention of the wheel
Processes
171
1890
From product manufacturer to supplier of semi-finished products
Innovation Service Quality
170
1960
Like squaring the circle – the Wieland Logform calculator
Innovation Quality Products
169
1960
The heavier the load, the more important the brake
Quality Products Sustainability
168
2005
Climate-friendly living on the water
Safety Care
167
2006
A healthy mind in a healthy body
Business-model Products
166
1952
Successful intermezzo in construction
Innovation Quality Business-model
165
1970
Like the plate, like the furniture
People Innovation Business-model
164
1820
Record-setting continuity in leadership
Business-model Products
163
1828
Put to the test: Metallurgy in 1828
Innovation
162
1831
The high art of apparent simplicity
People Care
161
2005
Developing potentials to the full
People Innovation Processes
160
2030
Autonomous driving in 2030
People
159
1886
The bigger, the better
People Business-model
158
1983
Early practice
People Care
157
2017
From opportunity to success
Innovation Quality Business-model
156
1967
Surface coating "made by Wieland" – a success
Business-model Products
155
1823
Why Philipp Jakob Wieland kept buying mills
Innovation
154
1915
A sheet says more than a thousand words
Sustainability
153
1820
Recycling from the very first hour
Innovation Products
152
2006
Reinvention of an old material
People Safety Megatrends
151
1945
Easy come easy go
Innovation Megatrends Safety
150
2030
The cashless society
Innovation Sustainability
149
1864
A prime example for sustainability
Innovation
148
1999
Hand in hand with the future
People Service Processes
147
1940
Into war production at high pressure
Business-model Products
146
1832
Expansion through intensive sales activities
Innovation Business-model Processes
145
2050
Neuromorphic computer technology - beyond the current AI
Products
144
2000
Stable connections through flexibility
Innovation Business-model Processes
143
1930
Pressure towards a light material
Innovation Business-model Products
142
1970
The thinner the sheet, the higher the demands
Products
141
1990
Why it’s a big deal
People Innovation Processes
140
2040
The evolution of robots
Innovation Quality Business-model
139
1935
The beginning of a long partnership
Innovation Business-model Products
138
1847
Rise of a late developed business unit
People
137
1940
Coming to terms with a difficult chapter
Products
136
2000
Smallest elements for strong currents
People Innovation Megatrends
135
1930
Diversity lies in the form
Products
134
1848
From niche product to sales hit
Quality Products
133
2016
A hospital of superlatives
Innovation Sustainability
132
1973
Unclouded neighbourhood
Innovation Business-model Processes
131
1920
New possibilities thanks to new materials
Innovation Megatrends Products
130
2050
Megacities – urban hotspots
People
129
1893
Silent trailblazer of success
Innovation Processes
128
1982
From ink pen to mouse
Innovation Business-model Processes
127
1901
Triumph of a revolutionary technology
Products
126
1990
Certified quality for a small marvel
Quality Products
125
1950
Triumph of a beneficial technology
Quality Processes
124
1987
Quality is not a result, but a process
Care
123
1930
A very popular analogue everyday helper
Products
122
1971
Great power in the smallest space
People Care
121
1972
Performance should be worthwhile
Innovation Business-model Processes
120
2025
To the theatre by air taxi
People
119
1793
"Principal", visionary and committed citizen
Innovation Processes Products
118
1950
One profile says more than 1000 pictures
Quality
117
2016
Venice from its most beautiful side
Innovation
116
1951
Good ideas are rewarded
People
115
1944
More than just a robust formality
People Processes Sustainability
114
1945
In ruins
Safety Care
113
1898
Idealism and sense of responsibility
Processes
112
2004
‘Better’ is the enemy of ‘Good’
Products
111
1781
Inconspicuous gem in the company’s history
Products Sustainability Innovation
110
2030
Flying Cars thanks to AI and quantum computers
Care Business-model
109
1895
Adventurous route to work
Quality
108
2009
An old principle brilliantly reinterpreted
People Processes
107
1900
Work and living space from a single source
Innovation
106
2007
Unlimited energy without side effects
People
105
1911
No quiet place for sluggards
Quality
104
1933
Where precision is the order of the day
People Care
103
1950
"Curtains up" for professional lay actors
People
102
1831
A stroke of good fortune
Products
101
2015
High resolution thanks to smallest particles
Innovation Megatrends Processes
100
2040
Third generation quantum computers
Business-model Products
099
1945
Necessity is the mother of invention
People
098
1991
Future needs origin
Quality
097
1970
Safely across the oceans
Innovation Business-model
096
2002
From a small mill to a superlative
People
095
1933
A difficult balancing act between heart and mind
Innovation Sustainability
094
2011
Showering without a bad climate conscience
Innovation Business-model Processes
093
1891
To the top with hot rolling technology
People
092
2017
Pure water is often indispensable
People
091
1939
Wieland becomes model enterprise within the NS regime’s planned economy
Innovation Business-model Processes
090
2030
New chip overcomes language barriers
Quality Business-model
089
1900
Safety is also a question of materials
Quality
088
2009
Remembering without hero worship
Safety
087
1913
Occupational safety: a major topic already in 1913
Products
086
2020
The wheel is being reinvented in Dubai
Sustainability
085
1905
Sustainability is in our genes
Innovation
084
2012
Clean cooling water for impressive yachts
People
083
1944
Bureaucratic processing of the horror
Innovation Quality
082
2014
Brass can be quite fashionable
People Care
081
1925
Engagement for an outstanding building
People Innovation Business-model
080
2040
Smart Shirt – a second skin with intelligence
Quality Business-model
079
1938
Wieland in Villingen (Metallwerke Schwarzwald)
Innovation Quality
078
1950
The know-how makes the music
Business-model
077
1877
Reliable helpers during the "cucumber season"
Innovation Quality
076
1996
From innovation to legend
People
075
1929
Far-sighted humanist in the executive chair
Quality Business-model
074
2018
Not science fiction: Starship Orion
People Business-model
073
1841
Out to the country
Innovation Quality
072
2018
Environmentally friendly across the oceans
People
071
1919
"Patron," "shield" and "father figure"
People Service Megatrends
070
2050
When the robot handles the scalpel.
Innovation Quality
069
1902
Legendary engine of innovation
Sustainability
068
2011
Clean water is a human right
People
067
1867
The Hour of the Sons: the "Councillor of Commerce"
Innovation Sustainability
066
2012
Generating heat with cold
Care
065
1834
Social care way ahead of its time
People
064
2004
Copper gives germs no chance
People
063
1863
The Hour of the Sons: the "Privy Councillor"
People
062
1942
Lina Einstein: A great name could not save her
Innovation Quality
061
1991
Better rolling than greasing
Sustainability Innovation People
060
2050
Electricity and water from the Atacama Desert
People Service Safety
059
1950
Who will be a rolling miller?
Innovation
058
2000
Environmentally friendly brass
People
057
1810
"Do you think you can have everything in the world?"
Innovation Quality
056
2020
From the melt to the connector
People
055
1919
Courageous step into the future
Products
054
2015
Turbo – not only for e-mobility
Innovation Processes Products
053
1870
From craftsman to bourgeois
Innovation
052
2018
Advancement in pickling
People Quality
051
1839
Talents for the future
Innovation Safety Quality
050
2040
When working under water will become comfortable
Safety
049
1961
Preventive occupational safety and accident prevention
Safety Care
048
2019
Definitely a good development
Care
047
1929
Gifts of lasting value
Products
046
1990
Lowest temperatures for highest electrical currents
Service Business-model
045
1991
Gradual expansion into Asia
Products
044
1950
Good vision is also a question of mechanics
Innovation Processes Products
043
1957
Innovations from overseas for continuous casting
Quality
042
2000
Tradition-steeped station with modern technology
Service Business-model
041
1980
Door knobs open doors for Wieland overseas
Products
040
2007
The sound makes the music
People Care Quality
039
1960
Like grandfather, like grandson
Innovation Sustainability People
038
2080
Raw materials from space
People Innovation
037
1892
Perfectly prepared for the responsibility
Sustainability Processes
036
2014
Globally leading example of sustainability
People
035
1908
A prime example of early welfare institutions
Innovation Sustainability Processes
034
2030
What nature has been doing for 500 million years ...
People Business-model Products
033
1822
No playing with fire
People Service
032
1822
"Auf Heller und Pfennig": the Cash Book from 1822
Sustainability Processes
031
2017
Virtual view into the future
Safety Processes
030
1965
When wages still came in a packet
Business-model Processes Sustainability
029
1820
"Firmly wall’d within the earth..."
Innovation Products Megatrends
028
2040
3-D screens – working in open space
Business-model
027
1945
A book that speaks volumes
People
026
1934
„We are the big Wieland troop“
People Quality
025
1901
Powerful pioneering with long-term effect
People Service Sustainability
024
1898
The Birth of the Vöhringen Plant Fire Brigade
Sustainability
023
2018
What Wieland does for the forest
Innovation Service Quality
022
1943
Premature complaint by a critical customer
People Megatrends
021
1987
From crisis case to gem
Products
020
1990
Engine rooms of digitalization
People
019
1937
"Fake News" in the olden days
Processes Megatrends Business-model
018
2050
Worldwide use of copper to rise massively by 2050
Products
017
2017
Over the rooftops of New York
People Care
016
1838
A woman who could hold her own: Mathilde Wieland
Products
015
1993
What would jeans be without buttons?
People Products
014
1909
Welfare made from stone
Sustainability Megatrends Innovation
013
2040
Plants without limit
Products
012
1995
Inconspicuous – but high quality standards
People Innovation Care
011
1913
Employer Branding anno 1913
Products
010
2008
Warm foundation for a unique exhibition
Innovation Megatrends Products
009
2100
Inauguration of the Atlantic Tunnel 2100
People Innovation Megatrends
008
1840
Work Rules – Rules as a Mirror of Time
Innovation Quality Processes
007
2012
Excellent operating infrastructure
People
006
1845
Your Majesty
Innovation Megatrends
005
2008
Wieland researches in space
People
004
1817
Philipp Jakob Wieland’s years of travel 1817–1820
Innovation Products Safety
003
2025
More sensitive than human skin
Innovation Business-model
002
1982
Good planning eases the whole move

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