Woco Industrietechnik GmbH
Company Profile
Business Overview
-The Company develops and manufactures components and systems mainly for the automotive industry, including products related to powertrain technology, thermal management, and NVH (noise vibration harshness) sealing.
-The Company’s products are focused on improving vehicle comfort in both driving feel and acoustics, as well as reducing fuel consumption.
Shareholders
-The Company is family owned.
Products
Thermal management
-Electromagnetic water valves
-Electric motor-driven water valves
-Underpressure water valves
-Solenoid valves
-Zero-leakage valves
-Thermal modules
-Integrated valve-pump systems
Noise, vibration, harshness
-Design and acoustic covers
-Encapsulation technologies
-Cylinder-head covers
-Wide-band silencers
-Resonators
-Foam encapsulations
-Damping
- Suspension strut bushings
- Static and dynamic housing covers
- Spring seats
- Radiator mounts
- Stabilizer Bearings
- Isolators
- Stabilizer mounts
- Spring supports
-Sealing
- Function-tested molded parts
- Elastic grommets
- Cable seals
- Joint seals
- Gaiter grommets
- Battery housing seal grommets
- Bulkhead grommets
Drive technology
-Air ducts
-Resonators
-Air filters
-Push-air valves
-Battery vent valves
-Functional plastics
-Active and passive oil separators
-Cleaning valves
-Unit partitions
-Water valves
-Oil pans
-Oil lines
-Oil pans with integrated baffle plate, suction pipe, and oil level sensor
-Oil management module for electric drives
-Valve blocks
-Heating elements and actuators
-Pneumatic control elements
-Pressure converters
-Aggregate carriers
-Busbars
-Battery components
- Venting valves
- Hydraulic connectors
History
1956 | Established as Woco Franz Josef Wolf & Co. by Franz Josef Wolf. |
1969 | Signed a cooperative agreement with RIS of Yugoslavia. |
1974 | Established Woco Tecnica S.A. in Spain. |
1975 | Signed a cooperative agreement with Fu Chon Ltd. of Taiwan. |
1976 | Signed a cooperative agreement with Taurus of Hungary. |
1978 | Established Woco S.A. in France. |
1979 | Opened branch factory in Boxberg, Germany. |
1987 | Signed a cooperative agreement with Semperit of Austria. |
1989 | Established Woco Automotive Ltd. in Canada. |
1990 | Signed a cooperative agreement with Ucyildiz of Turkey. |
1991 | Established Woco Spol s.r.o. in Czech Republic. |
1993 | Established Woco Autopartes de Mexico S.A. de C.V. in Mexico. |
1995 | Established Woco do Brasil in Brazil. |
Established Woco USA Inc. in USA. | |
1996 | Established Wuxi Woco Tongyong Rubber Engineering Co. Ltd. in China. |
1997 | Signed a cooperative agreement with MSSL of India. |
1999 | Established BEL-Woco in South Africa. |
2000 | Established Woco Michelin AVS in Germany and France. |
Established Woco Motherson Ltd. in U.A.E. | |
2004 | Signed a joint venture agreement with Motherson Sumi Systems of India. |
2005 | Opened a new facility in Togliatti, Russia. |
2007 | Divested Woco Michelin AVS. |
2009 | Established WacoTech USA Inc. |
2011 | Established S.C. Woco Pipe System Components ROM SRL. in Carei, Romania. |
2012 | Expanded of WocoTech de México S.A. de C.V., Querétaro (Mexico) |
2012 | Expanded of Kronacher Kunststoffwerk GmbH, Kronach (Germany) |
2013 | Expanded of Wuxi Woco Motor Acoustic Systems Co. Ltd., Wuxi (China) |
2013 | Established Woco Industrietechnik GmbH, Lahnstein (Germany) |
2014 | Established Woco Tech Texas Corp., Waco (USA) |
2014 | Established S.C. Woco Pipe System Components ROM SRL, Satu Mare (Romania) |
2015 | Tookover of all JV shares and renaming to: Woco Tech Noida Ltd., Noida (India) Woco Tech Kandla Ltd., Kandla (India) Woco Tech Ltd. (FZC), Sharjah (V.A.E.) |
2016 | Expanded Woco Industrietechnik GmbH, Steinau a. d. Str. (Germany) |
2017 | Expanded of Kronacher Kunststoffwerk GmbH, Kronach (Germany) Woco Tech de México S.A. de C.V., new location in Lagos de Moreno (Mexico) Woco Ipartechnika, new location (IPAR2) in Budapest (Hungary) Woco Eisenacher Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Eisenach (Germany) |
2018 | Relocated of the R&D departments to the newly established Research and Development Center, Bad Soden-Salmünster (Germany) |
2018 | Established joint venture Zhonglan Woco (Ma Anshan) Rubber and Plastic Products Co., Ltd., Ma'Anshan (China) |
2018 | Expanded and Relocated Woco Tech Elastomere Noida Ltd., Greater Noida (Indien) |
2020 | Terminated activities in Zhonglan Woco (Ma Anshan) Rubber and Plastic Products Co. Ltd. in China. |
2021 | Announced the closure of the Sharjah site in United Arab Emirates and complete relocation of production to Greater Noida, India. |
2022 | Sold Woco Tecnica S.A. in Irun, Spain to the local management team at the end of 2022. |
2024 | Closed its Woco Eisenacher Kunststofftechnik plant in Eisenach, Germany, after relocating production to Steinau (Woco Industrietechnik), Kronach (Kronacher Kunst stoffwerke), and Budapest (Woco Ipartechnica). |