The company WECO was founded in September 1948 by Mr. Hermann Weber under the name "PYRO-CHEMIE, HERMANN WEBER & CO." In Eitorf.
Initially, they specialized in the production of sparklers. From 1954, the company concentrated on the production of large, small and stage fireworks and technical items.
Today, WECO is the only fireworks company in Europe with substantial in-house production capacities. At the German locations in Eitorf, Freiberg and Kiel, around 40 percent of total sales are produced in-house.
The product range of our own production includes rockets, fireworks batteries, volcanoes, cannon strikes, rubbing head crackers, sparklers, table fireworks, crackers as well as a wide range of large and stage fireworks and some technical items. Weco Feuerwerk is the market leader on the German and European market and sees itself as an innovation leader in the field of fireworks. An average of more than 50 new products per year are developed at the German locations. Constant product improvements are a matter of course for WECO.
Weco is primarily geared towards the decentralized delivery of the main target groups discounters, large and small-scale food retailers, self-service chains as well as wholesalers and specialist retailers. In addition, the company is increasingly active in export. These include the foreign subsidiaries in France, England, Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland as well as the partner companies in Austria and the Netherlands.
Weco is not only characterized by its high-quality and effective New Year's Eve fireworks, but has also made a name for itself in Germany, Europe and the world through its expertise in music-synchronized large-scale fireworks. In 2000 the world championship was won for the first time at the Great Fireworks World Championships in Montreal. In 2004, the company finally won the anniversary competition in Montreal and is henceforth known as the “world champion of world champions”. The company WECO has been organizing the "Cologne Lights" annually since 2001, which is one of the largest fireworks events in Germany with over 1 million enthusiastic visitors.
Via an MBO, the company was handed over from Mr. Frank Weber-Picard in 2003 to Mr. Thomas Schreiber and Dieter Kuchheuser, who had been managing director since 1998. Today the company is run exclusively by managing partners. The current management consists of Mr. Thomas Schreiber, Mr. Thomas Kahn and Mr. Jürgen Bluhm.
Today, WECO employs around 400 people worldwide and, with a market share of over 65 percent, is not only the industry leader in Germany, but also the only company that still manufactures fireworks in Germany itself - and with high quality "Made in Germany".
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