Wakol GmbH: High demand associates

The family-run company Wakol was es­­tab­­lished in 1934 as Chemische Fabrik Walter Kolodziej in the city of Pirma­­sens. At first, the range of products was tai­­lored to the local shoe industry. After growing dra­­mati­­cally and making im­­por­­­­tant acqui­­­si­­tions, today, the com­­pany generates a net revenue of about 55.4 million euros by producing and distrib­­uting adhe­­sives and sealing com­­pounds. The product ranges focus on: parquet and floor layers in the area of laying materials, uphol­­stery and mattress in­­dustry, shoe indus­­try, construc­­tion and automotive supply industry in the area of industrial systems as well as metal packing in­­­dus­­try in the area of sealing compounds.

Wakol has considerably invested in the site for 15 years. No production plant is older than 15 years. A process control computer controls, monitors and docu­­ments all manufactures on the 50,000 square metre site according to the same basic principle. Details concerning a spe­­cific production process are stored for many years and can be traced back at any time within the stor­­age period. The control and quality assur­­ance principle was developed in a joint collaboration between Wakol and the manufacturer of the process control computer software and is still setting the bar within the industry.