History

Only particularly innovative medium-sized companies are honored with this award. More than 100 criteria from five categories were examined: Innovation-promoting top management, innovation climate, innovative processes and organization, external orientation/open innovation, and innovation success.

repeated award as “Germany’s Customer Champion” Charging station for e-mobility installed

Foundation of Harms & Wende Welding (Beijing) Ltd. in Beijing. Commissioning of a new production hall in Hamburg

Delivery of the 150,000 unit: GeniusMFI inverter with IQR Establishment of the “HWH group”, acquisition of Kapkon GmbH

GENIUS control system wins prize for “environmentally friendly product design”

Ford Q1, supplier and partner award, acquisition of Procon PAS GmbH first use of the IQR inverter systems for completely automated shell structures

Acquisition of HWH-QST GmbH, inline process monitoring systems PQSweld with database use, active participation in international research projects

50 years of Harms & Wende, ISO 9001 certification, latest EDP systems use of HWH medium-frequency welding systems in car production lines

Move to the current headquarters in Großmoorkehre Use of centrally programmable control series, networked welding systems

Self-developed microprocessor systems, a first in welding technology Introduction of the MPS series microprocessor controllers

Construction of the building (1959 – 1963) in Harburger Schlossstraße, first analogue hybrid assemblies

Foundation of the company by Heinz-Wilhelm Harms and Egon Wende.