HARMS & WENDE

History

More than 150 employees of the Harms & Wende Group are successfully working for you.

About HWH

History

HWH – 75 years firmly connected – a chronicle in excerpts

2023

We are TOP Innovator 2023!

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.

2021

75 years of Harms & Wende

75 years of Harms & Wende, introduction of a new ERP system, further digitisation, activities in international research projects

2020

Award

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

2019

ISO 9001:2015

in addition to ISO 9001:2015, first-time certification according to environmental audit ISO 14001

2016

Ltd. in Beijing

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

2014

Location expansion

Expansion of Karlsruhe location in Steinbeis House, development and service Digitisation in the order flow, electronic confirmations, etc.

2012

Delivery of GeniusMFI

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

2008

Award

first award as Germany Customer Champion First shell construction project with inline quality assurance through PQS monitoring

2007

GENIUS control system

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

2006

MM Award

MM Award at the EuroBLECH trade fair for the innovative RPS friction spot welding machine.

2003

Ford Q1, Award

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

2000

Introduction of adaptive control

Introduction of IQR adaptive control in prototype constructions, unit delivery 100,000

1999

Acquisition of HWH-QST GmbH

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

1998

Innovation Award

Innovation award for the development of a mobile friction welding machine Medium frequency welding systems for the high current range (over 300 kA)

1996

50 years of Harms & Wende

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

1993

Medium frequency welding systems

Introduction of medium frequency welding systems Establishment of control systems with quality assurance features

1987

Move

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

1983

Shareholders

Acquisition of the company by the predecessors of the current shareholders Introduction of control systems (KSR) in welding technology

1976

Microprocessor systems

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

1964

Digital controls

Power stages with thyristors, first digital controls with integrated components Start of active involvement in DVS (German Welding Society)

1959

New building

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

1948

Welding current control systems

The first welding current control systems were built and sold

1946

Foundation

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

More than 150 employees of the Harms & Wende Group are successfully working for you. HWH – 75 years firmly connected

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