The success story of WENKO-WENSELAAR GmbH & Co. KG begins at the end of the fifties. With a sound instinct for better ideas for the household, the necessary inventiveness and entrepreneurial passion, the founders, Wietze Wenselaar and his wife, Maria Köllner started off by marketing the first metallised ironing board cover in Germany.
At that time this was an absolute novelty and formed the basis for the later business success of the family company, whose name “WENKO” originated from the combination of the founders’ names, Wenselaar and Koellner.
Today WENKO has strong pillars: on the one hand the area of the stationary trade and the ever-growing e-commerce sales in the areas of bathroom, kitchen, laundry and living. Secondly , the area of the mail-order and "Do it yourself" extend beyond its own extensive range of products in many practical household in the areas of garden, spa, health.
The modern, semi-automatic high-bay warehouse in Hückelhoven has a capacity of 34,000 euro pallet spaces. The shipping-optimized delivery concept with Euronorm cardboard supports the warehousing of our customers. In the affiliated production section, we can even meet individual packaging and labeling requirements. Wishes that make it even easier for you to offer customers a tailor-made range with interesting products.
Today, sustainability and environmental awareness are central topics of our society.
Our responsibility for the environment, the society we operate in, and value-driven action are essential elements of our economic success and are already firmly integrated into our business processes.
In addition to our social responsibility as a company, we want to take an even more active approach to our ecological responsibility and continue to work towards even more ambitious ecological action.
WENKO can look back on independent development and good business and is now also positioning itself through successful subsidiaries in Spain, Italy and France. The goal is to position ourselves worldwide as a quality label that stands for innovation and practical benefits.
