LINDE + WIEMANN

What LINDE + WIEMANN does

LINDE + WIEMANN is a privately-held German automotive Tier-1 supplier, headquartered in Dillenburg and operating as an SE & Co. KG, that manufactures structural and crash-relevant body-in-white components for global vehicle manufacturers. The company serves approximately 30 international OEMs and system suppliers — including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group brands (Audi, Skoda, Seat), Ford, and DAF — through 18 manufacturing facilities across 8 countries on 4 continents (Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, USA, Mexico, China via joint venture, South Africa), supported by an in-house engineering, prototype, and tooling organization.

The product portfolio spans three families: structural components (sills, A- and B-pillars, front ends, cross beams, roof frames, hinge reinforcements); crash components (cross car beams in steel and aluminum, bumper systems, door impact beams, dome struts, A-pillar assemblies); and underbody components, including scalable battery boxes for EV platforms. Manufacturing is enabled by four core process technologies — ACCRA hot forming (proprietary, producing press-hardened profiles at strengths up to 1,900 MPa), roll-forming with up to 40 forming stations and integrated laser/HF welding, stamping at 4,000–30,000 kN press forces, and a joining technology stack covering resistance, arc, and laser welding, clinching, and bonding — supported by CAD/CAE product development and an in-house prototype-to-series pipeline.

Revenue is generated through long-term, per-program OEM supply contracts on multi-year terms, priced on a negotiated basis rather than through published price lists. The business is B2B enterprise-direct, with no consumer-facing channel. In FY2024 the company reported turnover above €625 million with a positive operating result. Recent commercial direction is anchored on EV-platform programs (BMW Neue Klasse/iX3, Mercedes-Benz electric van) financed in part by a €200 million syndicated facility completed in April 2025 and additional regional financing from ICF in Spain in December 2025.

Name

LINDE + WIEMANN

Legal name

LINDE + WIEMANN SE & Co. KG

Website

https://linde-wiemann.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

LINDE + WIEMANN is a privately-held German automotive Tier-1 supplier specializing in structural and crash-relevant body-in-white components including sills, A/B-pillars, cross beams, and battery boxes. The company serves 30 international OEMs and system suppliers through 18 manufacturing plants across 8 countries on 4 continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Structural Components

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (33621)

SIC

Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies (3711)

akta.pro primary industry

Vehicle Body-in-White & Structural Assemblies Manufacturing (IMACAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Body Panels, Doors, Hoods & Closures Manufacturing (IMACAGAH), Chassis Frames & Subframes (Ladders/Unibody Structures/Crossmembers) (IMACAIAG)

Keywords

• Automotive structural components
• Body-in-white parts
• Hot forming technology
• Crash safety components
• Battery box components

Headquarters

HQ city

Dillenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Automotive Component Manufacturing & Supply: LINDE + WIEMANN generates revenue by manufacturing and supplying structural components for automotive vehicles. The company designs, develops and produces body-in-white components including sills, A- and B-pillars, front end, cockpit, chassis components, and battery box components. Revenue comes from long-term supply contracts with automotive OEMs and system suppliers globally. Turnover of over 625 million EUR in 2024.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LINDE + WIEMANN designs, develops, and manufactures body-in-white structural and crash-relevant components for passenger vehicles, including sills, A- and B-pillars, front end modules, cross car beams, bumper reinforcements, battery box components, and chassis assemblies. The company supplies these components directly to automotive OEMs and tier-1 system suppliers under long-term platform contracts, producing them through proprietary ACCRA hot-forming, roll-forming, stamping, and joining technologies combined with in-house CAE engineering and prototyping.

Product overview

LINDE + WIEMANN is a global automotive supplier specializing in structural and crash-relevant body components for vehicle manufacturers. The product portfolio centers on four main product lines: Structural Components (Sills, A- and B-Pillars, front ends, cross beams, roof frames), Crash Components (Cross Car Beams, bumper systems, door safety systems, A-Pillar assemblies), and Underbody Components (Battery Boxes, Main Floor, Wheelhouse assemblies). These products are enabled by four core manufacturing technologies: Roll-Forming (for complex profiles up to 40 stations), ACCRA Hot-Forming (proprietary technology for ultra-high-strength components up to 1900 MPa), Stamping (4,000-30,000 kN presses), and Joining (welding, clinching, bonding). The company also provides in-house Product Development & Simulation services using CAD/CAE systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACCRA: Hot forming technology brand developed by LINDE + WIEMANN for producing fully or partially hardened, profile-like components with ultra-high-strength properties for automotive crash applications.

Products and services

• Structural Components High-strength structural components for vehicle bodies including sills, A- and B-pillars, front end components, cross beams, roof frames, hinge reinforcements, and rear center pieces, supplied to automotive OEMs.
• Crash Components Crash-relevant safety components including cross car beams (aluminum and steel variants), sill sidewall assemblies, CMS bumpers (front and rear), A-pillar assemblies, door impact beams, door shaft reinforcements, dome struts, and tunnel/firewall connections, sold to automotive OEMs.
• Underbody Components Floor and underbody structural components including scalable battery box components, main floor panels, and wheelhouse assemblies, designed for both ICE and electric vehicle platforms and supplied to automotive OEMs.
• Product Development and Simulation Services In-house engineering services including draft, design and construction, drawing creation and verification, BOM, CAE calculations and analyses, D(FMEA), feasibility studies, manufacturability analyses, RPS, tolerance concepts, and benchmarking, sold to OEMs and system suppliers as part of component development programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual turnover exceeding 625 million EUR in 2024 with positive operating result
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cofinity-XcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025LINDE + WIEMANN joined Catena-X in May 2025 and implemented an EDC connector in October 2025 with Cofinity-X support. The company successfully carried out 16 Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data exchanges with its OEM partner within the Catena-X ecosystem, enabling standardized sustainability data exchange and CO2 reporting processes.
• JBM Group (India)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019LINDE + WIEMANN formed a partnership with the Indian JBM Group for strategic collaboration in the automotive sector.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Benteler International: Austrian automotive supplier with a strong focus on chassis and body-in-white structural components including hot-formed parts. Directly comparable in technology (hot forming, stamping) and in serving European premium OEMs.
• Kirchhoff Automotive: German family-owned Tier-1 focused on body structures (cross members, sidewalls, bumpers) using roll-forming and hydroforming. Closely comparable in size, customer base (European OEMs), and metal-forming technology mix.
• Shiloh Industries: US-based supplier of lightweighting and noise/vibration solutions including laser-welded blank and roll-formed body-in-white components. Comparable in structural component portfolio and emphasis on lightweight crash-relevant parts.
• Muhr und Bender (MUBEA): German automotive supplier specializing in chassis and body components including roll-formed and hot-formed parts for OEMs. Comparable in technology emphasis (lightweight structural components) and European OEM customer focus.
• Martinrea International: Canadian Tier-1 supplier of lightweight structures, chassis, and body-in-white components using hot stamping and roll-forming. Comparable product portfolio and process technology, with strong North American OEM exposure similar to L+W's Lavonia and San Luis Potosí plants.
• Gestamp: Spanish-headquartered Tier-1 specializing in metal automotive components (body-in-white, chassis, mechanisms) for global OEMs. Highly comparable product portfolio, customer base, and technology stack (hot stamping, roll-forming) to L+W.

Broad incumbents

• Magna International: Global Tier-1 with a much broader portfolio (body exteriors & structures, chassis, powertrain, seating). Competes with L+W in body-in-white structural modules but at a vastly larger scale and across many more product lines.
• Voestalpine Automotive: Austrian steelmaker with an automotive components division producing precision strip steel and formed parts (including hot-formed body components). Overlaps with L+W on steel-based body-in-white supply but from a steelmaker perspective.

Emerging players

• Hwashin: Korean Tier-1 supplier of chassis and body-in-white structural components with growing European and US presence. Competes with L+W for OEM structural-component programs, particularly for Asian OEMs expanding in Europe.
• JBM Group: Indian automotive component manufacturer with strategic partnership with L+W since 2022. Comparable in product scope (body and chassis components) and a partner/competitor in the Indian and emerging-market segments L+W is exploring.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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