What WOHWA does

WÖHWA Waagenbau GmbH is a privately-held German industrial equipment manufacturer specializing in weighing, batching, blending, and control systems for the bulk materials industry. Founded in 1949 by Josef Wöhrl in Pfedelbach near Heilbronn, the company is 100% owned and led by managing director Thomas Wöhrl (sole owner since 2004). Its three product pillars — Feeding and Batching Devices (sliding gates, belt feeders, batching combinations, continuous flow mixers, telescopic loading tubes), Weighing Technology (weigh belt feeders, belt scales, hopper scales, GCU 50+/GCU 64e+ terminals, truck scales), and Automation Systems (blending/loadout systems, self-loading, dispatch automation, plant control systems, operational data processing) — are all engineered, manufactured, and assembled in-house in Germany.

The technology backbone is the proprietary gyroscopic measuring cell invented by Josef Wöhrl in 1968 and type-approved by PTB Braunschweig in 1972, which delivers weighing accuracy of one part in 10^6 and underpins WÖHWA's high-precision scales still in production. More recent generations incorporate Siemens, Mitsubishi, and Schneider PLCs with Profinet and Modbus TCP connectivity; a 2018 collaboration with Mettler-Toledo produced the Industry 4.0-capable Belt Scale SFB 22 featuring Single Point Load Cell architecture, Run Detect technology, and an integrated web server. WÖHWA holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, a German Museum Munich place of honour for the gyroscopic invention, and an installed base exceeding 40,000 sliding gates and 2,000 blending systems globally.

The business model combines one-time equipment sales of custom-engineered, quote-priced systems with recurring service, spare parts, commissioning, and software support revenue. Distribution is hybrid: direct enterprise sales from Pfedelbach, wholly-owned regional sales/service entities in Canada (Vancouver) and France (Hochfelden), plus a network of more than 12 North American dealers, 2 Central/South American dealers, and service partners in Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands. Customers are industrial buyers in aggregate, sand, gravel, crushed stone, asphalt, concrete, mineral processing, fertilizer, and other bulk-material facilities requiring precise weighing, automated batch blending, legal-for-trade dispatch, and PLC-integrated plant control.

Name

WOHWA

Legal name

WÖHWA Waagenbau GmbH

Website

https://woehwa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

WÖHWA Waagenbau GmbH is a German industrial OEM that designs, manufactures, and services custom weighing, batching, blending, and PLC-based control systems for bulk-materials operators in mining, quarrying, asphalt, concrete, and construction materials production.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Weighing and Process Control Equipment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Weighing & Force Measurement (Load cells, scales, torque, strain measurement) (IMAGAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulk Handling & Conveying for Processing Lines (Augers, Elevators, Conveyors) (AFAAAJAJ), Bulk Solids Handling & Processing Equipment (Conveying, Silo, Feeders) (IMAHAEAG)

Keywords

• Industrial weighing systems
• Bulk material handling
• Batching and blending equipment
• Plant control automation
• Truck scale manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hagen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: WÖHWA manufactures and sells industrial weighing, batching, blending, and control equipment for bulk materials processing. Products include sliding gates, belt feeders, batching combinations, continuous flow mixers, telescopic loading tubes, belt scales, hopper scales, weighing terminals, truck scales, blending and loadout systems, plant control systems, and dispatch automation systems. All products are custom-engineered to customer requirements.
2. Service and Spare Parts: Ongoing revenue from service contracts, spare parts provisioning, commissioning, maintenance, in-house repairs, and software support. WÖHWA guarantees long-term spare parts provisioning for all hardware, mechanical parts, and software.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

WÖHWA designs, engineers, and manufactures industrial weighing, blending, batching, and control systems for the bulk materials processing industry. All products — sliding gates, belt feeders, belt scales, hopper scales, weighing terminals, truck scales, blending/loadout systems, and PLC-based plant control systems — are custom-engineered and manufactured in Germany, then installed and commissioned on customer premises.

Product overview

WÖHWA is a German industrial equipment manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of weighing, blending, batching, and control systems for the bulk materials industry. The product range consists of three main categories: Feeding and Batching Devices (Sliding Gates, Belt Feeders, Batching Combinations, Continuous Flow Mixers, Telescopic Loading Tubes), Weighing Technology (Weigh Belt Feeders, Belt Scales SFB 22, Hopper Scales, Weighing Terminals GCU 50+/GCU 64e+, Truck Scales), and Automation Systems (Blending and Loadout System, Self Loading, Dispatch Automation, Plant Control System, Operational Data Processing). All products are engineered and manufactured in Germany with mechanical, electronic, and software components developed in-house, providing complete solutions from a single supplier including commissioning and maintenance services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sliding Gates Discharging gates for controlling the flow of bulk materials from silos, available in standard, heavy-duty, sealed, and emergency shut-off variants for industrial bulk material facilities.
• Belt Feeder Belt feeders for reclaiming poorly flowing bulk materials or for small blending and loadout quantities, available in industrial-duty and heavy-duty versions for bulk materials processing facilities.
• Batching Combination Belt feeder combined with discharge gate for accurate dosing and batching of bulk materials, designed for wet and poorly flowing materials in industrial facilities.
• Continuous Flow Mixer
• Telescopic Loading Tubes
• Weigh Belt Feeder
• Belt Scales SFB 22

Quantifiable outcome

• Weighing accuracy of one part in 106 with gyroscopic scales
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• Mettler ToledocoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Innovative technological partnership with Mettler Toledo initiated in 2016 for development of belt scale with single point load cell. In 2018, they developed belt scale SFB 22 with Mettler-Toledo Single Point Load Cell technology, combining traditional WÖHWA weighing expertise with modern Industry 4.0 capabilities.
• GUPA srlregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational partner for Italy located in Milan. GUPA srl handles sales and service for WÖHWA products in the Italian market.
• K.E.M.P. B.V.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational partner for the Netherlands located in Ambt Delden. K.E.M.P. B.V. handles sales and service for WÖHWA products in the Dutch market.
• CTMSregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational partner for Poland located in Świętoszowice. CTMS handles sales and service for WÖHWA products in the Polish market.
• North American Dealer NetworkregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEstablished dealer network in North America set up in 2009 including: Crisp Industries (Texas), Compass Equipment (California), Cooley Equipment (California), Mellott Company (Pennsylvania), Miller Machinery (Oregon), NorX (Georgia), Peninsula Equipment (Florida), R. Brunone Canada (Québec, Ontario), RB Scott Company (Wisconsin), SMC Southern Machinery (Tennessee), Westate Machinery (Montana), Whitney & Son (Massachusetts). Also WÖHWA Distribution North America, Inc. in Vancouver, BC for sales, service and spare parts.
• Central/South American Dealer NetworkregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDealer network established in 2010 covering Central and South America: Morris Sallick Industrial Supplies (Nicaragua) and MDE Manufactura e Desenvolvimento de Equipamentos Ltda (Brazil).
• European Service PartnersregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSales and service partnerships established in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, France (WÖHWA France Alsace-Lorraine since 2000), and Switzerland (since 2001) for Eastern and Western European market coverage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Industry (Process Industries & Drives): Siemens provides the PLC platforms (S7, TIA Portal) that WÖHWA's weighing terminals integrate with via Profinet, and Siemens also offers its own Milltronics belt scales and SITRANS weighing products. Siemens is a broad incumbent that competes with WÖHWA in plant control, weighing electronics, and bulk materials automation across mining and aggregates customers.
• Mettler-Toledo: Mettler-Toledo is a global leader in industrial weighing solutions and WÖHWA's Core-tier technology partner since 2016, co-developing the Belt Scale SFB 22 with Single Point Load Cell technology. While Mettler-Toledo serves a much broader lab and industrial weighing footprint, the overlap in conveyor/belt scales and process weighing makes it a direct competitive reference point in industrial weighing.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is a leading global supplier of industrial process measurement instrumentation, including weighing, level, and flow sensors for bulk solids and liquids. It is broader in scope than WÖHWA but competes in adjacent process-instrumentation categories for the same mineral processing and bulk materials customers.
• Metso (mining and aggregates): Metso is one of the world's largest suppliers of equipment, spare parts, and services for the aggregates, mining, and metals industries, providing crushing, screening, and process equipment where WÖHWA's batching, blending, and loadout systems are commonly integrated. It is a much broader incumbent but operates in the same customer-procurement context as WÖHWA's plant control systems.
• FLSmidth: FLSmidth is a major full-line supplier of equipment and complete plant solutions for the global minerals and cement processing industries, and WÖHWA explicitly sells complete plant control systems into this customer base. While broader in scope than WÖHWA, FLSmidth competes and partners around complete mineral processing plant deliveries where weighing/batching/blending sub-systems are scoped in.

Direct peers

• Avery Weigh-Tronix: Avery Weigh-Tronix is a major manufacturer of industrial scales, truck scales, and weighing systems used in mining, aggregate, and bulk material handling applications. It directly competes with WÖHWA's truck scale, belt scale, and hopper scale product lines for similar enterprise customers.
• Hardy Process Solutions: Hardy Process Solutions specializes in industrial weighing and process control, manufacturing load cells, weighing instruments, and checkweighers for bulk material and batching applications. Hardy competes with WÖHWA's weighing terminals and belt/hopper scale systems in similar bulk-materials processing customer environments.
• Schenck Process: Schenck Process is one of the closest direct competitors to WÖHWA, specializing in industrial weighing, feeding, and screening equipment for bulk material handling, with globally recognized brands such as DISOMAT and PagMaster weighing electronics. Both companies serve cement, mining, and aggregate customers with overlapping product portfolios.
• Rice Lake Weighing Systems: Rice Lake Weighing Systems manufactures industrial weighing and process weighing equipment, including belt scales, load cells, and weighing instrumentation. It serves aggregate, mining, and bulk-material customers with overlapping solutions to WÖHWA's weigh feeders, belt scales, and process weighing portfolio.

Emerging players

• VEGA Grieshaber (level/inventory measurement): VEGA Grieshaber specializes in level and inventory measurement for bulk solids and liquids, providing sensors for silos, hoppers, and tanks that complement WÖHWA's bulk material handling and weighing offerings. It overlaps with WÖHWA's bulk solids process instrumentation customers but is more specialized in level measurement than complete weighing/batching systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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