Wanzl – on site for customers around the globe

In 1947, Rudolf Wanzl Sr. and his son Rudolf founded a workshop for scales production and repair service in Leipheim, Germany. A pilot project with the cash register manufacturer NCR in Augsburg enabled them to enter the self-service market in 1949. In the same year, Wanzl provided 20 PICK UP shopping trolleys for the opening of the first German self-service store in Hamburg – and from then on it was impossible to imagine the industry without him. This was followed, in 1950, by the space-saving CONCENTRA trolleys with fixed basket, which could be pushed inside one another, and a patented stackable shopping basket with folding handle. Since then, it has been the innovations from Wanzl that have set the benchmarks for modern shopping and selling. The European market was conquered after just a few years, and today – more than 60 years after the company was founded – Wanzl is an international company with business and product areas in self-service systems, displays, shopfitting, security products, logistics and industry, passenger handling services and hotel service.

International player on your doorstep

There are production plants in Germany, France, the Czech Republic and China, as well as branch offices and representatives in all the important markets around the world. This underlines the company's philosophy of being present on-site for the customer. With around 3,500 employees, Wanzl develops and produces the most comprehensive product range on the market for its trading partners. Producing over two million shopping trolleys per year, Wanzl is the global market leader. Wanzl Shopfitting creates unique and extraordinary experience worlds for its national and international trade customers. Wanzl is also one of the market leaders in airport service and logistics and industry. Wanzl has consistently expanded its product range and now also offers numerous products for the hotel and catering trade. Whatever the customers' desires might be, Wanzl supplies customer-specific, sophisticated solutions to satisfy every requirement.

Wanzl CreativeCenter

In 2010, Wanzl started a new chapter in its co-operation with customers when the Wanzl CreativeCenter opened at the company's headquarters in Leipheim. Here, Wanzl presents its entire product range in large, spacious showrooms on three floors as well as innovations from all business and product areas. The CreativeCenter gives customers a comprehensive insight into the world of Wanzl. Customers are provided with new perspectives to actively control and shape their business' success together with Wanzl. The Wanzl Creative Center is also a forum for intensive exchange of experiences and therefore also a platform for inspiring encounters within the industry. Interested customers who would like to have a closer look at the new Wanzl CreativeCenter are welcome any time.