HUEHOCO Ltd.
Specialist for Coil Coating and More
This Is UsWe offer our customers a wide range of coil coatings. You benefit from more than 130 years of experience, global exchange and intensive customer support. Quality certifications help us to constantly put our processes to the test in order to adapt and improve them to the needs of a constantly changing market. A market characterized by constantly evolving products and increasing demands and commitment to environmentally friendly processes and performance.
With our newly developed in-house production line for rubber-coated materials in Germany, we are now in a position to offer our customers new possibilities – both in the field of noise and damping materials and in sealing applications. The innovative production process reduces the solvents used to apply the rubber material by more than 90% compared to the conventional process. The positive impact on the environment was so great that the German Ministry of the Environment found it worthy of government funding.
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Huehoco Ltd.Our International Locations
A Global PLayerWe support you globally with our know-how as a development partner and supplier. To this end, we have established production sites in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
Our history
1893
Foundation of the company C.Wiegand OHG – Kaltband- und Tafellackiererei (Eckstein, Wuppertal).
(Image: sample boards)
1910
First coil coating line in Germany for coating cold-rolled strip. Drying in the passage of a tunnel kiln heated with coal.
1927
Foundation of Hüsecken, Holzrichter & Co., takeover of C.Wiegand and establishment of a cold rolling mill (Mählersbeck, Wuppertal) for the mass business “sheet metal emballages”.
(Image: Mählersbeck)
1955
Construction of a modern, gas-fired circulating air coating plant.
1956
Death of the founding partner Heinz Becker.
(Image: Heinrich Becker senior)
1957
Entry of the Jordan family with 50 % and takeover of the management by Dr. Wolfgang Jordan. Substantial investments follow in the cold rolling mill: contour spiral pickling line, 3-high tandem mill stand, skin pass mill, material testing laboratory, roll grinding shop, annealing shop.
(Image: Spiral pickling)
1964
Construction of another coating line.
1964
Heinz Becker’s son, Heinrich Becker, joins the company and becomes a member of the management on January 1, 1965.
A decision is made to move away from the mass business towards high-quality coatings for the production of roll-formed profiles and deep-drawn parts.
(Image: Heinrich Becker)
1966
First coatings on aluminum strip for the construction sector (roller shutter profiles, ceiling profiles).
1968
HUEHOCO becomes the first European manufacturer of adhesively coated tapes for metal bonding with PVC for co-extrusion.
Start of the first own coating development.
1971
First European manufacturer of adhesively coated tapes for metal bonding with rubber.
1972
Relocation of the painting facilities from Mählersbeck and Eckstein to Möddinghofe, Wuppertal – the current headquarters.
(Image: Möddinghofe 31)
1973
Continued strong expansion of capacities while moving away from the construction sector towards the automotive sector with adhesively coated belts for metal-reinforced rubber or plastic profiles of any kind.
(Image: Plastic profiles)
1988
Death of the Managing Director Dr. Wolfgang Jordan. J. Jordan joins the management team.
Development of the first usable adhesion promoter for a strong bond between metal and polypropylene.
(Image: Wolfgang Jordan)
1989
World’s first supplier of “endless” wound belts on own winding racks with up to 100,000 running meters.
(Image: coil comparison)
1991
Sale of the world’s first die-cutting part coated with adhesive using the coil coating process.
(Image: Punched part)
1992
Death of the managing director J. Jordan. Sole management by Mr. Heinrich Becker.
(Image: Jörn Jordan)
1994
Sale of the world’s first adhesive-coated slotted sleeve for the use of vibration damping elements on vehicles.
(Image: Punched part)
1995
Further expansion of production of rubber and FPM coatings on metal strip for gaskets in automotive cylinder heads as well as for secondary seals in air-conditioning pumps and water pumps on vehicles.
(Image: Cylinder head)
1999
Development and application of a highly heat-resistant paint system for beam shields in automotive headlamps.
(Image: Ray Shutter)
2001
Acquisition of a metal coil coater in the USA – First American Resources Corporation, Atlanta.
(Image: First American Resources)
2001
Mr. André Bovenkamp and Mr. C. Koslowski into the management of HUEHOCO.
2004
Construction of a new paint shop at the Bad Salzungen site in Thuringia.
2005
At the age of 65, Heinrich Becker is retiring from the operational management of the company and will continue to support the company in an advisory capacity with his 40 years of experience.
(Image: Heinrich Becker)
2008
Foundation and development of the Brazilian location “HUEHOCO do Brasil”. Simultaneous takeover of the slitter and die-cutting strip production of “Stirofita”, Sao Paoulo, Brazil. The first plant in the Group with a coil coating line and slitting and die-cutting lines under one roof is built in Nova Odessa, Brazil.
(Image: Team HUEHOCO do Brasil)
2013
Founding of Batchwerk – a start-up company for the production of masterbatches in the plastics sector in Frankfurt.
Opening of the roof panel site in St. Louis, USA
(Image: Batchwerk)
2015
Foundation and development of “HUEHOCO China” with a Chinese joint venture partner (worldwide leading manufacturer of brake pads). A new coil coating line is being built at the Dongying site in China (near Beijing).
(Pictures: HUEHOCO China)
2017
Award of a grant by the Ministry of the Environment for the construction of the world’s first rubber extrusion direct coating line with subsequent inline vulcanization in Wuppertal, Germany.
(Image: KFW Promotion)
2018
Relocation of the Brazil site to its own new hall with an expanded coating line.
Renaming of the holding company to “HUEHOCO GROUP Holding GmbH & Co KG”.
(Image: HUEHOCO ACP do Brasil)
2018
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new coating plant, Hölker Feld – next to the main plant in Wuppertal, Germany.
2019
Sale of a major part of the shares in Batchwerk GmbH to a strategic partner for the purpose of promoting the company’s market development.
2021
Foundation of the HUEHOCO INDIA GROUP. This is another step towards providing the best possible support for our customers, especially in the Indian region.