J. Wagner GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat | Markdorf , Germany |
| management | Bruno Niemeyer, Michael Müller |
| Number of employees | 403 |
| sales | EUR 131.96 million |
| Branch | mechanical engineering |
| Website | www.wagner-group.com |
| As of January 31, 2017 | |
J. Wagner GmbH is a 1947 in Friedrichshafen , the district Fischbach , established company in the field of surface technology for application areas in the DIY sector, the craft and industry. Wagner is a leading manufacturer of technologically high-quality devices and systems for applying wet and powder coatings, paints and other liquid materials to surfaces. The product range extends from DIY paint spraying systems to professional devices for painting, paint and plaster spraying to complex industrial coating systems. The company is the world market leader in various areas with its range of products: Wagner covers around 80% of the market for coating light metal rims in original automotive equipment, over 50% of the world market for do-it-yourself paint spray guns and more than 30% of the world market for cosmetic spray tanning.
history
The company was founded in 1947 as a sales company by Josef Wagner, who was born in Hausen near Augsburg in 1907 , after Wagner had traded in repaired machine tools and other handicraft supplies, including combs, after the war. In 1953 the first compressorless airless paint spray gun was launched. The paint was airlessly pressurized by an electromagnetically operated oscillating piston in the spray gun and atomized as it emerged from the nozzle. Wagner continued to refine this principle.
In 1954 series production started with 57 employees and further devices were developed, such as grease guns. In 1959 a complex was built with a production hall, workshops, offices and also apartments for employees in the Fischbach district of Friedrichshafen. The company continued to grow and became the world market leader for airless paint spraying and coating systems. In 1977 Wagner received the Federal Cross of Merit .
In 1981, the company, now with 1200 employees, was relocated to a newly built factory with an artistically designed administrative building, production facilities and distinctive high-bay warehouse in Markdorf in the vicinity of Friedrichshafen, with branches, branches and agencies all over the world being and still being created. It was not until 1986 that Wagner withdrew from the management. He died by suicide in 1987 .
In 2005 a system for mist-free spraying on facades was developed and introduced in the craft sector. In the DIY sector, HVLP (High Volume Low Pressure) paint spray systems that work with low pressure and high air volume are mainly offered. From 1995 to 2008 Wagner also supplied solar lights.
The company has been an official partner of the start-up center at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen since 2017 .
The Wagner brand is at home with its subsidiaries and agencies in over 50 countries:
- 1600 employees worldwide
- 16 operational companies
- around 400 international commercial agencies
Josef Wagner Foundation
Josef Wagner and his wife remained childless. He founded a charitable foundation as early as 1972 to ensure that his life's work would continue in his favor. He gradually transferred his company shares to the Josef Wagner Foundation in Friedrichshafen until 1986 and made it the sole heir. The Josef Wagner Foundation was established in Switzerland in 1975 when another production facility was built in Altstätten. Both foundations pursue exclusively charitable purposes. Support them:
- Needy people and families as well as kindergartens, residential, old people's and nursing homes in the vicinity of the Wagner operating facilities in Germany and Switzerland
- talented students and trainees
- other non-profit organizations that pursue similar purposes.
Today, both foundations are the sole owners of the companies of the Wagner Group, which are combined in a holding company; the registered office is the listed Villa Wagner in the Friedrichshafen district of colonies stone.
Wagner helicopter technology
Josef Wagner had worked for Messerschmitt during the war and around 1960 developed the idea of a light and simple helicopter with a significant reduction in the technical effort without a gearbox and tail rotor. Wagner founded a development department as a subsidiary within his company and developed a long-stroke coaxial rotor with an integrated, self-developed, three-cylinder two-stroke radial engine with a displacement of 3.9 liters. This rotary motor with a speed of 1800 rpm practically formed the rotor head of the lower three-bladed rotor with a diameter of only 5.2 m. The rotor blades were flanged to the rotating cylinders. The upper rotor was then also driven in opposite directions by this motor via a gear set. The experimental unit called Rotocar flew in 1962, but it turned out that the output of the engine with 51 kW was too weak, and a four-cylinder engine was planned, which, however, also meant a newly developed four-blade rotor. They said goodbye to the rotating engine project because there was no funding and risk sharing partners in the aviation industry could not be found. Wagner changed the management of the development department.
Under the new management of Alfred Vogt, the design of a working helicopter was created under the name Sky-Trac I. Also a coaxial rotor without a tail rotor, however, this helicopter was driven by a 260 HP Franklin 335 B 191 engine via a transmission developed by ZF Friedrichshafen . This single-seat helicopter first flew in July 1965 and showed remarkable performance characteristics. In order to improve the longitudinal stability in fast straight flight, V-shaped stabilizing surfaces were later attached to a tail boom. A test with three prototypes, including one with three seats under the designation Sky-Trac III, took place over 1000 hours of flight time.
The helicopter was offered with different cabin structures for 1, 3 and 5 seats and received German approval in September 1969 and American approval in October 1972. There were already 50 orders and options, and a series of 200 helicopters was planned.
Another prototype of a travel helicopter under the name Aerocar with a car-shaped cabin and switchable drive for the road was also built and tested in flight. However, the road operation component was not implemented.
For the Sky-Trac series, Wagner founded the company HTM (Helicopter Technik München ) in Feldkirchen near Munich in 1971 as a holding company for other partners as donors. There was an unexpected and critical delay in the start of series production because the Franklin company discontinued its engine production and the Lycoming HIO-540 engine had to be used, which meant redesigns, but also new testing and approval.
The first pre-production model under the name HTM Skyrider flew in early 1974. Since the approval had to be given, which meant a further two years delay, the options / orders of the customers broke down. The company was liquidated in 1974 because no further donors were found.
A total of 7 prototypes were flown in 2000 flight test hours at Wagner and HTM. Wagner himself had invested DM 10 million based on the money at the time. The system was technically a great success, partly ahead of its time, had a high payload, was inexpensive and was characterized by its simplicity - even when flying - and economic efficiency.
Since 1992 all industrial and design rights for the helicopters have been with the Czech entrepreneur P. Chrobak.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements as of January 31, 2017 in the electronic Federal Gazette
- ↑ Florian Langenscheidt , Bernd Venohr (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German world market leaders . German Standards Editions, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86936-656-2 .
- ↑ Zeppelin University starts new start-up center . startupvalley.news, July 11, 2017
- ↑ Website about the SkyTrac helicopter ( memento of the original from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
