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1908	Founding of Lackfabrik Weckerle & Co. in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen by Karl David Weckerle. 1939 started production of painter and decorator paints as well as special paints for coating cases and cardboards. Paints for the metal and timber industries were added at the end of the 1920's.
1931	Sole owner of the company is the Weckerle family. The company is managed by Willi Weckerle, the company founder's son.
1960	Weckerle produces industrial paints.
1965	Rolf Weckerle, son of Willi Weckerle, joins the company.
1970	Specialisation in "tailor-made" paints for customer-specific problem solutions. Launching of weco-THERM-GRANALIT^®high temperature-resistant zinc dust paint.
1977	Change of legal form: Weckerle GmbH, shareholders are the families Willi and Rolf Weckerle.
1980	Concentration on two areas of business: specification-conformant mass-produced paint and heat-resistant corrosion protection. The biggest customers are the automotive industry and its suppliers. Other customers of renown come from plant and machine construction and the agricultural machinery industry.
1995	Introduction of a quality system in accordance with ISO 9001 and from 1998 VDA 6.1. Started developing and producing paints for the railway vehicle industry.
2000	Sold to Cetelon-Holding.
2002	Development and market launching of weco-ALUTHERM^® 220 for brake disk painting at Audi.
2004	Market launching of weco-ALUTHERM^® 80 for coating brake disks in the aftermarket.
2005	Sale of Cetelon-Holding to Steadfast Capital Frankfurt (privat equity). CEO of Weckerle Lackfabrik GmbH is Hansjörg Grötzinger.
2006	Certification ISO TS 16949
2009	Certification DIN EN ISO 14001:2005.
2011	Cetelon-Holding sold to the Berlac Group on 1st of January 2011. Managing Directors of Weckerle Lackfabrik GmbH: Hansjörg Grötzinger, Daniel Kesselring, Christian Maron, Willy Scheuchenpflug.
2012	New corporate identity under the BERLAC GROUP brand.
2013	Since 1st of September 2013 Mr. Rainer Nebel is new Managing Director.
2017	Since 1st of March 2017 Mr. Michael Maier is new Managing Director.

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Our Certiticates
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