WMK within the LEHVOSS Corporate Group
Since 2015 we belong to the LEHVOSS group of companies, led by Lehmann&Voss&Co., a chemical company from Hamburg, Germany, which has been marketing chemical, mineral and polymer specialities to industrial customers for more than 120 years. Founded in 1894 as a trading house in Hamburg, the company has developed into a into a high performance technical sales organisation with long-standing connections to mainly foreign suppliers and its own production facilities.
Dr. Thomas Oehmichen, Managing Partner Lehmann&Voss&Co.: "With the acquisition of WMK Plastics, we are pleased to further expand our activities in the plastics sector. In addition to our high-performance compounds and functional masterbatches, we now have a third strategic product group that offers our customers competitive technical compounds with a broad range of properties. With the inclusion of WMK Plastics in the LEHVOSS Group, new perspectives are opening up and we can further expand our competencies."
Lehmann&Voss&Co. is committed to continuity and will continue to manage WMK Plastics as an independent subsidiary within the LEHVOSS Group.
The LEHVOSS Corporate Group
Founded in 1894 as a trading firm for chemical and mineral specialties, the focus of Lehmann&Voss&Co. for many decades was initially on our home market (Germany). Starting in 1990, we used our rock-solid foundation there as the basis to internationalize the company, with the goal of offering our products and services across Europe. Today we operate subsidiaries in key European markets, each staffed with local specialists, even as we look to continue our expansion through additional national subsidiaries across Europe.
In 2013 we unveiled our successful series of LUVOCOM® modified high-performance thermoplastics in the USA through our subsidiary LEHVOSS North America Inc. and in China through LEHVOSS (Shanghai) Chemical Co. Ltd.
The growing importance of the Chinese procurement market led us to establish offices in Shanghai and Dalian.
The LEHVOSS corporate group (not counting equity holdings) employed 648 workers in 2023 earning 465 million € in revenues.
German subsidiaries and equity holdings
Foreign subsidiaries and equity holdings
Sales, production
| Country | Subsidiary/Equity holding |
|---|---|
| France | LEHVOSS France S.A.R.L., Dreux |
| UK | LEHVOSS UK Ltd., Congleton and London |
| Italy | LEHVOSS Italia S.r.l., Origgio |
| Switzerland | LEHVOSS Schweiz GmbH, Frauenfeld |
| Netherlands | LEHVOSS Nederland B.V., Vlaardingen |
| Denmark | Engredo ApS, Vejle |
| Spain | LEHVOSS C.D. Iberia, S.L.U., Barcelona |
| Poland | LEHVOSS Polska Sp. z. o. o., Warsaw |
| USA | LEHVOSS North America Inc., Pawcatuck |
| China | LEHVOSS (Shanghai) Chemical Co. Ltd., Shanghai LEHVOSS New Material (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Kunshan |
| Korea | LEHVOSS Korea, Seoul |
Procurement
| Country | Group company/Equity holding |
|---|---|
| China | LEHVOSS (Shanghai) Chemical Co., Ltd., Shanghai LEHVOSS (Shanghai) Chemical Co., Ltd. Dalian Branch Office, Dalian |