1983

by | Sep 5, 1958 | 40 Years of wedi

Helmut Wedi, a Tile Setter Master by trade, establishes the wedi GmbH company in Emsdetten, in north-west Germany, in 1983. This allowed him to commercially manufacture his main invention, the wedi Building Panel a waterproof and lightweight tile backer board made...

1988

by | Sep 4, 1957 | 40 Years of wedi

Photo from inside the original manufacturing plant with its automated wedi Building Panel coating line made by a process patented by Helmut Wedi. The plant at that time was 23,000 sqft....

1995

by | Aug 26, 1955 | 40 Years of wedi

The huge success of the wedi Building Panel in Europe transformed the trade. In 1990, when the Berlin wall came down, it created a huge demand for building materials in the newly opened eastern regions. To keep up wedi built a new manufacturing plant on a green field...

1996

by | Aug 25, 1954 | 40 Years of wedi

wedi started applying its foam core tile backer board technology and knowledge to invent the first wedi Fundo Shower base a presloped shower floor panel with factory integrated...

2004

by | Sep 5, 1952 | 40 Years of wedi

wedi registers its US-based business, at that time an import and sales office, and the wedi Corporation is...

2018

by | Jun 8, 1950 | 40 Years of wedi

wedi North America’s success over the years has resulted in the opening of our first local manufacturing plant in Batavia, Illinois. The photo shows our employees and some customers in front of the plant on the day of the Grand...