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From the Black Forest to the Global Industry: 25 Years of Ultrasonic Cleaning by Weber During the inauguration ceremony of its new Application Center, Weber looked back on the 25 years of company with keynote speeches from its main partners and live demonstrations of its solutions for ultrasonic cleaning, welding and cutting.
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eber Ultrasonics AG was founded on 17th September 1998 by
Commerce and Industry who presented the anniversary certificate to
Dieter Weber. The company has then recently celebrated its
Weber during the event, highlighting the outstanding company’s position
25 anniversary, as well as the opening of its new Application
in both the national and international landscape, which was confirmed
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Center in Karlsbad (Germany), with a special ceremony. On the occasion,
by the Global 2021 Award obtained by the German business for its
Weber has invited suppliers, partners and customers form Europe,
rapid response and adaptation to the global emergency situation for
America and Asia in order to offer them a comprehensive insight into
protective masks. In addition, the in-company training and continuing
the wide range of products and services offered by the ultrasonic
education play a central role.”
solutions manufacturer. The event included live demonstrations on
Björn Kornmüller, the mayor of Karlsbad, also congratulated and
cleaning, welding, and cutting applications as well as several experts
underlined the important role of the company as a major employer in
from various industrial sectors who had the opportunity to discuss
the region. “The founding of the company was thanks to the innovations
current challenges and present innovative solutions in keynote
of Dieter Weber. And even today, this spirit of research is something
speeches.
that one immediately associates with Weber Ultrasonics. The past years
Wolfgang Mangold, Weber’s current Chief Operating Officer, first
have been marked by numerous patents and application-oriented
welcomed the guests and acknowledged the achievement of the
product innovations.”
Weber family of entrepreneurs in building the brand and positioning it in the international market with a far-sighted strategic orientation:
Weber products for several markets
“On behalf of the entrepreneurial family and the management, I want
Over its history, the company has become one of the leading
to first express appreciation to the 125 dedicated employees. Today,
manufacturers of cleaning systems worldwide, but Weber has also been
we are proud to be the largest producer of ultrasonic components for
characterised by the continuous research of innovative solutions for
industrial parts cleaning in all of Europe. This is the result of their work,
new markets, in order to satisfy every need. As a matter of fact, it offers
expertise and team spirit, which made Weber the lighthouse in Europe
a wide range of technology covering applications that are completely
for ultrasonic cleaning systems.”
different from each other, such as olive oil extraction, plastic granulate
The success of the company was also recognised by Robert Huber, the
and aging whiskey. In addition, in 2009 it started to develop industrial
Chairman of the Foreign Trade Committee of the Karlsruhe Chamber of
systems for cutting and welding and founded the daughter company
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The audience during the keynote speeches.