KettenWulf Betriebs GmbH

As a manufacturer of drive chains, conveyor chains and sprockets, KettenWulf offers its customers customized solutions in the field of conveyor and drive technology.

Today, KettenWulf is the global market leader in the escalator industry and one of the largest suppliers in a wide range of sectors, such as the bulk goods, steel, wood and automotive industries. All chains are subject to regular quality inspections and are certified in accordance with DIN standards.

The company also impresses with its internationality: in addition to its headquarters in Eslohe-Kückelheim, KettenWulf is represented worldwide with ten locations in Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia, inter-global sales offices and over 1,200 employees.

In its almost 100-year history, the KettenWulf Group has developed from a simple link chain manufacturer into one of Germany’s 1,400 global market leaders. In the 1950s, the company initially specialized in bush conveyor chains, before expanding production in the 1970s to manufacture chains for the escalator industry. In the 1990s, Managing Director Günter Wulf initiated the company’s internationalization strategy. In 2002, KettenWulf ventured into China with its own production site in Hangzhou Wulf Chain and recently celebrated its 20th anniversary there.
20th anniversary there.

Today, KettenWulf is managed by the third and fourth generation of the family, Günter Wulf, his daughter Julia and his sons Tobias and Ansgar Wulf.

WORLD MARKET LEADER PRODUCT/S

Chains for the escalator industry

Location

Eslohe

Employees

World wide: 1200

Milestones

1925

Josef and Johannes Wulf found a link chain factory

1950s

Start of bush conveyor chain production

1980

Start of international expansion

1990

KettenWulf establishes another production site in Ferlach, Austria

2002

Joint venture in China; complete takeover in 2005

2004

A sales office for the North and South America region is opened in Atlanta, USA

2009

KettenWulf opens its own sales office in Pune, India

2015

90th anniversary of the company

Contact

KettenWulf Betriebs GmbH
Zum Hohenstein 15
59889
Eslohe

Phone +49 2973 8010

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