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Our milestones

From yesteryear to today; the best of 42 years

Foundation
1985
Regional market leadership
in the field of replacement cardan shafts for commercial vehicles
1994
3h service
for commercial vehicles
2000
Opening of a subsidiary company
Gelenkwellen AG in Bern, Switzerland
2003
Base dealer system
CSN base dealer system for commercial vehicle cardan shafts
2005
Expansion of XXL cardan shafts
Doubling of production capacity in the XXL cardan shafts sector
2008
New corporate design
Introduction of a new corporate design. Change of name to WiCHMANN GmbH Opening of the Remanufacturing Center at the Essen site.
2012
Extension/conversion
Extension/conversion of the building at Dieselstrasse to create a production and logistics facility. Move into the new administration building at Dieselstrasse 6.
2013
Expansion of sites
Opening of the franchise operation in Dubai, UAE.
2014
RAILBASE
Development of RAiLBASE RAiLBASE partner of OWS Service for Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH RAiLBASE partner of Gmeinder Lokomotiven GmbH
2018
Q1 Mercedes-Benz supplier
Opening of franchise operation in Roosendahl, NL Approved supplier of Mercedes-Benz Q1 supplier
2020
New headquarters
Relocation of the entire company headquarters to Lotte
1980
Manufacture of replacement cardan shafts
1990
Export to over 40 countries
Marketing of industrial cardan shafts in the OEM and replacement sectors
1998
CSN Wichmann GmbH
Establishment of the CSN franchise system; change of name to CSN Wichmann GmbH. Opening of a franchise in Barleben
2002
CSN premium cardan shafts
Opening of a production site in Essen. Market launch of the maintenance-free CSN premium cardan shafts.
2004
XXL industrial cardan shafts
XXL size industrial cardan shafts. Customer Care Center (CCC) setup at the Osnabrueck headquarters.
2007
Certification
Certification according to DIN 15085-2 CL1
2011
Administration building
New administration building constructed at Dieselstrasse 6
2013
Management
Claudia Wichmann is appointed Managing Director
2014
Management
Kristina Wichmann-Raschdorf is appointed Managing Director.
2017
New plot
Acquisition of a new 30,000 square meter plot in Lotte
2019
40 years of WiCHMANN
40th anniversary of WiCHMANN GmbH Generation change in management Horst Wichmann steps down. Launch of the WiCHMANN online store
2021
1980
Foundation
1980
1985
Manufacture of replacement cardan shafts
1985
1990
Regional market leadership
Regional market leadership in replacement cardan shafts for commercial vehicles
1990
1994
Export to over 40 countries
Marketing of industrial cardan shafts in the OEM and replacement sectors. Export to over 40 countries
1994
1998
3-hour service
3-hour service for commercial vehicles
1998
1998
Opening of a subsidiary company
Opening of the subsidiary company Gelenkwellen AG in Bern, Switzerland
1998
2000
CSN franchise systems
Establishment of the CSN franchise system Change of name to CSN WiCHMANN GmbH Opening of a franchise in Barleben
2000
2003
Opening of a production site in Essen
Opening of a production site in Essen Market launch of the maintenance-free CSN premium cardan shafts
2003
2004
CSN base dealer system
CSN base dealer system for commercial vehicle cardan shafts
2004
2005
CSN Competence Center
XXL size industrial cardan shafts Construction of the CSN Competence Center (CCC) at the headquarters in Osnabrück
2005
2007
Production capacity
Doubling of production capacity in the XXL cardan shafts sector
2007
2008
Certification
Certification according to DIN 15085-2 CL1
2008
2011
New corporate design
Launch of a new corporate design. Change of name to WiCHMANN GmbH Opening of Remanufacturing Center at the Essen site
2011
2013
Extension/conversion
Extension/conversion of the building at Dieselstrasse 5-7 to create a production and logistics facility. Move into the new administration building at Dieselstrasse. Claudia Wichmann is appointed Managing Director
2013
2014
Franchise operation in Dubai
Kristina Wichmann-Raschdorf is appointed Managing Director. Opening of the franchise operation in Dubai, UAE
2014
2017
RAiLBASE
Development of RAiLBASE<br> RAiLBASE partner of OWS Service for Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH RAiLBASE partner of Gmeinder Lokomotiven GmbH
2017
2018
New plot
Acquisition of a new 30,000 square meter plot in Lotte
2018
2019
Franchise operation in Roosendahl, NL
Opening of franchise operation in Roosendahl, NL. Approved supplier of Mercedes-Benz Q1 supplier
2019
2020
40 years of WiCHMANN
40th anniversary of WiCHMANN GmbH Generation change in the management. Horst Wichmann steps dow. Launch of the WiCHMANN online store
2020
2021
Relocation of company headquarters
Relocation of the entire company headquarters to Lotte
2021