Our company history
- 1957
Walter Müller senior, former trade representative for Zentis and buyer for REWE Pirmasens, becomes self-employed.
He opens a confectioner's in Zweibrücken which is followed by six more branches in the Palatinate.
| Year | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Start of production of Easter bunnies |
| 1964 | Purchase of an automatic plant for hollow figures |
| 1967 | Sale of the confectioner's |
| 1970 | Expansion of the production plant for hollow figures to 1,600 sq m in Pirmasens |
| 1982 | Start of production of puffed-rice chocolate |
| 1983 | Dr Walter Müller & engineering graduate Jürgen Müller take over the company management |
| 1988 | Construction of a new production hall with administration building in Münchweiler |
| 1992 | Construction of a new production hall and purchase of a fully automated plant to manufacture hollow figures |
| 1994 | Start of production in WAWI-Xiamen, China |
| 1996 | Takeover of the company Fuchs & Hoffmann, Bexbach (Saar). Start of production of WAWI-Chocolate Inc., Laval (Montreal), Canada |
| 1998 | New factories in Australia and Russia |
| 2002 | WAWI-China purchases a new factory building |
| 2004 | Opening of the 'Glass Factory' in Pirmasens |
| 2006 | New cocoa-roasting plant at Fuchs & Hoffmann and expansion of the capacities there to 40,000 tons |
| 2007 | Distribution of Nappo and Moritz ice cream confectionery WAWI's 50-year anniversary |
| 2009 | The Factory Outlet with museum in Kempen, the WAWI Schoko-Factory in Saarbrücken as well as a new modern production plant in Rumania have been opened. Selling 75,9% of Fuchs & Hoffmann GmbH to Krueger Group of Companies Bergisch Gladbach |
| 2010 | Minority participation of 25,1% in the premium praliné producer The Confiserie Coppeneur et Compagnon in Bad Honnef. |