Wielton

Wielton S.A. with its registered office in Wielu is the largest Polish manufacturer of semi-trailers, trailers and car bodies. The company is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and is one of the ten largest manufacturers in its industry in the world. Customers of Wielton include transport, construction, manufacturing, distribution and agricultural companies. The Wielton Group has four production centers in Poland, Germany, France and the UK, as well as two assembly plants in Italy and Russia. At the end of 2016, Wielton established a subsidiary in Côte d'Ivoire. Within the whole Group, nearly 3.1 thousand employees are currently employed, with the largest number of them, i.e. 1.8 thousand, in Wielu. The manufacturer also provides its customers with service support. Drivers can use one of i.e. 600 points located in 29 European countries. In 2016, Wielton opened a Research and Development Center in Wielu. Investment in research and development is an important element of the company's strategy. Today, the company already cooperates with institutes and universities in Poland and abroad, and the Research and Development Center has a station for full truck trailer testing, the only one in Poland and one of two in Europe, which enables the detection of potential defects already at the stage of testing of the manufactured vehicles. The offer of the Wielton Group is extended and enriched with new products every year. Customers can choose from 12 vehicle groups available in more than 800 configurations. The strength of the Group is its consistently implemented strategy based on organic growth and acquisitions. In 2015, the Group acquired the leading Italian brands Viberti and Cardi. In May 2017, the Wielton Group took over the German company Langendorf, thanks to which it expanded its offer by adding, among others, specialist vehicles for transporting glass and concrete prefabricates, and in the last quarter of 2017 it finalized the acquisition of 100% of shares in the French company Fruehauf. The acquisition of Lawrence David in September 2018 added further unique vehicles to the Group's portfolio. Special attention should be paid to products from the last mile line and pillarless curtain-type semi-trailers, which allow for more efficient loading and faster transport.