Reliable, international, customer-oriented - these three pillars allow Woco Group to secure its market lead in developing and manufacturing products that enhance the acoustic comfort and safety of vehicles and in creating components for industrial applications. Embodying the values of a middle-sized, family-owned German company, Woco has more than 50 years of industry expertise. "Our customers' global platforms provide us with ideas and set high standards for our organisation," says CEO Dr Hans Jurgen Kracht. "We monitor market requirements and technological trends through our production sites worldwide, which also allow us to be closer to our international customers." The company's headquarters in Bad Soden serves as its global centre of competence and synchronises its operations across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Nafta markets. For its vehicle segment - comprising 85 per cent of its business - Woco develops actuators, acoustics and polymer systems and designs complex components for tier-one firms and original equipment manufacturers. It has earned the trust of major brands including Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen, Daimler and Ford. Woco also specialises in non-automotive products, producing antivibration technology, measurement and control systems, and pipeline applications for drinking and wastewater systems. As part of its green initiative, the company helps reduce fuel consumption and emissions through downsizing and turbocharging of engines. It offers innovative solutions for alternative drivetrains and leverages its material expertise in using lightweight components such as fibre and fabric-reinforced plastics as unit partitions. To serve the Asian market, Woco has two production facilities in Wuxi, with plans of building a third site in the greater Beijing area. Present in China for more than 20 years, the company has built solid partnerships with Chinese suppliers Geely and Yapp, and has ongoing research collaborations with Nanjing University. Seeing enormous potential in Asia's automotive sector, Woco is keen on exploring opportunities in pipe systems and the railway business to grow its customer base in the region. Woco Group http://www.wocogroup.com
