Development and manufacture of oil, gas and dual-fuel burners, boilers, heat pumps, solar thermal systems and building automation

Max Weishaupt SE

Schwendi (DE) · Sennwald (CH) · Rothenburg (DE) · Bad Wurzach (DE) · Willenhall (GB)New on Amplifa

1932Founded

4400Employees (Weishaupt Group)

12.5–32,000 kWBurner output range

approx. 100Employees in research and development

The Company

Max Weishaupt SE, headquartered in Schwendi (Baden-Württemberg), is an owner-managed family business in energy technology with over 4,400 employees worldwide. The company develops and produces gas, oil and dual-fuel burners with outputs from 12.5 to 32,000 kW as well as condensing boilers, heat pumps, solar collectors and building automation systems. Manufacturing takes place in Germany and Switzerland; the parent plant and research and development centre are located in Schwendi. Around 100 technicians, designers and engineers work in the company's own R&D centre on advancing heating technology to production maturity. In addition to the Pyropac AG production plant in Sennwald (Switzerland), the Weishaupt Group also includes Neuberger Gebäudeautomation GmbH in Rothenburg and Baugrund Süd Gesellschaft für Geothermie mbH in Bad Wurzach. The product range is complemented by consulting, training and customer service.

Site: Schwendi
Processes: Consulting, Customer service, Training, Research and development
Founded: 1932
Employees: 4400
Industries: Energy/heating technology, Building automation, Geothermal energy

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Research and Development
02
Manufacturing
03
Sales
04
Customer Service and Training

Locations

Schwendi

Headquarters, parent plant and research and development centre

Sennwald

Production plant (Pyropac AG)

Rothenburg

Neuberger Gebäudeautomation GmbH

Bad Wurzach

Baugrund Süd Gesellschaft für Geothermie mbH

Willenhall

Sales office (Weishaupt (UK) Ltd)

Products

**purflam® compact oil burner**Burner technology · Heating and energy technology

**WKmono burner (up to 17,000 kW)**Burner technology · Industry

**Marine version burner**Burner technology · Shipping

**WGL30/WGL40 burners**Burner technology · Heating and energy technology

**Heat technology unit**Energy technology · Building heating

Inside the production

Industries

Energy/heating technologyBuilding automationGeothermal energy

Additional services

ConsultingCustomer serviceTrainingResearch and development

History

ca. 1800
Joseph Anton Weishaupt begins producing bellows in Schwendi.
1900
The Schwendi bellows factory belongs to Franz Weishaupt Sr; the product range includes bellows, field forges and forge furnaces.
1932
Max Weishaupt founds the company 'Max Weishaupt, Maschinenfabrik, Schwendi'.
1952
Licence agreement with Jakob Meier for the 'Monarch' oil burner; construction of a new plant on Gutenzellerstrasse.
1953
First sales office in Augsburg, run by Alois Steimer.
1955
Expansion of the sales network; first international activities in the Netherlands and Portugal.