Trading and manufacturing of aluminium products: sheets, plates, profiles, tubes, bars, planks and precision cut-to-size parts

WMH GROUP GERMANY – Westdeutscher Metall-Handel GmbH

EssenNew on Amplifa

1932Founded

Essen, DEHeadquarters and operations

250 kWpPhotovoltaic system

ISO 14001:2015Environmental management system

About WMH GROUP GERMANY

WMH GROUP GERMANY (Westdeutscher Metall-Handel GmbH), based in Essen, is an international trading specialist for aluminium products. The company supplies sheets and plates, profiles, tubes, bars and grating planks in all common and many rare aluminium alloys from stock, and manufactures custom products according to drawings. Value-added services include precision cut-to-size parts and drawing parts, millimetre-accurate cutting and milling, waterjet cutting, as well as the straightening of tubes, round bars and profiles. Warehousing is partially automated; material and process flows are traceable, and deliveries are made just in time worldwide. Customers come from aerospace, mechanical engineering, rail transport, motorsport, defence technology, medical technology as well as the showmen's and amusement park industry, for which planks according to EN 13814 are offered. Since 2022 the company has been certified to ISO 14001:2015 and operates a photovoltaic system and a wood chip heating system to reduce CO₂.

Site: Essen
Processes: Waterjet cutting, Production of precision cut-to-size parts and drawing parts, Cutting to customer dimensions (millimetre-accurate cut-to-size parts and milling), Foiling of sheets/plates, Straightening of tubes, round bars and profiles, Manufacture of sheets, plates, profiles, tubes and bars to drawing specifications, Warehousing, Cutting (precision cut-to-size parts, drawing parts)
Materials: Aluminium (sheets, plates, profiles, tubes, bars, planks), Aluminium special alloys (rare/special aluminium alloys), Aluminium, Aluminium special alloys
Certificates: ISO 14001:2015
Founded: 1932
Industries: Aerospace, Mechanical engineering, Rail transport, Motorsport, Defence technology, Medical technology

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Warehousing (sheets, plates, profiles, tubes, bars, planks)
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Straightening of tubes, round bars and profiles
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Waterjet cutting
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Cutting and milling to drawing
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Foiling
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Worldwide shipping

Materials & Processes

Aluminium

Sheets, plates, profiles, tubes, bars and planks in all common alloys from stock and by special order.

Al-Sonder

Aluminium special alloys

Rare alloys for customised solutions with special formats and requirements.

Sites

Essen

Headquarters, operations and administration

Materials: Aluminium

Waterjet machines
Foil wrapping machines
Fully automated warehouse

Products & Components

**Aluminium sheets and plates**Semi-finished product · Aerospace, mechanical engineering

**Aluminium profiles**Semi-finished product · Mechanical engineering

**Aluminium tubes**Semi-finished product · Mechanical engineering

**Aluminium bars**Semi-finished product · Mechanical engineering

**Grating planks**Cut-to-size · Showmen's trade (EN 13814)

**Custom-made aluminium products**Cut-to-size to drawing · Aerospace

Inside the production

Laboratory/testing equipment (XRF spectrometer)

Industries

AerospaceMechanical engineeringRail transportMotorsportDefence technologyMedical technologyShowmen's tradeRail transport (Rail)Showmen's trade / amusement park technology

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Waterjet cuttingMachining	–	–	–	–	Aluminium
Production of precision cut-to-size parts and drawing partsMachining	–	–	–	–	Aluminium
Cutting to customer dimensions (millimetre-accurate cut-to-size parts and milling)Machining	millimetre-accurate	–	–	–	Aluminium
Foiling of sheets/platesSurface treatment	–	–	–	–	Aluminium
Straightening of tubes, round bars and profilesForming	–	–	–	–	Aluminium
Manufacture of sheets, plates, profiles, tubes and bars to drawing specificationsManufacture of custom aluminium products	–	–	–	–	Aluminium

2 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
Waterjet machine	–	–	–	–	–
Foil wrapping machine	–	–	–	–	–

Additional services

WarehousingCutting (precision cut-to-size parts, drawing parts)Waterjet cuttingStraightening of tubes, round bars and profilesTrading in tubes, bars, sheets, plates, cut-to-size parts, strips and profilesCustom aluminium productsGrating planks for showmen (EN 13814)Foil wrapping machines

Reference customers

Airbus (based on news coverage, e.g. participation in an Airbus conference with Jürgen Westermeier,

Quality & Certification

WMH GROUP GERMANY pursues a consistent quality management system with traceability of material and process flows; material testing is carried out, among other things, using an XRF spectrometer. Since April 2022, a documented environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001:2015 has been established.

Evidence	Essen
ISO 14001:2015

History

1932
Year of foundation according to the company logo "since 1932"
2013
Commissioning of a 250 kWp photovoltaic system (according to other sources since 2014)
2015
100 kW wood chip heating system covers the entire heating and hot water demand of the office buildings
2022
Initial ISO 14001:2015 certification in April
2024
Recertification ISO 14001:2015, valid from 29.03.2024 to 29.03.2027