About us

Wald Antriebe is an ISO 9001:2015 certified solution provider for commercial vehicle technology and industrial technology. Our core business is the development, manufacture, and series delivery of windshield wiper technology for all types of commercial vehicles, especially buses and trains.

Company

We offer an extensive range of components for wiper and washer technology from our own production. With our proprietary Wald Antriebe products, we are able to provide our customers with state-of-the-art materials and innovative technologies.

For industrial customers, we offer a portfolio of DC motors, stepper motors, and linear actuators.

Our customers include almost all major railway companies in Europe and Asia, as well as medium-sized manufacturers of buses, trucks, construction vehicles, cabins, and agricultural vehicles, and industrial companies from a wide range of sectors. Many of our products not only comply with automotive industry certifications (E1), but also with the latest European fire safety regulations for rail transport (EN 45 545), the EMC directive for rail vehicles (DIN EN 50121-3-2), and common military standards (DEF STAN 59, MIL STD 461, MIL STD 1275).

We are the official distributor for Valeo, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the automotive industry, and represent the SWF brand. We are also a distributor and solution provider for Nidec, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric motors.

From customer-specific solution development to in-house prototype construction and series production at our premises or at one of our suppliers’ plants, we offer our customers a perfect service from task definition to continuous “just-in-time” series delivery.

Competencies

Wald Antriebe accompanies customers from the project idea to series production. We develop innovative and customized technical solutions, use 3D technology, and integrate the latest digital control technology with our own software. In our in-house prototype shop, we go through all phases from design study to functional technical prototypes.

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Company history
1999

Founding of Wald Antriebe GmbH as a sales agency for Valeo (later Nidec) industrial motors

2006

Acquisition of Landmann GmbH, Hanover, adding sales agency for Valeo wiper systems and Valeo switches & sensors

2009

Acquisition of Hansa Export GmbH, Hamburg, resulting in strong internationalization of the customer base

2016

Acquisition of the Southeast Asian Valeo activities of Georg-Grotjahn GmbH, Hamburg

2018

Certification of part of the wiper technology according to EN 45 545 (European fire protection regulation in rail transport)

2019

Certification according to ISO 9001 (2015)

2020

Certification according to ISO 14001

2021

Start of production of wiper arms at the Walsrode site

2023

Establishment of the endurance test laboratory in Walsrode

2026

Certification of wiper motors according to military standards (DEF STAN 59, MIL STD 461, MIL STD 1275)