The wilo group

Wilo is a pioneer in intelligent premium solutions to face global challenges along water cycles.

Behind the Wilo brand stands a multinational technology group: the Wilo Group. Over the past decade, the Wilo Group has developed into a visible, connected, and resilient champion and has consistently implemented its successful region-for-region strategy. Today, the Wilo Group operates 90 production and sales companies as well as 40 manufacturing sites, including 16 main production sites. Key hubs in the global Wilo network are three regional headquarters and the Group headquarters at the Wilopark in Dortmund.

Wilo’s actions are guided by Wilo’s Group Strategy and its core impact areas: Creating, Caring, Connecting.

Creating describes how the Wilo Group contributes through AI-embedded water technology, for example to securing energy supply, facilitating access to clean water, and improving food security. Caring summarizes how the Wilo Group, as a responsible company, is committed, for example, to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, encouraging diversity within its workforce, and promoting the health of its employees. Through strong partnerships, Connecting reflects how the company works towards facilitating qualifications and further training for people as well as shaping regulatory frameworks.

Pioneering WATER AI for You

With the Group Strategy “Pioneering WATER AI for You”, Wilo combines water technology with the possibilities of artificial intelligence. Wilo builds on the vision of using technological progress for the benefit of people and the environment. On this basis, we develop intelligent solutions for specific challenges in water management and related fields of application, aligned with clearly defined use cases.

With our solutions for the technological and societal challenges of our time, we help provide millions of people around the world with access to clean water.

Oliver Hermes, President & Global CEO der Wilo Group

Around 9,000 employees worldwide work every day on innovations with a clear goal: to improve people's quality of life.

For the Wilo Group, sustainability is not an end in itself. The focus of the company's commitment to sustainability is on impact for the people. The work of the Wilo Group follows a simple principle: only when its actions improve people’s lives can they be considered valuable. This deep conviction, along with the vision, mission, and unwavering principles of the Wilo Group, unites the Wilo family – now and in the future.

In building services, water management and industry, Wilo moves, treats and controls the most important resource on our planet.

In the applications of heating and cooling as well as clean water and wastewater transportation and treatment, the Wilo Group stands for smart, and secure premium products and systems. Customised and holistic services support you both on-site and digitally. In this way, the company provides solutions for the challenges posed by global megatrends – and takes responsibility for water management and the future.

For over 150 years, Wilo has been thinking ahead – and today, as an innovation leader in industry, Wilo is shaping the digital and AI era.

The story began in 1872. Founded as “Kupfer- und Messingwarenfabrik Louis Opländer” in Dortmund, the company has developed into a pioneer in the pump industry over the past century. Today, Wilo is a connected water technology group actively shaping the AI revolution – and a fifth-generation family business on an ambitious growth trajectory, true to tradition.

Around 90 production and sales companies in over 50 countries

The Wilo Group produces pumps and pump systems at 16 main production sites in Europe, Asia and America. In accordance with the global production strategy (GPS), these production sites form the Wilo production network in the narrower sense in a worldwide network. They are coordinated and managed accordingly.

Around 90 production and sales companies in over 50 countries

The Wilo Group produces pumps and pump systems at 16 main production sites in Europe, Asia and America. In accordance with the global production strategy (GPS), these production sites form the Wilo production network in the narrower sense in a worldwide network. They are coordinated and managed accordingly.

Milestones

1872
Foundation of the copper and brass factory

Foundation of the copper and brass factory "Louis Opländer", the predecessor to Wilo

1928
The world's first circulation accelerator

The world's first circulation accelerator, predecessor of today's heating pump

1995
Wilo-EMU TR

Wilo-EMU TR: the first three-blade, low-speed, high-efficiency impeller

2001
Wilo-EMU FA

Wilo-EMU FA: the world's first submersible sewage pump with a hermetically sealed cooling system

2010
Main sponsor of the German Eight in Dortmund

Wilo becomes main sponsor of Team Germany Eight in Dortmund

2011
Champion Partner BVB

Wilo becomes Champion Partner of Borussia Dortmund football club

2011
Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation

The Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation becomes the majority shareholder of WILO SE

2016
Wilo-Foundation

The Caspar Ludwig Opländer Foundation is renamed Wilo-Foundation

2017
Wilo-Stratos MAXO

Wilo-Stratos MAXO: the world's first smart pump

2018
Wilo-Rexa SOLID-Q

Wilo-Rexa SOLID-Q: the intelligent system solution with Nexos Intelligence for a smart sewage pumping station

2019
Key handover ceremony

Key handover ceremony for the Smart Factory

2020
Opening of the Wilopark

Opening of the new Wilo headquarters Wilopark with its Smart Factory and Pioneer Cube

2022
150 Years of Wilo

150th anniversary of the Wilo Group

Responsibility for Water and Resources

Wilo develops intelligent premium water technologies for applications in building services, water management, and industry. Energy-efficient products, systems, and solutions help conserve resources and reduce energy consumption in these areas.

In recent years Wilo was awarded by the platinum medal from EcoVadis. In addition, the rating agency has once again classified the sustainability performance of the multinational water technology group as “outstanding.” Only one percent of the companies assessed by EcoVadis—now more than 150,000 worldwide—achieve Platinum status.

The Wilo Executive Board from left to right: Georg Weber, Global Chief Technology Officer (Global CTO), Oliver Hermes, President & Global Chief Executive Officer (Global CEO) of the Wilo Group, Dr. Patrick Niehr, Global Chief Financial Officer (Global CFO).

Since its foundation in 1872, the Wilo Group has continuously evolved from a hidden to a visible and connected champion.

 Oliver Hermes, President & Global CEO der Wilo Group

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employees worldwide*
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suppliers trained on sustainability issues*
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percent (%) reduction in scope 1 and scope 2 emissions since 2020*
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percent (%) increase in net sales in the area of clean water treatment*
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* The figures are based on the Wilo Group's Annual and Sustainability Report, published on 16 April 2026.

In 2021 Wilo received the renowned German Sustainability Award (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis, DNP) in the “Climate” transformation field. In 2021 the Wilo Group signed the Business Ambition for 1.5 °C Commitment, a global initiative led by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) which is aiming to cut carbon emissions to net zero by no later than 2050. In signing the commitment, Wilo joined the international Race To Zero campaign that wants to actively accelerate the transformation to a low-carbon economy.

In 2025 and 2026, the technology group was once again honored with the German Sustainability Award: The jury named Wilo the winner in the “Hydraulics, Pumps, Compressors” category.

An exceptional site development project

The construction of Wilopark, the global headquarters of the Wilo Group and the headquarters for the Europe region, represented one of the biggest site development projects in Wilo’s company history. The Dortmund site was completely redesigned and significantly expanded. The aim was to bring the production and administrative departments spread across Dortmund together at a single site, helping the company to better leverage synergies. The new company campus began operations with the opening of Wilopark in 2021.

The energy concept encompasses both the production and storage of energy. For this purpose, Wilopark harnesses its specially created H2POWERPLANT.This allows surplus energy to be stored and retrieved when needed during peak hours. With its resource-efficient operations combined with self-generated electricity – via several thousand photovoltaic modules – and energy stored as hydrogen, Wilopark stands out for its energy concept.