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History and Philosophy

Modern building exterior with signage; text celebrating 65 years of quality and trust in business.

It all began with a small, fine and inventive craft business. In 1960 Dieter Weiermann founded a business for installing windowsills and curtain rails in Cologne. The awnings came later. At the same time he noticed that there were a number of possibilities to improve sun protection products.  So he started making them himself but just better.

It all began with a small, inventive craft business but today weinor is a market leader in Northern Europe for sun and weather protection on patios.

What is important to us:

Social commitment

  • weinor is committed to the Sonnen-Sprosse e.V. charitable association that it founded to provide appropriate educational opportunities and a healthy upbringing for children and young people
  • weinor works together with the Gemeinnützige Werkstätten Köln (GWK), a recognised supporter of workshops, housing and care in the community for people with disabilities

Creating and maintaining jobs

  • weinor offers a flexible and family-friendly working hours model
  • weinor provides training. We have a high percentage of apprentices and take them on for at least 1 year after their apprenticeship
  • weinor creates jobs by integrating industrial processes into the company, e.g. setting up a powder coating plant
  • In 2013 weinor received an award as a family-friendly company as part of the "Family-friendly commercial areas in Cologne" from the city of Cologne
  • The number of employees has increased by almost 50% since 2003

Responsibility and specific measures

  • In its business decisions, weinor takes into account the interests of its employees, the company’s long-term development, and the potential impacts of its business activities on the environment and climate.
  • weinor regularly reviews opportunities to further develop its use of resources and operational processes.
  • For selected weinor fabric collections, the yarn is solution-dyed. This statement applies exclusively to the collections concerned and the dyeing process used for each.
  • For brochures and letterhead, weinor uses paper grades certified by FSC or PEFC. The applicable certification depends on the paper grade used.
  • At selected weinor production sites, powder coating is carried out without the use of chromium. No wastewater is generated in the coating process described. These statements apply exclusively to the sites and coating process specified.
  • External solar shading can reduce the amount of solar heat entering through windows. Whether, and to what extent, this reduces a building’s cooling demand depends on factors including the building, its orientation, how it is used, and its control system.

Forward-looking:

  • weinor has grown constantly since it was founded
  • We tap into international markets
  • weinor invests continuously in the development of new products
  • We invest in modernising our sites: The new showroom and office building in Cologne's Ossendorf district were opened in 2014