An active member of the global Lingyun family.
Management
Our partner
A strong community
Since 2015 the company has been part of the Lingyun Industrial Group Co. Ltd., Zhuozhou, which is one of the leading suppliers to the Chinese automotive industry. Lingyun develops and produces metal and plastic components. Their core products are structural parts made of steel and plastic, crash management systems, plastic pipes and rubber hoses for all automotive applications.
With the partner from China, Waldaschaff Automotive is future-proof and flexibly positioned with a solid basis for a global presence.
Our history
Locally anchored, globally grown
1926
Jakob Wolf founds a small mechanical engineering company in Obertshausen
1937
Founding of the Waldaschaff branch
1948
Production is focussed on the automotive industry
1955
Founding of Ymos-Metallwerke, Wolf and Becker GmbH
1998
Takover of the Waldaschaff plant by WAGON Ind. plc
2009
Company relaunched as Waldaschaff Automotive GmbH
2011
Takeover by the Schnellecke Gruppe, a logistics company from Wolfsburg
2015
Since 2015 Waldaschaff is wholly owned by the Lingyun Group
2016
Founding of the subsidiary WA Production GmbH
2017
Founding of Waldaschaff Automotive Mexico S.A.
Today
Over 70 years of automotive experience