Chronicle
Experience by tradition – success by innovation
WO&WO is proud to look back on over 50 years of a company history that is virtually unrivalled in our industry. All of this time has been marked by the necessity to constantly reinvent ourselves and our own products.
Everybody who gets to know WO&WO is usually interested in finding out one thing: Where does the company’s name come from? The name seems a bit unusual, but it sums up what WO&WO stands for: the WOrld of interior design and the WOrld or exterior design.
Today the company is headed by Robert Hödl who has worked for WO&WO for many years, now managing four domestic locations and two subsidiaries in France and the Czech Republic. Since 2006 WO&WO has been incorporated in the Haas Group – a corporate business successful all over Europe and offering a diversified range of products and services related to the construction business.
| 2007 | The most successful year in our company history; renaming to WO&WO Sonnenlichtdesign GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2006 | The WO&WO Grün GmbH family business becomes part of the Haas Group, an internationally acting, strong partner in the construction industry |
| 2004 | Extension of our main location in Graz by 4,000 m² of production and warehouse space |
| 2003 | Construction of a new logistics centre for awning components in Hall/Tyrol |
| 2000 | Merger between Dolenz Gollner and WO&WO |
| 1998 | Acquisition of the firm Dolenz Gollner – our “own” awning enters the company |
| 1995 | Granting of licences for the Isodesign internal blind developed in-house. |
| 1994 | Construction of our new, current headquarters in Graz with 12,000 m² |
| 1985 | The brand WO&WO is born |
| 1982 | The company moves into the new premises in Graz |
| 1965 | First strategic decision towards sun protection is taken: license for the production of a blind |
| 1952 | Foundation of the Plastika Walther Grün GmbH as the trading company for plastic products in Graz |
