WEMAG Turns 90 With 200+ Staff, 5 Million Articles, Robotics Push
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Fulda – October 27, 2026 -- WEMAG, the family-run tool and machinery distributor from Fulda, is marking its 90th anniversary in 2026 with more than 200 employees, six locations in Germany and a range of roughly five million articles, and is now investing in robotic order picking and automated logistics.
Merchant Adolf Ruland founded WEMAG Werkzeug- und Maschinengesellschaft on May 5, 1936. WEMAG GmbH & Co. KG is now run by the fourth generation. Helmut Schaus, the founder's son-in-law, took over management in 1948, followed by his son Joachim Schaus in 1972. Christopher Schaus joined in 2004, entered management in 2010 and received the symbolic company key from his father in 2018.