Family-run Company with Innovation Power

Specialty waxes and additives from Völpke. Since 1900. When performance counts.

Company

VOELPKER Spezialprodukte GmbH is a medium-sized family business based in Völpke, Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1900 we have developed and produced specialty waxes.

Annett and Falko Preußer in front of the VOELPKER reception building in Völpke

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A portrait of VOELPKER: our team, our plant, our products. In three minutes.

History

With over 125 years of experience in montan and specialty waxes, we are among the oldest wax producers in Europe.

2025
125th company anniversary
2024
The step into Asia: founding of the sales subsidiary VOELPKER Shanghai
2023
Opening of the logistics branch in Barleben
2022
Continuous pellet press — compactates extend the portfolio and enable higher production capacity
2020
Commissioning of a vacuum plant for gentle esterification
2002
Construction of a melt-blending plant
1995
ISO 9001 certification
1992/93
Improved wax color through new filtration processes
1971
Commissioning of the chrome oxidation — lighter waxes and the building of the BASOCHROM® brand
~1960
The step into chemistry: nitration and sulfonation produce the first hard waxes — the birth of WARADUR®
1941
Drum flaker — thin flakes complement the cast 5 kg blocks
1937
NH₃ deep-cooling plant for more efficient crystallization
1900–1950s
Purely physical refining: distillation and crystallization of the wax fractions
1908
From mining to refining: end of own coal, raw montan wax sourced externally
1900
Company founded in Völpke with its own montan wax extraction from local lignite