WesWorld

Formed in 1923 and headquartered in the city of München the firm acts as a wholesale and retail supplier to farmers across the nation and is among the largest purchasers of agricultural produce for marketing in both the domestic and international markets. In the international arena it also deals in the commodity markets, buying and selling wholesale. From the outset the company promoted modern agriculture, assisting farmers through its range of machines and repair services. Training was also part of the range of services, including such new media as films with information on large machinery for harvesting, storage and transport.

Today the firm owns or operates more than four hundred storage facilities across the nation, including specialised storerooms for the refrigerated storage of meat and dairy products, bulk storage silos for grain, and general purpose warehouses for other commodities. It maintains overseas offices to support its international operations, overseeing the purchase of commodities for import, participation in the commodities cross-trades, and marketing of German processed food and agricultural products abroad.

Founded in 1896 in Königsberg to warehouse, process and store grain and all manner of goods. When it opened its facilities in 1897 it could store up to 39,000 tonnes of grain in its wharf-side silos, and its capacity was increased to 60,000 tonnes in 1911 through expansion. This meant that the firm owned and operated the largest granary on the Continent at that time. Further expansion occurred in 1933 with the addition of a further 40,000 tonnes capacity.

The company, headquartered in Seevetal, was founded in 1907 by Paula and Laurens Janssen in in the town of Leer, as a tea importer. In 1940 the firm moved from that role and remade itself into a tea packer and mass-marketer of tea. In this regard it remains one of the three firms permitted to market the “Echter Ostfriesentee” (genuine East Frisian tea) blend, but has created the ‘Milford’ brand for the national market. In 1942 the firm acquired Grosch Tee in Innsbruck to gain entry to the markets in the Austrian provinces, and in 1945 it acquired the firm Eduard Meßmer und Compagnie of Frankfurt with regional sales in Franconia and Bavaria. In 1948 the firm launched a new blend of tea, ‘Lord Nelson’ aimed at the wider European market, which may be found packed either in the traditional loose form or in the novel form of individual tea bags.