The company

2007 | Company foundation

W&S Weichen- und Signaltechnik GmbH & Co. KG was founded from a small bedroom in Castrop-Rauxel.

2008 | Moving in the garage

W&S started operating from the garage at home just under a year later.

2010 | Strong partners

W&S Technik has been a contractual partner of Deutsche Bahn since 2010 and impresses with its quality and performance.

2012 | Change of name

A short time later, W&S Weichen- und Signaltechnik GmbH & Co. KG became today’s W&S Technik GmbH.

2013 | A new home

Plenty of room for great performance: that year, Herner Straße 130 in Castrop-Rauxel became the new company headquarters.

2014 | Services

New space. new possibilities: The W&S Services department is now part of the company in order to create an even more comprehensive range of quality and services.

2015 | Consulting

Just one year later, the company’s new W&S Consulting department is established and has been training staff from all over the country with professional expertise and pure passion ever since.

2018 | Shaping the future

Since this year, the Consulting department has included the Development level and is starting to shape the digital future with the MPX system.

2019 | Opening of the branch office

W&S Technik opens its first branch office in Friedrichsdorf, Hesse, with the aim of being even more flexible nationwide.

2021 | Head office extension

The ground-breaking ceremony for the new head office extension in Herner Straße is held.

2023 | Completion

This year begins with the move into the new extension at the company headquarters in Castrop-Rauxel. At the same time, the old building is being refurbished and space created for new projects.

Entwurf eines neuen Bildungszentrums

Futures prospects

The company is planning to build a training centre in order to expand its range of training, education and further training measures.

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