181016_Holzmühle Westerkamp GmbH_ES

VON NORDDÖLLEN IN DIEWELT! 1873 The mill was first mentioned in the files of the village 1902 Clemens Hänning, the great grandfather of today’s owner, bought the grain mill and bakery for the production of traditional coarse rye bread 1922 Arnold Westerkamp senior took over the mill 1955 Change from grinding grains to grinding wood flour mostly for flooring/cleaning application => The next generation grew up with the mill. 1983 The management, was handed over to Franz and Arnold Westerkamp – increase wood flour production 1991 Arnold Westerkamp became sole owner and managing director of the company 1995 Installation of new grinding line 2003 AGROMED AUSTRIA GMBH Mr. Helmut Grabherr and Prof. Dr. Dr. Neufeld came with the idea to produce a feed ingredient, lignocellulose 2005 First certifications DIN EN ISO 9001 and QS, followed by GMP +, PEFC and Kosher 2006 New drier for raw materials => change from gas to wood chip heating 2008-10 Increase of production and storage facilities, automatic bagging and palletizing 2013 Introduction of energy management system DIN EN 50001 2013-14 Construction of the new production plant II (grinding, pelleting, bagging line, palletizing) 2017 New mills, planning of new raw material storage, new dryer, new storage finished products .. . CHRONICAL OF OUR COMPANY “FROMA SMALL MILL TO AN INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY – THAT’S OUR STORY!” 13