FACTS & QUALITY
Founding
Our company was founded in 1899 as a wax-making workshop. In 1938, the current namesake, Richard Wenzel, took over management. From 1972 onwards, daughter Rosemarie and her husband Rudolf Jaksch continuously expanded the company. They developed the WENZEL brand into an industrial manufacturing company that continues to supply its products to customers and partners worldwide. The ongoing development of our locations, machinery, and production variants is currently the responsibility of brothers Andreas and Peter Jaksch. The next generation will successfully continue the success story of this traditional family business.
Safe
Candle®
The patented Safe Candle® system is a self-extinguishing wick holder. This ensures that candles automatically extinguish at a critical temperature and cannot be re-ignited. This ensures the safety of our products and customers.
Employees
Today, we employ up to 200 people at three locations in Aschaffenburg. Thanks to innovation, quality, and continuous development, we are one of the leading candle manufacturers in Germany.
Business areas
Thanks to our broad product portfolio and suitable, flexible sales solutions, international customers from the food retail, DIY stores, and home and living sectors are among our long-standing business partners. Companies from the floristry, processing, garden centers, and wholesale sectors, all of which look back on a long WENZEL history, form an established and important customer base. The traditional area of churches and related industries is also firmly part of the WENZEL brand's DNA and is closely intertwined with our company.
WE STAND FOR QUALITY
AND FLEXIBILITY
The WENZEL name has stood for innovation and the highest quality standards across the region for many generations. Since our founding in 1899, we have developed well over 1,000 different candle designs that delight customers all over the world. All our candles are 100% manufactured in Aschaffenburg and are Made in Germany.
The popularity of our products continues to extend beyond Germany's borders, as evidenced not least by our export quota, which now exceeds 35%.
Our current production area covers approximately 10,000 square meters, spread across three plants. Customer wishes and individual requirements are two essential core elements of our understanding of our customers. To be able to respond consistently to these, our in-house high-bay warehouses have a capacity of 8,000 Euro pallets.
The high quality of Wenzel candles was confirmed by Stiftung Warentest in November 2016. The Safe Candle® tested was rated “very good” and emerged as the test winner in terms of burning quality.
The Safe Candle® is a self-extinguishing wick holder system for pillar or ball candles. This prevents the wick from being further supplied with wax and ultimately extinguishing the flame. The DEKRA-tested wick holder thus ensures safe use. It also prevents the wick from tipping over uncontrollably.