1976

• The story begins: Jürgen Wißner founds the company "WILAU"with the aim of producing mathematical teaching and learning materi-als for schools in his own company and distributing them to the teaching materials trading.

1978

• One of the first trade fair participations abroad - here in Cairo.
  

1982

• The company name is changed to "Wissner Schulartikel Produktions GmbH". At the same time, the production of drawing templates starts under the newly founded company "Wissner Zeichenschablo-nenproduktion GmbH".
• The product range grows: Through the takeover of the company "Vogt Lehrmittelverlag" and the start of the production and development of didactic teaching and learning materials, the product range can be expanded.

1986

• We move: Acquisition of a plot of land at the current location in Zeppelinstraße in Bensheim. We build a production hall with an adjoining office wing and a canteen.
    
  

1994

• Construction of an additional production hall for the manufacture of drawing templates on NC-controlled milling machines developed in-house.

2003

• Now we are finally getting the name you know us by: "WISSNER GmbH".
  

2005

• Jörn Wißner joins the company being sespondible for Sales, Marketing & Product Development

2006

• Learning with a system: Under the guiding principle of the "active learning" trademark, we are alig-ning more and more of our products as system work tools.
• We take part in the Nuremberg Toy Fair for the first time and are still exhibitors there today.
    

2009

• The "PROFI-linie" brand for blackboard drawing instruments is introduced.
• For the sake of the environment: For the first time, we are using recycled plastic material with the RE-Plastic® designation.

2010

• Jess Wißner joins the team and takes over the areas of production and goods purchasing.
• The beginning of a successful cooperation: We win the Bensheim workshops for people with mental illness and mental disabilities as a partner. A trusting cooperation that continues to this day.
• We are selling more to France through a new contractual partner.

2011

• We are bursting at the seams: That is why we are doubling our production and office space. The ma-chinery is also being enlarged and modernised.
  
  

2012

• The development continues: We are switching the production of many articles from plastic to our self-developed material RE-Wood®, which is based on recycled wood waste.
  
  

2013

• The product range is growing: through the acquisition of the company "Karst", we are now able to offer didactic learning materials for language, traffic education and meteorology in addition to the mathematical focus.

2015

• In the fast lane: For the first time, we are producing more articles from our ecological and carbonneut-ral RE-Wood® material than in plastic.

2016

• 40th company anniversary
• Introduction of the MAG-Pap° brand for a two-component material made of cardboard protected from dirt by a transparent film and a fully laminated magnetic film.
• Expansion of the product range through the development of didactic learning games with a focus on mathematics.

2018

• Other ways: developing educational game sets for the book, stationery and toy trade, other target groups and serving new markets.
• We are working on our image: a new corporate design, a consistent fixing of corporate goals as well as the obligatory orientation towards more sustainability in all areas bring a breath of fresh air into our halls and strengthen the identification with the values we have imposed on ourselves.
      
  

2019

• Addition of a further warehouse.

2020

• Expansion of the machine park.
• Construction of the new website.

2021

• In April we launch our new website: www.wissner-aktiv-lernen.com.
• Corona has a firm grip on this year too, but we support children, students and parents in homeschooling with Learning Game Sets that make learning fun

2022

• We are a proud founding member of the "Unternehmensnetztwerk Klimaschutz“ (Climate Protection Corporate Network).
  

2023

• With our new, open stand on Toy Fair in Nuremberg we present ourselves to our customers and show the potential of our RE-Wood® material also for special item enquiries.
    
  
• Products made from RE-Wood PEFC-certified since September 2023.
  For this, the wood flour used must come as a waste product from sustainably managed forestry and the binder from recycled sources. In addition, we guarantee the sourcing of the wood flour exclusively from regional sources in Germany.