People:

Dedicated employees are the key to success

The sustainable success of VEKA is based to a great extent on skilled employees who do their work each and every day with attention and commitment. Today the VEKA Group companies employ more than 6,000 people worldwide.

The world of work in changing times

Our employees promote the characteristically high VEKA quality along the entire production chain. They have done so for 50 years in every business area, without exception. Only the technical resources and tools have changed – and the fashions.

Welding profile sections
Manufacturing roller shutter slats
Caution and sound judgment in the warehouse
Every detail counts in design
Concentration in window production
It’s always been sophisticated: the profile extrusion
The computer finds its way into product design
Some things never change: lab coats required
Technical pioneer: toolmaking
Valuable extrusion tools are serviced regularly
Detailed laboratory inspection of all raw materials
High-performance CAD systems in toolmaking
Heavy machinery requires special care
As a matter of course: controls in the ongoing production process

Welding profile sections
Manufacturing roller shutter slats
Caution and sound judgment in the warehouse
Every detail counts in design
Concentration in window production
It’s always been sophisticated: the profile extrusion
The computer finds its way into product design
Some things never change: lab coats required
Technical pioneer: toolmaking
Valuable extrusion tools are serviced regularly
Detailed laboratory inspection of all raw materials
High-performance CAD systems in toolmaking
Heavy machinery requires special care
As a matter of course: controls in the ongoing production process

A family-owned enterprise since the beginning

The VEKA success story started in 1969 when Heinrich Laumann, a pioneer in PVC-U windows, founded the company. The name and the legal form have changed since then, but the Laumann and Hartleif families still own 100% of VEKA AG.

1969 Heinrich Laumann acquires VEKAPLAST, located in Sendenhorst, a company that manufactures roller shutters and construction profiles with just eight employees.
1981 The map of Europe in the background proves it: as early as the beginning of the 1980s, company management, including Heinrich Laumann, Eugen Schlüter, Heinz Cord-Kruse, Hubert Hecker and Werner Therling (left to right), had already developed foreign markets.
1997 A new generation: Elke Hartleif, the daughter of Heinrich Laumann, her husband Andreas Hartleif and Dr Andreas W. Hillebrand join the VEKA Executive Board. Hubert Hecker becomes the Deputy Chairman.
1999 Heinrich Laumann is honoured with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his achievements in business. In addition, the city of Sendenhorst declares the 70-year-old Mr Laumann a citizen of honour. At the end of the year, Heinrich Laumann joins the Supervisory Board and transfers the position of Chairman of the Executive Board to Hubert Hecker.
2007 Andreas Hartleif, member of the Executive Board and son-in-law of Heinrich Laumann, takes over the role of Chairman of the Executive Board from Hubert Hecker. Bonifatius Eichwald becomes the Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.
2008 The entrepreneurial Laumann couple establishes the Heinrich and Rita Laumann Foundation with the objective of improving the quality of life for older people and those in need of care.
2018 Heinrich Laumann dies in Sendenhorst at the age of 89. VEKA AG is the legacy of his rewarding business life – it is a world market leader with sales revenue of 1.1 billion euros, 41 locations and subsidiaries worldwide and more than 6,000 employees.
2019 The current Executive Board of VEKA AG: Andreas Hartleif, Dr Andreas W. Hillebrand, Bonifatius Eichwald, Elke Hartleif and Dr Werner Schuler.

1969 Heinrich Laumann acquires VEKAPLAST, located in Sendenhorst, a company that manufactures roller shutters and construction profiles with just eight employees.
1981 The map of Europe in the background proves it: as early as the beginning of the 1980s, company management, including Heinrich Laumann, Eugen Schlüter, Heinz Cord-Kruse, Hubert Hecker and Werner Therling (left to right), had already developed foreign markets.
1997 A new generation: Elke Hartleif, the daughter of Heinrich Laumann, her husband Andreas Hartleif and Dr Andreas W. Hillebrand join the VEKA Executive Board. Hubert Hecker becomes the Deputy Chairman.
1999 Heinrich Laumann is honoured with the German Federal Cross of Merit for his achievements in business. In addition, the city of Sendenhorst declares the 70-year-old Mr Laumann a citizen of honour. At the end of the year, Heinrich Laumann joins the Supervisory Board and transfers the position of Chairman of the Executive Board to Hubert Hecker.
2007 Andreas Hartleif, member of the Executive Board and son-in-law of Heinrich Laumann, takes over the role of Chairman of the Executive Board from Hubert Hecker. Bonifatius Eichwald becomes the Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.
2008 The entrepreneurial Laumann couple establishes the Heinrich and Rita Laumann Foundation with the objective of improving the quality of life for older people and those in need of care.
2018 Heinrich Laumann dies in Sendenhorst at the age of 89. VEKA AG is the legacy of his rewarding business life – it is a world market leader with sales revenue of 1.1 billion euros, 41 locations and subsidiaries worldwide and more than 6,000 employees.
2019 The current Executive Board of VEKA AG: Andreas Hartleif, Dr Andreas W. Hillebrand, Bonifatius Eichwald, Elke Hartleif and Dr Werner Schuler.