Wissner

In 1976, Jürgen Wissner founded a company in Bensheim, Germany, with the aim of producing mathematical aids for schools. The motto of this family business, which focuses on future generations rather than quarterly financial statements, is "smart products for bright minds." In 1982, they added educational aids for children to their portfolio. The company continued to develop, manufacturing products based on the principle of active learning through play, and in 2006, it exhibited for the first time at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. Wissner gradually switched from ordinary plastic to recycled plastic, began selling on foreign markets, and subsequently doubled its production and office space. In 2012, it took another step towards greener production by replacing plastic materials with 100% recycled wood waste. More than 90% of its products are made from these recycled materials. Wissner also expanded its product range to include linguistic educational toys, teaching aids for traffic education and meteorology, and educational games focusing on mathematics. Since 2015, it has been manufacturing most of its products from recycled wood. In 2018, further major changes took place, from revamping the company's design, setting new goals and values regarding production and materials used, to manufacturing completely new types of educational toys. During the virus pandemic, the company supported students with its educational sets to help children concentrate, learn, and work better while studying at home. The recycled wood from which Wissner manufactures its products obtained PEFC certification in 2023. This means that it comes from forests that are managed in a careful and sustainable manner. The recycled material is free of harmful substances, and the wood used, especially sawdust, comes from Germany. The company tries to source as many of the materials it uses as possible from EU countries. The products are manufactured in Bensheim, Germany, and southern Hesse. Thanks to state-of-the-art production facilities with heat recovery and the use of solar energy, they achieve almost CO₂ neutral production.

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