Westland Gummiwerke GmbH & Co. KG

Westland Gummiwerke GmbH & Co. KG is a rubber processor founded in 1920 by Ernst zur Nedden in Bredenscheid, Westphalia, near Hattingen/Ruhr. Now headquartered in Melle-Westerhausen and led by Georg zur Nedden in the third generation, the family business operates 14 production sites across 10 countries and employs roughly 800 people worldwide, 300 of them in Melle. The Melle plant houses the mixing operation, while other locations concentrate on processing. Engineers and materials technicians develop custom rubber formulations for customers worldwide. Westland supplies technically demanding elastomer components, including coated rollers and molded elastomer parts, to mechanical engineering with a focus on printing machines, the printing industry, control devices, household appliances, valves and pumps, and the plastics, wood, food, steel and textile industries.