About us

OUR DAILY CLAIM – HIGHEST QUALITY

Based in Pforzheim, Germany, WIELAND is an agile, mid-sized company with around 170 employees, specializing in pharmaceutical active ingredients (APIs). As a member of the SAXONIA Group, WIELAND combines a strong technological and financial foundation with the flexibility and agility of a mid-sized company.

With more than 150 years of experience in handling and processing precious metals, WIELAND has extensive technological know-how and long-standing expertise. This experience provides a solid foundation for the development and expansion of our API business for international markets.

Our API team combines experienced experts with highly qualified young professionals. This balanced mix of experience, expertise and fresh perspectives enables competent and forward-looking collaboration with international partners.

WIELAND pursues a clear, long-term strategy for its API business, with a strong commitment to quality, technological expertise, reliability and sustainable partnerships in global markets.

WIELAND Pharma cleanroom interior
WIELAND Pharma building exterior
WIELAND Pharma employees working in a cleanroom

Our API Management Team

Stefan Helmling

Managing Director
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH &
WIELAND Pharma GmbH

Alexander Wörner

Managing Director
WIELAND Pharma GmbH

VALUE CHAIN

VALUABLE. SUSTAINABLE. EXPERT.

Precious metals are an integral part of our daily lives – not only in the form of jewellery or as an investment, but also in telecommunications, multimedia devices, transportation and even when we simply switch on the lights at home. They are used across a wide range of industries and in the manufacture of countless products, making them indispensable to modern industrial production.
Today, demand for precious metals exceeds what the Earth can sustainably provide. Recovering precious metals from waste and returning them to the production cycle can help conserve valuable resources and protect the environment, making recycling an important alternative to primary mining.
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH covers the entire precious metal cycle – from recycling and recovery to the reuse and further processing of precious metals.

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RESPONSIBILITY

RESPECT. TRUST. QUALITY.

The foundation of WIELAND Edelmetalle’s long history and continued success lies in the values that guide our daily thinking and actions – in our relationships with customers and suppliers as well as in the collaboration within our teams.
We value trusting and collaborative relationships built on respect, integrity and transparency. We treat our business partners with appreciation and are committed to finding the best possible solutions for their individual needs – with experience, expertise and foresight.
Our approach is guided by the principle of sustainable economic success, combined with a responsible and environmentally conscious use of raw materials. This commitment forms the basis of the trust our customers place in us, both in Germany and around the world.

CODE OF CONDUCT. COMPLIANCE.

Responsibility along the value chain
As a producer and processor of precious metals, we are aware of our responsibility throughout the entire value chain. Ethical and responsible business practices are therefore an integral part of our daily work.
We respect human rights, value the cultures, customs and traditions of our employees and business partners, and are committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations.
As a member of the SAXONIA Group, our principles of responsible business conduct are firmly established in a Group-wide Code of Conduct.

As a leading company in precious metal technology, we are aware of our social, environmental and economic responsibilities. We are committed to using natural resources responsibly and to promoting sustainable practices throughout our value chain.
A key part of this commitment is ensuring that the raw materials used in our products do not originate from illegal or unethical sources.

As a recycler of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium, we recover precious metals from end-of-life and spent products, as well as from scrap, metallic residues and other waste materials generated during the refining and manufacturing of precious metal-containing products. We do not process mined materials.
We also manufacture semi-finished precious metal products for a wide range of applications. At our production site in Pforzheim, Germany, we employ approximately 145 people.

We are a member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), an international organisation that sets standards to promote responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices throughout the jewellery supply chain for gold, silver, platinum group metals, diamonds and coloured gemstones.
As an RJC member, we are committed to conducting our business in accordance with the RJC Code of Practices and integrating ethical, human rights, social and environmental considerations into our daily operations, business planning and decision-making processes.
We regularly review our business practices to ensure their continued suitability and effectiveness and implement improvements where necessary. To provide independent verification of our commitment, we undergo regular third-party assessments in accordance with RJC requirements.

In addition, we participate in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). The programme provides companies and their suppliers with an independent third-party audit to assess whether smelters and refiners have systems in place for the responsible sourcing of minerals in accordance with current global standards.
Founded in 2008 by members of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, the Responsible Minerals Initiative has become a widely used and respected resource for companies across various industries addressing responsible mineral sourcing in their supply chains.
Today, more than 400 companies and industry associations from over 10 sectors participate in the RMI and regularly collaborate with complementary programmes and initiatives in the field of responsible mineral sourcing.
We believe that, as more companies engage with responsible mineral sourcing, businesses can play a greater role in supporting peace and stability in conflict-affected regions.

 

For more information, please visit: www.wieland-edelmetalle.de

n order to meet our own quality standards and to ensure the necessary purity and dimensional stability of our materials, we use various modern testing methods in production and quality control. In addition to the usual analysis for metallic cations (ICP-OES, AAS), our chemical laboratory can also measure the concentration of various non-metals (C/S) and the gas loading of the materials with oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2). In our materials laboratory, in addition to the geometry, we measure the mechanical characteristics by tensile and compressive tests, the surface roughness, the hardness (HV) and the grain size and microstructure of the materials. With the help of a continuous improvement process (CIP), we constantly increase the performance of our employees and the technical processes we use to meet our economic and environmental responsibility to our customers and our environment at all times.

For more information about our certifications, please visit: www.wieland-edelmetalle.de

Precious metals are part of our daily live: not only in the form of jewelry or as an investment, but also in smartphones, in multimedia devices, in traffic or just when the light is switched on at home. Precious metals are processed in various industries or used for the manufacture of other products – and have long become irreplaceable in modern industrial manufacturing. Today, more precious metal is needed than the earth can provide permanently. In order to recover precious metal from waste, to be able to use it again in order to conserve resources and protect the environment, recycling is often more useful than mining. As one of Germany’s leading precious metal refineries WIELAND represents the complete cycle of recycling precious metals and their further processing. We work partly with self-developed and patented processes, always with the aim of ensuring the safety and performance of our products, processes and services but always offering these services in harmony with our environment and thus reducing environmental pollution. The minimization of environmental risks is supported by the expertise of our staff and preventative technical measures to protect the soil, air and water.

For more information about our environmental commitment, please visit: www.wieland-edelmetalle.de

The economic efficiency of our company is inseparable from the protection of our employees, but also the protection of our environment and the safety of our products. The consistent implementation of all relevant environmental and safety regulations is therefore our duty and enjoys our highest priority.

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