WENZEL KERZEN
Founding
1899 by Adrian Wenzel. Today a family company in the 5th generation
SafeCandle
The company was founded as a wax factory in 1899. In 1938 Richard Wenzel took over responsibilty. From 1972 onwards daughter Rosemarie and her husband Rudolf Jaksch then expanded the company.
Employees
Approx. 190 Seasonally up to 230
Business fields
Development of new products, manufacturing (exclusively in Aschaffenburg) and national as well as international sales
For many generations, the name WENZEL has stood for high innovative strength and the highest quality standards for everything to do with candles. Since our company was founded in 1899, we have developed well over 1,000 different candle designs that delight our customers all over the world. All of our candles are 100% RAL quality, and exclusively manufactured in Aschaffenburg / Germany.
Finally yet importantly, our export quota of over 35% speaks for the popularity of our products. In comparison: In the 1980s, the share of exported candles was around 2%.
Our current production area covers approx. 10,000 square meters, which are spread over two plants. Our in-house high-bay warehouse has a capacity of 8,000-euro pallets so that we can always work on an order-related basis and thus respond optimally to individual customer requests.
The high quality of Wenzel candles was confirmed by Stiftung Warentest in November 2016. The Safecandle tested was rated “very good” and emerged as the test winner in terms of burning quality.
The Wenzel Safecandle is a new type of pillar and ball candle that extinguishes itself when it burns out. These candles have a special wick holder that prevents the wax from flowing to the wick and snuffing out the flame. This system is innovative, patented, DEKRA-tested and 100% Made in Germany! The wick holder ensures that the wick cannot fall over and goes out safely after burning. In addition, the wick holder does not transfer any heat downwards!
Since 1899 we have
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Candles and lights produced
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