History

WALTERWERK KIEL can look back on a long history. Making wafer baking machinery has been our passion and our core business for 70 years. Over this period, we have continually improved the technology and achieved new breakthroughs.

WALTER History

WALTERWERK: Key dates in a story of success

 

1935

Prof. Hellmuth Walter founds his company in Kiel. He is known as the inventor of the thermodynamic drive named after him. Submarines and planes reach maximum speeds using WALTER drives.

1951

WALTER builds the first machine for moulded cones.

1958

Delivery of the first JUPITER sugar cone baking machine.

1988

With 7,240 wafers per hour, the JUPITER 121 is the fastest wafer baking machine in the world.

1992

First delivery of the BIOMAT for the production of packaging made of starch foam.

1995

Walter introduces the high-capacity JUPITER 236 machine. It produces around 14,000 sugar cones per hour.

2000

WALTER introduces the JUPITER XP series.

2001

In order to satisfy the increasing demand for mini cones WALTER produces the first JUPITER 178 MC. The machine is able to bake approx. 11,000 mini cones per hour.

2005

WALTER includes the JUPITER X with a capacity of some 3,000 - 6,700 sugar cones per hour as a standard item in its range.

2011

WALTER introduces the JUPITER IC series making capacities up to 18,500 wafers per hour possible.

2012

WALTER introduces the new MARS IC series for baked moulded products.

2017

With the JUPITER A and the JUPITER C series WALTER launches the latest generation of sugar cone baking machines with capacities up to 20,000 rolled sugar cones per hour.

2018

The latest development of WALTER is the METEOR C line for baked chips offering a completely new solution for snack baking. Contact-baking provides the opportunity to bake crispy, but fat-reduced snacks with a multitude of different recipes and taste orientations.

2021

The JUPITER A/C BP F for the production of folded wafer cups is introduced. With this patented technology, the wafer sheet is not deep-drawn as usual, but folded. This enables significantly deeper cups and a stronger base compared to existing products on the market.

2023

Sustainability has been a focus in the development and design of WALTER wafer baking machines for many years. WALTER has developed the induction-powered ELEKTRA oven to counter uncertainties regarding future energy sources. All newer gas-powered WALTER ovens can be converted to this.

2024

WALTER adds the single-station cup press to its portfolio for test market production. It is suitable for the production of folded cups as well as conventional wafer cups. The quality of the cups corresponds to the products from industrial baking machines.