KANSAI HELIOS Wefa GmbH, headquartered in Essen, has been part of the international KANSAI HELIOS group since 1 August 2022 and its business purpose is the development, production and sale of coatings and paints for the rail vehicle industry and general industry. The company specializes in waterborne 2K coating systems and offers, among others, primers, fillers, base coats, texture coatings and top coats. Research and development focus on improving process and production capability; the company operates a testing laboratory and regularly conducts approval tests for the rail vehicle industry. As part of a strategic realignment, development and manufacturing are to be partly relocated to Vienna and the Essen site is scheduled to be closed on 30 June 2025. The company is a small company under § 267 (1) HGB and is therefore not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Essen Local Court, HRB 33516 (as of 25 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Patrik Bohnenkamp | Geschäftsführer(in) | Gelsenkirchen |
| Achim Kenn | Geschäftsführer(in) | Hürth |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Essen Local Court, HRB 33516 (as of 25 October 2026)
| Date | Event Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 04.02.2026 | Registered Seat Change | Nach Änderung lautet nunmehr die |
| 04.02.2026 | Business Address Change | Katharinenstr. 61, 52353 Düren |
| 12.08.2022 | Company Name Change | KANSAI HELIOS Wefa GmbH |
| Date | Type | Change | Total Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.05.2022 | Share Capital Set | — | 25.000 € |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Essen Local Court, HRB 33516 (as of 25 October 2026)
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ≤ €15M1 | -€1,575,606 | €9,181,502 | 53 |
| 2023 | Rohergebnis€5.5M2 | -€8,847,825 | €9,605,910 | 61 |
| 2022 | Rohergebnis€2.2M2 | -€720,220 | €11,194,063 | 62 |
| 2021 | — | €0 | €25,000 | — |
1 Small companies are not required to publish a profit-and-loss statement (§ 326 (1) HGB). The figure shown is the statutory ceiling under § 267 HGB where the balance-sheet total makes it binding — a company may exceed at most one of the three size criteria.
2 Rohergebnis nach § 276 HGB: Umsatzerlöse abzüglich Materialaufwand bzw. Herstellungskosten. Kleine und mittelgroße Kapitalgesellschaften dürfen diese Posten zusammenfassen; die Umsatzerlöse selbst sind dann nicht veröffentlicht und liegen über dem Rohergebnis.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Essen Local Court, HRB 33516 (as of 25 October 2026)
| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | €4,207,471 | 39.7% |
| Depreciation | €6,166,336 | 58.1% |
| Interest & Similar | €233,114 | 2.2% |
