FWS GmbH acts as an appointed dealer of GMB Corp., Japan, serving selected markets and customers worldwide and operating both on a commission basis and independently in the purchase and sale of yokes and bearing housings. Products are predominantly manufactured in Qingdao, China and are used as universal joints in steering systems, propshafts, sideshafts, PTO shafts as well as in passenger cars, light and heavy commercial vehicles, construction machines, rail vehicles, marine drives and agricultural machinery. The assortment also includes automotive water pumps, tensioners and spare part kits for the passenger car aftermarket; the company supplies OE customers, suppliers domestically and abroad and provides purchase parts from Europe to GMB in Japan and China. Since January 2021 FWS has also provided warehousing and logistics services for another Japanese company at a second Overath site, which was dissolved at the end of 2024 and integrated into Vilkerath. FWS positions itself as a technical wholesaler and service provider offering commercial and technical consultancy, complaint processing as well as logistics and other services.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 84826 (as of 31 October 2026)
| Name | Type | City |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Winkler | Geschäftsführer(in) | Remscheid |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 84826 (as of 31 October 2026)
| Date | Event Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 09.07.2015 | Company Name Registered | FWS GmbH |
| 09.07.2015 | Registered Seat | Overath |
| 09.07.2015 | Business Address Registered | Zur Kaule 6, 51491 Overath |
| Date | Type | Change | Total Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.07.2015 | Share Capital Set | — | 100.000 € |
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 84826 (as of 31 October 2026)
| Year | Revenue | Profit | Balance | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rohergebnis€1.6M2 | €492,952 | €8,466,926 | — |
| 2023 | Rohergebnis€1.7M2 | €548,852 | €8,105,038 | — |
| 2022 | Rohergebnis€1.6M2 | €492,868 | €8,412,670 | — |
| 2021 | Rohergebnis€1.7M2 | €574,925 | €8,324,423 | — |
| 2020 | Rohergebnis€1.2M2 | €288,777 | €6,871,730 | — |
| 2019 | Rohergebnis€1.4M2 | €329,591 | €6,764,166 | — |
| 2018 | Rohergebnis€1.7M2 | €547,712 | €8,315,257 | — |
| 2017 | Rohergebnis€1.4M2 | €352,726 | €7,473,613 | — |
| 2016 | Rohergebnis€1.5M2 | €425,547 | €7,588,716 | — |
| 2015 | Rohergebnis€1.4M2 | €406,714 | €6,973,418 | — |
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) Köln Local Court, HRB 84826 (as of 31 October 2026)
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| Cost type | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Costs | €538,922 | 99.1% |
| Depreciation | €3,462 | 0.6% |
| Interest & Similar | €1,314 | 0.2% |
