History

In 1960 Walter Salje founded a company in Bielefeld to market boards (production pallets) for the concrete block making industry. Heinz Bechtold bought this company after many years in the business and renamed the business WASA Unterlagsplatten GmbH. Over the years WASA formed a close working relationship with local and Far Eastern manufacturers of softwood and hardwood pallets. This synergy and co-operation allowed WASA to flourish and

grow this business.

1991 a factory and land, a former Agricultural Production Cooperative (LPG), was bought in Neubrunn/ Thuringia. The existing factory buildings were refurbished and new buildings were erected to facilitate the production of plastic boards. This kind of board is produced exclusively by WASA.

1996 a new sales office was built in Mossautal.