About Wolter

Effective Jan 1, 2022 we rebranded!

Since the Wolter story began in 1962, our company, like our industry, has been constantly evolving. We’ve grown to become one of the largest and most diverse industrial equipment and productivity solutions providers in the country.

Along the way, we’ve assembled the parts and pieces necessary to address our clients’ unique productivity challenges. In 2011, we gathered our companies under one umbrella, Wolter Group, LLC to make our collective strength more easily recognizable. Now, we’ve taken that a step further and rebranded all of our member companies under a single name: Wolter.

The Future of Productivity

Think of us as a secret weapon against inefficiency. From new & used material handling equipment, service and training to robotics & automation, overhead cranes & hoists, power systems, railcar movers, storage solutions, complete engineered systems and more, Wolter is focused on improving operational productivity for its customers. Together, we’re transforming today’s operational expenses into tomorrow’s revenue streams. Explore more about the new Wolter and how we can help your business at WeAreWolter.com.

We serve more than 20,000 industrial, construction and commercial customers in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. With more than 540 employees, our 200-plus technicians are some of the most highly trained in the industry.


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Brand Snapshot

At Wolter, we’re on a mission to move, store, and power the world more efficiently. As a family-owned business, we understand that the success of this mission is dependent upon the success of our both our customers and our team members whom we consider to be an extension of the Wolter family. To help this family succeed, we take a team-oriented approach to our core values of being Supportive, Independent, Honest, Realistic, Resourceful, & Dependable.

To learn more about our mission and what these values mean to us, read our Brand Snapshot flyer linked below.

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Our Mission

Create serious competitive advantages for you our customers by leveraging our products, services and our people’s unique expertise to reimagine their operational productivity opportunities.

Our Promise

Wolter takes a team-oriented approach to customers’ operation productivity challenges. Through the sharing of a diverse range of disciplines and ideas, we’re able to look at every customer’s situation more holistically. As a result, we provide tailored solutions uniquely designed to Accelerate Your Productivity.

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Our Leadership

Otto Wolter - Founder & CEO

Jan Plenke - Assistant to CEO

Jerry Weidmann - President

Ross Jeremiah - Executive VP

Martin Park - COO

Steve Kletzien - CFO

Kristin Lelewicz - CMO

Julie Williams - CIO

Kim Wachs - CHRO