Our Highlights: End-of-year-review 2025
A year of innovation, growth, and global partnerships
The year 2025 marks a significant milestone for the Wilo Group on its path toward sustainable growth and technological excellence. With pioneering innovations, strategic partnerships, and a strong international presence, Wilo set global impulses for resource-efficient water and energy supply. From major trade fairs and new production sites to awards and social engagement, the following highlights provide a comprehensive overview of the year’s key developments and achievements.
January
Wilo at the World Future Energy Summit Abu Dhabi 2025
As a global market leader in energyefficient pump systems and sustainable water management, Wilo showcased its latest innovations at the German Pavilion. Visitors explored advanced technologies that are designed to address water and energy challenges and that contribute to a greener, more sustainable future at the same time.
February
Wilo celebrates plant expansion in Dubai
The Wilo Group officially opened the expansion of its production plant in Dubai, strengthening its position in the region. The enlargement of the production site at Wilo’s AMEA headquarters reflects Wilo’s successful region-for-region strategy. By doubling production capacity in the United Arab Emirates, Wilo is now in an even better position to serve the constantly growing demand in the region and beyond.
Strengthening partnerships for mutual growth
Wilo Korea hosted the Wilo Partners Day 2025 in Seoul with great success, bringing together a large number of participants that included employees as well as sales and service partners. The event also served as a platform for introducing the Wilo Group’s business strategy and its new vision.
Wilo Group intensifies cooperation with The Water Council, the global water initiative
The Wilo Group has been a member of The Water Council, based in Milwaukee in the US, since 2024. The cooperation between the Wilo Group and the global water initiative is based on similar interests and values. To further deepen the partnership, Svenja Ahlburg, Regional CSO of Wilo Americas, has been appointed to the initiative’s Executive Board.
March
ISH 2025: Wilo draws positive assessment
Around 163,000 visitors from 150 countries had the chance to get a look at and be won over by innovative Wilo products, systems and solutions at the world’s leading trade fair for HVAC and water in Frankfurt am Main. Over 2,183 exhibitors from 54 countries showcased their products at the ISH.
Wilo UK wins Pump Industry Award
Together with its partner IWS Mechanical and Electrical, Wilo UK won another award for the “Water Security and Optimisation Project”. This project, which is securing the water supply for around 50 percent of the British population, took first place at the Pump Industry Awards, organised by the British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA), in the “Sustainable Contribution for a Better World” category.
April
Wilo part of a high-ranking delegation to the United Arab Emirates
Oliver Hermes, President & Global CEO of the Wilo Group, joined a delegation to the United Arab Emirates led by North Rhine-Westphalian Minister-President Hendrik Wüst. In a series of political discussions, Wilo’s CEO was able to strengthen the Wilo network in the country on a long-term basis. Wilo and the energy company MASDAR also celebrated the signing of a cooperation agreement during the trip.
Collaboration with HD Hyundai Electric
Wilo Korea signed a strategic partnership agreement with HD Hyundai Electric at the company’s Global R&D Center in Pangyo, Korea. The collaboration brings together two industry leaders with complementary expertise and marks a significant step forward in the provision of sustainable energy solutions for critical infrastructure.
Strengthening long-term connections between Germany and East Africa
Dr Monika Erath, delegate of German Industry and Commerce and official representative of the Free State of Bavaria for East Africa, visited Wilo East Africa as part of a trip to strengthen cooperation between Germany and East Africa, spending time at the Wilo assembly plant as well as the Wilo Academy in Nairobi during her trip.
Wilo supports model project in Ivory Coast
Together with other partners, Wilo is engaged in the sustainable improvement of energy and water supplies in Ivory Coast as part of the IIDES-NSC project (Industry Integrated Dual Engineering Studies in a North-South Collaboration). The goal of the project is to create longterm, independent approaches to problem solving on site by introducing a practical, dual education programme in the areas of energy and water supply.
May
Wilo teams up with Clearflow Solutions
Wilo Middle East has entered into a strategic partnership with Clearflow Solutions in order to strengthen its visibility in the regional industrial sector. The step marks an important milestone in Wilo’s expansion of its position in the offshore industry segment of the MENA region.
June
Wilo becomes a member of KI Park e. V.
The innovation ecosystem for artificial intelligence brings together companies, start-ups and research institutions as well as actors from society and politics with the aim of driving forward AI innovations “made in Germany and Europe”. As a new member, the Wilo Group will play an active role in shaping this development.
“Traumfabriken”: Wilo’s Smart Factory honoured in book
The Smart Factory at the Wilopark in Dortmund has been named one of the “spectacular sites of industrial production in German-speaking countries” in the book Traumfabriken (“Dream Factories”). The German-language book, published by the Prestel-Verlag publishing house and edited by Olaf Salié and Hartmut Rauen, honours the high-tech factory at the Wilo Group’s headquarters with a six-page contribution entitled “Climate-neutral, smart showcase factory”. The factories presented in the book were selected by an advisory board and a jury of prestigious entrepreneurs and experts from architecture, associations, specialist media and research, including McKinsey & Company and the mechanical and plant engineering association VDMA.
July
Top Innovator 2025: Wilo Group impresses with innovative processes and structures
The Wilo Group has been honoured as one of Germany’s most innovative companies for the third time. The prestigious TOP 100 innovation competition saw Wilo recognised once again for its innovative strength. Wilo particularly impressed in the category of “Innovative Processes and Organisation” within size class C (companies with more than 200 employees in Germany).
August
Japan: Wilo expands in a key market for the AI era
DWith its successful participation in Sewage Works Exhibition ’25 in Osaka, the Wilo Group set a starting point for its entry into the Japanese market. The step opens up a strategically highly relevant region for Wilo: Japan plays a leading role in the semiconductor industry as well as in the construction of data centres and is consequently regarded as a key market for the AI era. The entry into the market therefore represents a significant milestone on the Wilo Group’s ambitious growth path.
September
Four times platinum: Wilo once again receives the top rating from EcoVadis
The Wilo Group has been awarded the platinum medal by EcoVadis for the fourth time in a row. The rating agency also graded the Wilo Group’s commitment to sustainability as “outstanding” for the second time. Only 1 percent of the more than 150,000 companies audited by EcoVadis achieve this status.
AI innovations for a “European water transition: Wilo industry conference in Venice"
Leading representatives from the science, political and business sectors gathered together in Venice for the annual Wilo industry conference. Invited to attend by the Wilo Group, the experts discussed the key challenges they face in dealing with the increasingly scarce resource of water and the ways in which they could respond to them. Exchanges primarily focussed on the role of artificial intelligence in solving the water crisis and on the EU Blue Deal. The industry conference was organised in cooperation with the European Water Association (EWA).
October
Oliver Hermes at the BMZ Conference in Berlin: Focus on opportunities of global cooperation
The opportunities and challenges that are linked to with partnerships with countries of the Global South was the focus of a high-profile conference organised by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin, which was also attended by Oliver Hermes. In a panel discussion that included Reem Alabali Radovan, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, the President & Global CEO of the Wilo Group spoke in favour of a new perspective on the Global South. In an exchange with Ajay Banga (photo), the President of the World Bank, Oliver Hermes emphasised the importance of partnerships between actors from politics, business, science and financing.
Water Resilience Coalition: Wilo calls for decisive steps to be taken for “a real water revolution”
More speed in the implementation of water resilience measures is among the Wilo Group’s commitments. The Wilo Group signed the “Business Leaders’ Open Call to Accelerate Action on Water” together with numerous other global market leaders. The public appeal was initiated by the Water Resilience Coalition of the CEO Water Mandate, an initiative founded by the UN Secretary - General and the UN Global Compact.
Wilo wins German Sustainability Award
The jury selected the Wilo Group as the winner in the “Hydraulics, Pumps and Compressors” industry, recognising Wilo’s integrated focus on sustainable innovation, among other things. Following the EcoVadis platinum medal, this is the second major award honouring the Group’s successful sustainability work in 2025.
German-Chinese relations: Wilo receives Chinese Consul General
Oliver Hermes, President & Global CEO of the Wilo Group, welcomed the Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Düsseldorf, Yong Yu, to the Wilopark, inviting him for a bilateral exchange. Their discussion focused on the 30th anniversary of Wilo China, the current geopolitical situation and opportunities to intensify German-Chinese relations.
December
Partnership with BASF: Wilo develops global health management
Wilo and BASF have signed a partnership agreement sealing their collaboration on expanding Wilo’s global health management programme. The place where the agreement was signed is also the hub of the collaboration: the Health Cube, the new health centre at the Wilo Group’s headquarters, which will benefit both the employees at the Wilopark and the other about 8,000 Wilo employees worldwide. Parts of the building will also be open to external visitors.
Oliver Hermes receives the French National Order of Merit
The President & Global CEO of the Wilo Group, Oliver Hermes, has honoured the Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit) by decree of Emmanuel Macron. The French Ambassador to Germany, François Delattre, bestowed the insignia of the order on Oliver Hermes at a ceremony in Berlin, honouring him as a champion of Franco-German friendship and the European project. The Ordre national du Mérite is one of the highest orders of merit in France and is only rarely awarded to foreigners.
