We understand your Pain Needs and Desires

WDS America Inc.

With the founding of WDS America in 2022, Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen as one of the leading international manufactureres of confectionery machines finally has a domestic presence in North America and Canada. Our claim is nothing less than listening to your pain needs and desires as well as consulting and choosing the right technologies for your confectionery process.

WDS is the only machinery manufacturer in the confectionery industry who provides molding plants for jellies and chocolates for decades. This unique characteristic led to the organizational structure of WDS America: Dedicated teams for the chocolate and the jelly market provide extraordinary expertise for their sectors.

Short reaction times and domestic consulting

From lab to productional scale - YOU decide! WDS America serves all capacitiy sizes and individual project realization for your confectionery project. Choose from our various services: Innovative lab equipment that enables product development, state of the art depositing processes or a modern generation of molding plants, machine upgrades, depositor retrofits, new lines or turnkey greenfield installation.

Let´s create your solution!

Meet the Team at PackExpo International!

We are attending Pack Expo Las Vegas from 11. - 13.09.2023. Find us at booth SU-7222.

We are looking forward to share our exciting future plans with our visitors!

Your Product is unique!

At WDS, proven systems are reconfigured to meet your indivdual needs to produce your products at the best possible quality. Altough some product look like another one, each product comes with individual changes. This is where your journey with WDS starts!

Consulting you means thinking beyond the classical equipment. This means discussing your expectations in advance before cutting the first metall piece: Because even change-over, operation and maintenance needs are not the same at every customer. Outcome of our consultation are often based on our modular machine portfolio: From lab via pilot to commercial scale. However, it could also result in a custom-made solution.

Listen, understand and choose the right way together with you - that´s our strength at WDS America! Based on your product idea we work with you to develop the right confectionery line. We respond to your individual needs and adapt the plant to them.

Lab Scale

Lab Equipment enables product and recipe develompent, scalable proof of concept and low capacity confectionery production.

Find more information about Lab Equipment from WDS

Pilot Scale

WDS Pilot Lines are especially designed for emerging confectionery businesses. Increase your production capacities in the range from 150 kg/h up to 900 kg/h and automate your production processes with choosing from the 3 stages of extension.

Check WDS solutions for Pilot Scale Lines for Chocolate and Jellies.

Commercial Scale

Commercial Lines from WDS fit when you are looking for large production capacities up to 5t/h, your recipes are prooven and you desire a high level of automation.

Which machine concept suits your product needs will be checked idividually. Maybe it´s a ConfecPRO, a Mogul plant or our innovative ConfecVARIO?

WDS America - Chocolate Division

For more than 100 years, at WDS chocolate molding know how merge with modern engineering technologies.

WDS America is proud to introduce the dedicated team for all questions and inquiries from chocolate technologies.

Bernd Weber

Bernd is your domestic primary contact for all inquiries from North American and Canadian chocolate businesses.

E-Mail:	bernd.weber@external.america.w-u-d.com
Phone:	+1 (985) 377 3469

Ralf Hübner

Ralf is WDS´ long term Head of Sales and is responsible for the US and Canadian chocolate market.

E-Mail:	ralf.huebner@w-u-d.com
Phone:	+49 (2634) 9676 285

WDS America - Jelly Division

The dedicated team for all your jelly topics - regardless if the question is from starch or starchless molding technologies.

Jim Nicketta

Jim is the domestic primary contact for all inquiries from North American and Canadian jelly businesses.

E-Mail:	jim.nicketta@america.w-u-d.com
Phone:	+1 (708) 932 1336

André Weins

For years, André Weins is known in the American market as WDS´ Area Sales Manager exclusively for USA, Canada and UK.

E-Mail:	andre.weins@w-u-d.com
Phone:	+49 (2634) 9676 206

Our Services at a Glance!

We exclusively listen to the pain points of our customers and support you trough qualified

Consulting
Choosing the right technology and equipment
Testing our technologies against your product process
Selecting the right machine set-up to match your production demands for standalone equipment or fully automated lines from the smallest to the largest capacities
Delivering the right technologies to your door step
Training to keep and maintain the best operator skillset
Service to ensure the correct spare part at site at all times
Support for immediate response in case of downtime and LifeCycleCare a machine life long
Upgrades to keep your machine on today´s heartbeat!

JET - Targeting your Jelly Process as an Alliance

Jelly Excellence Team (JET), that´s an alliance between Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen, Hänsel Processing and Pinco SA. Three well known specialized companies in the confectionery industry combine their extensive knowledge of cooking, depositing, molding and drying of jellies to deliver the best positive experience in confectionery production and provide tailored turnkey solutions for jelly processes. Thanks to our strong team we realize your jelly process with various interfaces from the first idea, to the finished producing line and stay at your side as your partner for all service support matters.

State-of-the-Art technology from highly specializes machine manufacturers
Technical service and support for the development and production of jelly products
Our systems seamlessly integrate with each other to simplify turnkey projects for your systems integrator
Outstanding equipped for R&D trials, proof of concepts, development of recipes and products

Manufacturing Plants for

Chocolate

Manufacturing plants for

Gum & Jelly

Manufacturing plants for

Hard Candy