Industry expertise in building services

Special services for a special sector

For 50 years, the E/D/E business division building services with leading sanitary and heating wholesalers in the WUPPER-RING has been an indispensable link between manufacturers and HVAC wholesalers.

Under the motto “Gemeinsam.Handeln”, we take on central tasks for 65 member companies and over 300 suppliers, such as negotiating terms and conditions, bundling quantities required and central marketing.

Achieving more together

Sales concepts

Strengthening strengths together

For us, partnership means expanding and strengthening the market position of our members and securing future success in a competitive environment.
To this end, we offer our members a wide range of products and a wealth of professional services.

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Strengthening strengths of the market position of all members

Cooperations

IGH IGH is a community of owner-managed heating and sanitary wholesalers.
Its strengths lie in joint purchasing activities, an open exchange of opinions and the targeted use of synergies for efficient processes and maximum benefit for each individual member.
IGH relies on the power of personality. Owner-managed tradition in a family atmosphere.

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Cover all PVH-relevant areas

Our product ranges

Bathroom

Installation

Heating

More efficiency in the sector

Central services

Digitale Services

Our eDC building services data is unique in the sanitary PVH: around 2 million maintained HVAC article master data from over 250 leading manufacturers are available for all your sales activities.

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Digitale Services

With this new service element in the area of e-commerce and the existing Multishop, supplemented by SellSite as a special solution in the area of building technology for distributors who want to become more intensively involved for a higher degree of individualization, E/D/E offers a high-performance portfolio.

Digitale Services

Speed, efficiency and flexibility are the advantages that the electronic Logistics Center (eLC) with the E/D/E central warehouse for building services offers you. Around 5,600 HVAC articles make up 90 percent of the sales-relevant range of the leading HVAC suppliers and thus represent the largest building services warehouse on the association’s side. The E/D/E warehouse in the building services sector is a permanent fixture for WUPPER-RING members and an essential part of the E/D/E range of services. In addition to the usual strong logistics services, such as the 24-hour delivery service and over 98 percent delivery availability, the building services warehouse also offers ceramic goods by parcel delivery.

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Marketing Services

The marketing concept “Bäder sehen.planen.kaufen.” offers a responsive website as a central service that distributors can use to digitize their exhibitions and attract interested parties to their sales areas. We also offer a comprehensive range of equipment for your exhibition and store. This starts with office equipment and extends to flags and vehicles, merchandising articles, videos and bunk design. Everything with your own logo and according to your corporate design – this saves you considerable time and money.

Marketing Services

In addition to professional catalogues and brochures, our industry-specific marketing services include the “BADEzeit” magazine, which provides information on bathroom innovations and trends several times a year.

Handelsmarken

With a strong brand like FORMAT, you are incomparable and stand out from the competition and, above all, from price comparisons on the Internet. In the community of FORMAT partners and suppliers, your voice has an influence on the market and the manufacturer. FORMAT stands for the safety of a traditional brand that has been on the market for over 40 years.

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Marketing Services

The strong services are rounded off by exhibition coaching and workshops as well as product and system training. This will make your employees strong advisors and active salespeople.

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Unique sector networking

Events and functions

January 2024WUPPER-RING: Heating market

Mastering complexity The challenges in the heating market continue to increase as a result of the energy transition. WUPPER-RING offers its members a range of measures to ensure that they can meet the increasing legal and technical requirements and continue to operate successfully. The new complexity of the heating market results from the end date for the use of fossil fuels – as of today, it is 2045. In addition, new legislation stipulates an obligation to provide advice from 2024: Every…

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January 2024Building services: Kick-off meeting for communities of interest in the sanitary sector

Successful launch: The new concept for the WUPPER-RING With a central kick-off meeting on 15. and 16 January, the E/D/E business division building services officially launched the new concept for the WUPPER-RING. Members and suppliers met in Fulda to get in the mood for further cooperation – which is to take place in the form of communities of interest. Daniel Berresch, head of the E/D/E business division building services, and product manager Tanja Kalina welcomed around 80 representatives…

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July 2023WUPPER-RING: General meeting

Exploiting market potential, securing growth The WUPPER-RING general meeting takes place every two years. This May, they met in Salzburg, where the focus topic was “digitalization” in addition to a great atmosphere and supporting programme. Even though Salzburg has a lot to offer and the participants enjoyed the supporting program, the reports of the management, the office and the advisory board are part of a general meeting. They all had one thing in common: they addressed the operational…

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December 2023Building services: New concept for the WUPPER-RING

Not lonely together The members of the WUPPER-RING will work together in communities of interest in future. With the new concept, distributors benefit from transparent and fair conditions. Strengthening strengths, promoting exchange, expanding cooperation – these are the goals of the new WUPPER-RING concept. At a meeting on September 29, 2023, Tanja Kalina, Product Manager at E/D/E, and Daniel Berresch, Head of the business division building services, presented the plans to a total of 70…

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Your contact person

Oliver AndersHead of building services

+49 202 6096-4785oliver.anders@ede.de

Stefanie GieselTeam leader
marketing building services , WKZ Bonus

+49 202 6096-1238stefanie.giesel@ede.de