HISTORY
Family owned and operated company with experience and continued expansion over four decades
Wego has been operating for over 40 years as a renowned and reliable international chemical supplier, importer, and distributor. We have steadily grown from a one room, two-person office in 1978 to a diverse team of over 80 professionals with a global footprint.
Our family owned company has developed longstanding client, supplier, and employee relationships. We are headquartered in Great Neck, New York with offices on four continents, navigating our global sales, supply chain, distribution and logistics.
Wego Timeline
Company founded
1978
First visit to China
1980
Initiated direct sales to Europe
1984
Expanded network of distribution warehouses in North America
1985
Initiated sales to Mexico and Latin America
1988
Opened first office in China
1990
Opened sales office in Queretaro, Mexico
2001
Opened sales office in Istanbul, Turkey
2003
Acquired Thiourea Dioxide technology from Degussa
2004
Acquired global sales of Sodium Ferrocyanide and Prussian Blue from Degussa
Acquired Degussa’s Manox Blue business
2005
Awarded U.S. Customs and Border Protection C-TPAT Tier 2 Certification
Secured our first REACH registrations in Europe
2008
Opened sales office in Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009
Opened sales office in Rotterdam, Netherlands
2011
Joined NACD as candidate member
2015
Became NACD verified for Responsible Distribution
2017
Initiated sales footprint in Colombia
2022
Secured property and initiated development of new Global HQ in Great Neck, NY
2022