About US - Wagner Australia

About Us

Wagner Australia was established in 1977 in Melbourne and has grown over the last 45 years of operation to be an influential market leader in the coating technologies industry. Wagner Australia is a part of the wider Wagner companies that was originally founded by Josef Wagner in Tettnang, Germany 1947. Josef Wagner was a gifted engineer and entrepreneur and was invested in the industrial upscaling of new ideas and how to make them useful on a global scale.  Our head office and warehouse is based in Hallam with representatives  across Australia and New Zealand.

As part of our 45th anniversary in 2022, the Grand Opening of our new facility began a new era for Wagner Australia. Features include a bespoke state-of-the-art Innovation Training Academy enabling us to invite customers in to be trained, utilising open and closed spray booths, blast rooms, on-site servicing and technical support.

We offer a full suite of industrial, trade (contractors) and DIY products. 

Industry

Technological advanced equipment and systems for the application of fluid coatings, powder coatings and paint to surfaces.

Trade Contractors

Reliable and economical tools with a range of technologies including airless sprayers, coatings and plaster

DIY

DIY friendly sprayers and accessories for home improvement

What Defines Us?

Our mission statment and our vision are essential for the WAGNER companies overall and for every individual employee. For us they  our guiding principle and our mission, and they define what we stand for as a company. Our values provide the basis for our companies and guide us in our daily work.

Our Mission

We bring color, protection and functions to surfaces.

We see our mission as both a task and motivation. We act on behalf of our customers with specialist knowledge, impressive service and a passion for the added value of surfaces. Using innovative technologies, we add the finishing touches to our customers’ products and objects with color, protection and functions. Our mission urges us on to continually set new standards in the field of surface coating.

Our Vision

We are the most innovative company in fluid and powder application in everything we do.

For our business, innovation is at the heart of everything we do and deeply ingrained in our DNA. Innovative technologies and competences define WAGNER. Our goal of becoming known as the most innovative company in the field of fluid and powder application in our markets bears on all areas and activities of our business – from innovative working environments right through to digital products.

Our Values

OPEN – We are open to change and innovation

We face up to the dynamic nature of our global markets, constantly questioning our current status. We actively seek out solutions for problems and challenges, welcoming and valuing unusual ideas, unconventional solutions and different points of view. We encourage our employees to seize the initiative and promote the development of innovations.

CUSTOMER CENTRIC – The customer is our focus

Our success depends on understanding what our customers want. We put the customer at the heart of the work we do, and develop products and solutions that are tailored to their needs and that offer them crucial added value.

PROGRESSIVE – We want to continuously improve in everything we do

We strive for improvement in all areas, continuously develop and in so doing drive fresh innovations – we explore and implement new processes, technologies and ways of working in order to improve our production methods and reduce waste, minimize our impact on the environment and make best use of our global reach.

ACCOUNTABLE – We hold ourselves accountable for our actions

As a global company, responsibility is extremely important for us at every level – from the employees’ duty to act with honesty and integrity through to the company’s ethical responsibility for the environment and the communities in which we are active. All employees are expected to take direct responsibility for results, to seize initiatives, think things through carefully and to make the necessary decisions.

COOPERATIVE – We treat our employees, our customers, our suppliers and all other stakeholders as partners

Partnership is important in all aspects of our business and is the basis for trust, respect and honesty in our dealings with our colleagues and customers, our suppliers, business partners and the communities in which we live and work.