WLW (Wer liefert was) B2B Suppliers & Email Enricher 🏭🇩🇪

High-speed, unblockable scraper and contact enricher for WLW (Wer liefert was - wlw.de / wlw.at / wlw.ch), Europe's #1 B2B supplier, manufacturer, and industrial directory.

Automate targeted supplier research, extract complete corporate profiles, and automatically enrich listings with direct company websites, verified business emails, and managing directors from official homepages and Impressum pages.

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⚡ The Game Changer: Why Choose This Scraper Over Generic Alternatives?

On standard directory scrapers, over 75% of company profiles do not display an email or phone number because WLW restricts contact details behind paid supplier paywalls.

Our Hybrid Advantage:

• ✉️ Automated Multi-Source Email Enrichment: If WLW doesn't provide a direct email, our engine automatically visits the company’s real website and /impressum to extract the verified business email address.
• 👔 Executive Decision-Maker Discovery: Extracts the names of managing directors (Geschäftsführer / Inhaber) directly from official German imprint declarations.
• 📍 Structured Address Data: Full company name, street address, postal code, city, and country (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.).
• 🏭 Deep Industrial Demographics: Workforce size ranges (e.g. 50-99 employees), founding year, delivery scope (Europe, Weltweit), and supplier categories (Hersteller/Fabrikant, Großhändler, Dienstleister).
• 🚀 Ultra-Fast HTTP Stealth Engine: No heavy headless browsers. Extracts up to 30 suppliers per page in milliseconds without expensive proxy overhead.

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🎯 Typical Use Cases

• Procurement & Sourcing Teams: Discover qualified OEMs, specialized custom fabricators, and raw material suppliers across DACH.
• B2B Outbound & Sales Operations: Build targeted, decision-maker lead lists with verified corporate emails and phone numbers.
• Market Mapping & Competitor Intelligence: Map manufacturing capacities, certified suppliers, and workforce sizes in specific industrial niches.
• Data Enrichment & CRM Sync: Supplement existing corporate records with verified company homepages, addresses, and founding years.

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	Yes	Maschinenbau	B2B industrial keyword or product (e.g. Kunststoffspritzguss, Blechbearbeitung, CNC-Fräsen, Automation, Elektronikfertigung)
country	Select	No	Alle	Filter by country: Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, or Alle
supplierType	Select	No	Alle	Filter by supplier classification: Hersteller/Fabrikant, Großhändler, Dienstleister, or Alle
maxResults	Integer	No	60	Maximum number of suppliers to retrieve (up to 5,000)
extractEmails	Boolean	No	true	Recommended: Automatically crawls company websites for verified direct emails and managing directors

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📘 Output Data Schema

Each record represents one unique, deduplicated European supplier containing:

🔹 Core Company Information

• name (String): Official registered company name
• year_founded (String): Year established (e.g. 2009, 1970)
• employee_range (String): Workforce headcount range (e.g. 50-99, 200-499)

🔹 Location & Address

• country (String): Country of operation (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz)
• city (String): Municipality or registered seat
• address (String): Complete street address and postal code

🔹 Verified Direct Contacts (Auto-Enriched)

• website (String): Direct external company homepage
• email (String): Verified direct corporate email address (from website/imprint)
• phone (String): Direct business telephone number
• contact_person (String): Managing director (Geschäftsführer / Inhaber)

🔹 Business Classification & Capability

• supplier_types (Array): Business classifications (Hersteller/Fabrikant, Großhändler, Dienstleister)
• delivery_scope (String): Delivery area (e.g. Europe, Weltweit)

🔹 Source & Provenance

• profile_url (String): Direct URL to the verified WLW corporate profile
• enriched (Boolean): true if external contact enrichment was successfully performed
• source (String): wlw.de

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📤 Sample Output Record

[
  {
    "name": "D + E GmbH",
    "country": "Deutschland",
    "city": "Neuwied",
    "address": "Gumbinnenstrasse 4, 56566 Neuwied",
    "website": "http://www.sondermaschinenbau.info",
    "email": "info@due-group.com",
    "phone": "+49 2631 82440",
    "contact_person": "Carsten Dillenberger",
    "year_founded": "2009",
    "employee_range": "50-99",
    "delivery_scope": "Europe",
    "supplier_types": [
      "Hersteller/Fabrikant",
      "Dienstleister"
    ],
    "profile_url": "https://www.wlw.de/de/firma/d-e-gmbh-1606813",
    "enriched": true,
    "source": "wlw.de"
  }
]

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🛡️ Reliability & Schema Guarantees

• One Company = One Row: Full company-level deduplication using stable WLW profile slugs.
• Tolerant Parsing & Automatic Retries: Continues reliably even if individual optional profile fields vary across suppliers.
• Direct CRM & Spreadsheet Compatibility: Ready for 1-click export to Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or JSON, or automated webhooks via Make, Zapier, and n8n.

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💬 Enterprise Integrations & Custom Feeds

Need a tailored data pipeline, custom ERP connectors (SAP, HubSpot, Salesforce), or scheduled daily/weekly delta deliveries?

Contact us via Apify or email at toblerswebcraft@gmail.com.