The company J. WECK was founded in Offingen, Germany, at the beginning of the last century and developed and introduced the home canning method for glass jars. Since then, WECK has established this method not only in Germany and Europe but also worldwide. WECK continuously works in the field of research for home canning. It specializes in all issues and questions related to home canning and constantly improves its methods with the help of long-term experience as well as the ongoing ideas and innovations of WECK's canning experts.

The WECK trademark and the word "WECK" are registered trademarks in the United States owned by WECK for many decades. Not all canning jars and canners on the market are WECK jars and WECK canners. Therefore, the trademark "WECK" can only be applied to products manufactured by WECK and bearing the strawberry mark or the WECK trade name.