50 Years of REIKU: Successful International
Producer of Cable Protection Systems
Celebrates its Golden Anniversary
In March 2019, REIKU GmbH celebrated its 50th anniversary. It was back in 1969
that company founder Hans Hennemann arranged for his firm to be entered in the
commercial register. At that time, the company produced zip-on plastic sheathing
products in the courtyard of a city house in Gummersbach to the east of Cologne.
The name REIKU is derived from the German
“Reißverschluss-Kunststoff-Ummantelungen”,
which basically means “plastic sheathings with
a zip closure”. Through this registration, Mr.
Hennemann laid the foundation stone for the
continuous development of this niche supplier
to become an internationally successful
medium-sized company.
With 47 employees, including five trainees, the
company is now one of the most innovative and
diversified developers and producers of high-quality
cable protection systems for robotics and automation.
Its customers include, in addition to users and
assemblers, industry-leading manufacturers of
cobots and large industrial robots from producers
including ABB, Comau Robotics, Fanuc, Kuka,
Universal Robots and Yaskawa.
conditions. At the same time, it forms the basis for
our company’s success, which, as our current order
situation shows, should also continue in the future.”
REIKU’s product portfolio covers more than
8,000 different items and individual components
Peter Sailer, who shares the company management
that protect electrical wiring, cables and other
with David Guitton, says: “In our industry, innovative components from contamination and chemical,
strength, fast and flexible reaction to changing
thermal and mechanical stress. The production
demands, and an uncompromising commitment to
figures are impressive: In 2018, the company
consistently high quality are key. In meeting these
processed well over 400 tons of plastics granules
requirements, we and our customers benefit from
into nearly 2,400 km of tubing and several million
our decades of experience in the extrusion of tubing
injection moldings. The portfolio is focused not only
and the design and production of injection moldings. on the range of plastic tubings with their application-
As a result and thanks to the careful selection of
specific variations, but also on the flexible, highly
materials, we create the best possible conditions for
stress and wear-resistant REIKU jointed tubing
preventing damage to the cable protection. This is our cable protection system for static and dynamic
contribution to prolonged, interruption-free running applications. With a large variety of nominal widths,
times for cost-efficient production in tough industrial variants and accessories such as gripping clamps,
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