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.
including ABB, Comau Robotics, Fanuc, Kuka,
Universal Robots and Yaskawa.
Peter Sailer, who shares the company management
with David Guitton, says: “In our industry, innovative
strength, fast and flexible reaction to changing
demands, and an uncompromising commitment to
consistently high quality are key. In meeting these
requirements, we and our customers benefit from
With 47 employees, including five trainees, the
our decades of experience in the extrusion of tubing
company is now one of the most innovative and
and the design and production of injection moldings.
diversified developers and producers of high-quality
As a result and thanks to the careful selection of
cable protection systems for robotics and automation. materials, we create the best possible conditions for
Its customers include, in addition to users and
preventing damage to the cable protection. This is our
assemblers, industry-leading manufacturers of
contribution to prolonged, interruption-free running
cobots and large industrial robots from producers
times for cost-efficient production in tough industrial
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WIRE NEWS May 2019