| 1955 |
Foundation of the company in the locksmith's shop of the parental concrete factory REKERS in Spelle. Issue of a welderlicense on DIN 4100. |
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| 1956 |
Manufacturing of mechanical grabs, a postmachine and of crane systems |
| 1957 |
First exhibition of our products at the BIM in Wiesbaden |
| 1958 |
Erection of the first part of a hall close to the train station of Spelle |
| 1959 |
First expansion of this hall, own hi-voltage connection |
| 1960 |
There are 30 employees. |
| 1961 |
Extention of our hall from 113.49 feet to 324.25 feet |
| 1962 |
Manufacturing and delivering of our first automatically overhead skip for internal concrete transport. |
| 1963 |
First overhaed skip with curves and turnable chassis |
| 1964 |
Extension of the Company to double size |
| 1965 |
Foundation of REKERS GmbH |
| 1966 |
Design of the first automatic paving stone cuber worldwide |
| 1967 |
Design and manufacturing of the "REKERS Unopolkanäle", a new current entry, particularly for circle-usual overhead skips. |
| 1968 |
Acquisition of a large property at the current location for a new plant close to the railway line to Rheine. Erection of the first hall with a base of 389.11 x 162.13 feet. |
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| 1969 |
Installation of a railway siding. Exhibition of our goods at the BIM fair in Utrecht. |
| 1970 |
Introduction of the IT with an IBM-System/3 |
| 1971 |
Erection of a social building. |
| 1972 |
Introduction of a microfilm-archive for drawings and correspondence. |
| 1973 |
Expansion of the new factory about two halls. The total size is 48638.13 feet². |
| 1974 |
First assignment of a microcomputer to control a merge-plant with overhaed skips and finger car system. |
| 1975 |
Design of the first microcomputer-system on the base of the Intel 8080 8-Bit-microprocessor. |
| 1976 |
First exhibition of our goods with an own stand on the "Hannover Messe"-fair. First assignment of a microcomuter-control for a finger car system worldwide. |
| 1978 |
Second exhibition on the "Hannover Messe"-fair. |
| 1979 |
Expansion (dublication) of the office building. |
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| 1980 |
Exhibition on the fair "BAUMA" in Munich. Delivering of the 100th microcomputer control. Celebration of the 25-year anniversary of the REKERS company. |
| 1981 |
Assignment of the first CAD system. |
| 1982 |
Cooperation with the company "NEWA-Technik" in the Netherlands. NEWA delivers the block machine, REKERS the close-loop-plant. |
| 1983 |
Delivering of the first plant for computer-controlled automated handling of dewier concrete pipes worldwide. |
| 1984 |
Conversion of the operational IT to a effective VAX-system. Delivering of the first crane-roboter for a automated transport from fresh pipe on basering stripped in the production machine. |
| 1985 |
Formation of a branch in Tamworth/Great Britain. |
| 1986 |
Booth
in conjunction with NEWA at the fair BAUMA in Munich. Delivering of automated Pipe-Handling plant to the USA in touch with the company Hydrotyle. |
| 1988 |
Deliverung of the first block machine to north-america. |
| 1993 |
Takeover of the production of the block machine from the NEWA company. |
| 1995 |
Formation of the company "REKERS-International" close to Amsterdam for processing the markets worldwide. |
| 1998 |
Foundation of "REKERS NA", a own branch in north-america in Elmsfort by New York. |
| 2000 |
Annette and Norbert Foppe became managing directors |
| 2002 |
New "REKERS stone antiquer". The new method enables aging of concrete-stones on the hardtop in the circulation of the cuber. |
| 2003 |
REKERS "world wide" from now on in China, too. Representated by "Industrieanlagen Scherr Beijing". |
| 2004 |
Exhibition on the 27. international trade fair for construction machines (BAUMA) in Munich. |
| 2005 |
50th anniversary of Rekers Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, founded on 01.11.05 |