100 years of commitment to the common cause
“Our mission is creating an optimal cycle of recycling.”
Close cycles with us
We have made it our task to effectively return recyclable materials to industry, thus completely closing material cycles. We offer a nationwide collection, processing, and recycling network as well as individual recycling solutions for various recyclables. This preserves resources by recovering raw materials. Careful preparation is the be-all and end-all for an excellent starting product. As a leading recycling specialist, we use versatile state-of-the-art processing techniques to create an optimal recycling chain. This culminates in products of the highest quality, high is what our customers want.
2023
Foundation of the subsidiary Reiling PV-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG. Merger of the German foam glass divisions of Reiling and Schlüsselbauer on 1 May 2023. Installation and commissioning of a PET granulation plant in Hamm-Uentrop. Opening of the first German Reiling PV recycling site in Münster. The joint pilot project "Glass Loop" with Audi goes into series production. The German glass sites receive the "Environmental Management System DIN EN ISO 14001:2015" certification. The first shop of the decorative glass division "Revitro Showroom & Verkauf" opens in Marienfeld. Construction of a new hall including a new drying plant in Osterweddingen.
2022
Commissioning of the new workshop and locksmith's shop at the Marienfeld site. Start of the pilot project with Audi: new windows for Audi Q4 e-tron made from defective car glass. Opening of a new location in Westervoort (Netherlands) for the "glass recycling" division. Start of construction of a photovoltaic recycling plant in Münster. Relocation of the production facility "Reiling Kunststoff Recycling" from Marienfeld to Hamm-Uentrop. Construction of a monopitch roof hall for recyclables at the Sülzetal site.
Joint management of the parent company Reiling GmbH & Co. KG by Bernhard Reiling and Tom Bernhard Reiling Junior.
2021
Acquisition of the shares in Schaumglas Husum GmbH in Husum (near Nienburg) and Veriso GmbH in Berlin. Establishment of a joint venture with the traditional Schirmbeck company in order to be able to act as a supra-regional purchaser of raw glass towards the dual systems. Demolition of the old workshop and erection of a new workshop including social rooms and locksmith’s shop at the Marienfeld site.
2020
Commissioning of the new company location “Reiling Kunststoff Recycling GmbH & Co. KG” in Burgbernheim.
2019
Continuation of construction work for completion of the new company site in Burgbernheim for the recycling of plastics. Purchase of the former Wiwianka company building in Marienfeld. Purchase of the company Simeko (flat glass recycler) in Ujazd (Poland).
2018
25 years of Reiling Nutzfahrzeugservice GmbH in Marienfeld: New construction and modernisation of the contract workshop; ground-breaking ceremony at the new company site of Reiling Kunststoff Recycling GmbH & Co. KG in Burgbernheim. 20 years of flat glass processing at Reiling Glas Recycling GmbH & Co. KG in Gladbeck. Completion of a new processing hall at the Reiling Glas Recycling GmbH & Co. KG site in Torgau.
2017
Purchase of a property in Burgbernheim (Bavaria) for Reiling Kunststoff Recycling. Erection of a new production hall for the processing of by-products from plastics recycling in Hamm-Uentrop.
2016
Erection of a new warehouse in Marienfeld for the roofing of container glass. Re-election of Bernhard Reiling as bvse President.
2015
Erection of a new head office building in Marienfeld (GT district). Erection of a new site in Naestved (Denmark) for glass processing.
2014
Start of glass processing in Osterweddingen. Re-election of Bernhard Reiling as bvse President.
2013
Acquisition of shares in the Swedish company “Swede Glass United AB”. This company is active in the field of flat glass recycling. Opening of the play and day-care group “Krabbelbude” at the main site.
2012
Bernhard Reiling takes over responsibility as elected president of bvse-Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. First certification of the Reiling energy management system to DIN EN ISO 50001. Development of an e-scrap container type “ESSB”. Erection of a new site in Osterweddingen (Saxony-Anhalt) for processing of flat glass, container glass, photovoltaic modules, and PVB film.
2011
Erection of a new processing plant with X-ray fluorescence facility at the Gladbeck site. New waste glass processing plant with X-ray technology at the Marienfeld site. Erection of a shear drying plant to improve processing efficiency in Holmegaard (Denmark). Erection of a main site in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) for processing of container and flat glass and as a collection and handling centre for paper, wood, and PET.
2010
Opening of the premises of Reiling Kunststoff Recycling GmbH in Hamm-Uentrop.
2009
Commissioning of a modern X-ray fluorescence system for sorting out glass ceramics and special glasses.
2008
Erection of a processing plant at the glassworks in Holmegaard (Denmark). Purchase of a property in Dabrowa Gornicza (Poland) for DSS Recykling.
2007
50th anniversary of Reiling Glas Recycling. Investments and restructuring at the Marienfeld site. Inauguration of the plastics processing plant.
2006
Construction and commissioning of Kunststoff Recycling GmbH, Marienfeld.
2005
Acquisition of 100% of the shares in Morrison Glas Recycling. Acquisition of 100% of the shares in RGR in Lünen. New construction of an operating site for G.R.E. in Ennigerloh.
2004
Acquisition of a share in EZN Entsorgungszentrum Nord GmbH in Münster/Westphalia. Participation in DSS Recykling Sp. zo.o. in Slawkow (Poland).
2003
Acquisition of shares in Morrison Glas Recycling GmbH in Lauenburg and Morrison Glasrecycling Danmark Aps in Vamdrup (Denmark).
2000
A new processing plant for waste wood is put into operation in Bönen. Acquisition of a share in the G.R.E. GmbH & Co. KG in Beckum.
1998
Reiling establishes a new branch in Gladbeck. Like the Torgau plant, this facility is located in the immediate vicinity of a glassworks.
1995
Reiling Group’s share in BBF Recycling- und Holzhandelsgesellschaft mbH expands the range of services to include the wood sector. Commissioning of the flat glass processing plant in Torgau/Saxony.
Bernhard Reiling Junior takes over his father’s business shares.
1994
A state-of-the-art processing plant for flat, mirror, automotive, wired, and laminated construction glass is inaugurated at the Marienfeld plant site.
1991
Ruhrglas Recycling GmbH in Lünen takes up operation.
1989
Reiling MS-Recycling GmbH is founded with headquarters in Münster.
1984
Bernhard Reiling Junior joins the company.
1970
The first Reiling container glass collection container is installed in Gütersloh.
1968
The plant is relocated from Gütersloh to Marienfeld.
1957
Bernhard Reiling Senior discovers waste glass as a recycling product and founds what is now “Reiling Glas-Recycling” with his wife Margret.
before 1957
The success story of the Reiling family begins early in the last century with a raw materials trading business.
