Rietberg - the city in the district of Gütersloh with its approximately 31,000 inhabitants is a place worth living in an economically healthy region. However, the name Rietberg is known in the industry primarily because a very specific company is based here: Rietbergwerke. And this has been the case for 100 years. Rietbergwerke is the nucleus of today's Seppeler Group. Today, the Group is one of the leading suppliers of tanks and, above all, of hot-dip galvanizing and corrosion protection. It comprises 14 companies and 19 operating divisions in Germany and Poland with 1,400 employees.
It all started in 1919 with a tube and sheet metal goods factory. "Since our roots lie in the processing of metal, we are still a competent partner for our customers today, also in all constructive areas," reports Kai Seppeler, who today chairs the supervisory board of Seppeler Holding. He can still remember how, as a child, he took great pleasure in climbing onto the stacked barrels - much to the displeasure of his father. This was because the barrels received their corrosion protection in the company's own galvanizing plant. This had been possible in Rietberg since 1922, albeit only for the company's own products. This was not to change until the 1960s.
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