1994

Establishment of the commercial company rtmr (reinkensmeier, trading, managing, research).
Initially as a sole proprietorship: representation of national and international industrial and commercial companies in wooden, plastic and metal materials.

02.01.1997

Fantoni Italy sales office for the wood-based material MDF.

11.11.1998

Conversion of the agency into a GmbH (limited-liability company) with Klaus Reinkensmeier as managing director.

01.06.1999

Additional Alfatherm Italy sales office for decorative PVC foils for the 3D coating of MDF.
This was followed by: Opening up the Asian markets for purchasing screws; Expanding to include purchasing of furniture accessories such as hinges, runners, handles; Establishing purchasing of school desks and ceramic and cast-mineral washbasins.

From 2003 

Establishment of own warehousing capabilities through a forwarding warehouse to allow us to supply customers quickly, continuously and on-demand.

01.05.2011

Relocation to larger and more-representative office premises at Ohmstr. 8 in Detmold; setting up of showrooms.

01.02.2012

Own technical school for development and establishment of the quality-assurance department.

01.03.2012

Own warehouse in Lage, Sülterheide Industrial Estate, for ceramic, glass and cast-mineral washbasins, handles, bathroom accessories and furniture accessories, with own forklifts and loading equipment for unloading containers and loading shipments. Starting from this year, we also had the first transport vehicle (Sprinter) to allow us to supply our customers as quickly as possible.

Februar 2013

First trade fair with our own trade-fair stand, focusing on glass and ceramic washbasins.

August 2013

Apprenticeship company: First-time employment of two commercial apprentices.

February 2014

ZOW: Again at the supplier trade fair for the furniture industry with very positive feedback.

2014

Expansion of the storage capacity by an additional warehouse at Ohmstrasse. Closure of the MDF and foil sales office. Expansion of own furniture film sales activities including warehousing

February 2015

ZOW with 2 exhibition areas: "Standard" and "Trend"

2015

Expansion of the Quality Assurance Department (in terms of number of staff and machines) for finishing work and quality optimisation

May 2017

INTERZUM Cologne - First time at this world trade fair. With the entire product range on a 45m² exhibition stand.

September 2017

Centralisation of the 4 warehouse locations and the administration at the new site in Horn-Bad Meinberg, Siemensstrasse 13, with a sufficient area of 1700m² and an office building.

August 2019

New catalogue - OUR CERAMIC SERIES

March 2020

First COVID-19 lockdown in Germany

August 2020

New catalogue - OUR METAL SERIES

December 2020

Continued successful development and expansion of customer base despite Corona and second COVID-19 lockdown

Januar 2021

In planning: new catalogue - OUR CERAMIC COUNTERTOP BASINS & PLUG-IN SYSTEM "MULTIFIX"