History

Creation of the parent company of Plastimat in Rheda-Wiedenbrück / Westfalen:
S.u.M. GmbH & Co. KG
Main products: Delineators, plastic parts
New manufacturing process for self-supporting delineators
Patent STEH-AUF-System (retractable delineators)

Production of delineators in plastic injection molding

Production / new development of special reflectors: e.g. Bicycle-spoke reflectors
Stations for the road database

Production of 7-pin connectors for cars including accessories

Production of approx. 40 million bike spoke reflectors (legal regulation for bicycles) as well as reflectors for front and taillight

Construction of the first tools for 13-pin connectors for passenger cars according to the pre-standard, now DIN11446 according to standard, developed by FAKRA (Technical Committee of Motor Vehicles)

1985/86: Production of 13-pin connectors, also for today's competitors

Purchase of Plastimat in Oranienburg
Combined production in Oranienburg and Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Production / development / design of tools and serial parts for cars and commercial vehicles in Oranienburg
Production of all delineators in three production systems :
Extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, so that all demands can be offered in Europe Manufacturing / development of plastic parts for well-known industrial suppliers, e.g. Webasto

Manufacture of rear lights for tail-lifts "Hula-Blitz" (legal regulation), as well as other lights

Construction design and tooling as a development supplier

Start of development of connectors-systems for cars and commercial vehicles

Market launch of today's sockets for the OEM systems in the passenger car sector

Development of new sockets 13-pole for retractable trailer towbars

Manufacture of cable sets for OEM

Production of ready-to-crimp contacts made of brass on curved and CNC-controlled circular stroke machines with 8 stations for simultaneous machining of the outlines including fully automatic screwing, crimping and fitting of inner springs

Special focusing on reflectors for OEM

1999-2004: Certification DIN EN ISO 9001 in Oranienburg and Rheda-Wiedenbrück

2000-2010: Annual expansion of production in all sectors
Production of approx. 80 million plastic parts for all industrial sectors

Certification ISO TS 16949 in Oranienburg and Rheda-Wiedenbrück

Certification DIN EN ISO 14001 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück

2004/2005: Creation of Plastimat Poland for the production of electrical coils

Further development of the car sockets into "watertight version on both sides" for standard and for pivoting tow bars. Easy to use and easy to install

Development of new LED luminaires for industrial / residential areas

Development "watertight" socket for commercial vehicle

Outsourcing of LED luminaires for energy saving in separate company

In the production fields of delineators, reflectors, trailer sockets :
Leading producer in Europe with a production "Made in Germany"

Production: approx. 265 employees
Use of approx. 64 robots
Production area: approx. 24,000 sqm
Production sites: Oranienburg and Rheda-Wiedenbrück

PLASTIMAT GmbH takes over from PLA-REFLEX GmbH, a company of the Swarovski-Group, the development, production and distribution of reflector products for the application in road traffic