Steute was founded in Bad Oeynhausen in 1961. In 1986, the company moved to a new production plant in Löhne. From the very start, the company manufactured switchgear, mainly foot switches and pullwire switches, which was later complemented by devices for control systems.

Since 1995 the company has become a specialist in the development and production of pull-wire and foot switches as well as switchgears for explosive endangered areas.

The development and production of medical equipment, has been branched off into a separate division. Today, Steute employs about 140 employees. Owing to the explosive expansion of the past years, the existing production facilities and offices were enlarged with a new building of the same size, to which the company moved in 2001.

Founded in 1959, Reer began its activity as a distributor of electric and electronic components for the OEM industry, quickly becoming the most important Italian distributor of professional lamps. It still is today.

Thanks to the Company’s strong technical vocation, an industrial activity gradually developed alongside the original commercial function. Reer started manufacturing sensors of different technologies, especially relying on the optoelectronic and magnetic types. It eventually specialised in photocells.

The first safety sensors were designed and built in the middle of the 70’s. In a few years Reer became the market leader of safety light barriers in Italy, while industrial safety became the Company’s most important source of income.

The Machine Directive marked a turning point for accident prevention in Europe; the introduction of the CE-marked models meant a further strengthening of Reer market presence.

In January 1998 the Safety Division quality system was certified by TUV as being in compliance with ISO 9001. The safety barriers range continues to grow. The main models are now ULlabelled (both for US and Canada) as well as CE-marked. This is a sign of growing importance of export in Reer sales, thanks to a commercial network that now covers all the most important industrialised countries. That’s why Reer is becoming more and more a reference point for historical presence, quality and service.