Originally founded as a small company in the Swabian town of Metzingen, Riegler is meanwhile one of
the largest and best-known suppliers of pneumatic fittings on the German-speaking market,
with growing international contacts.

Company history:

1936 Trading company for leather and textile products
founded by Dr. Franz Riegler in Metzingen
1960 First pneumatic products manufactured
1966 Company taken over by Georg Wacker
1969 Exclusive concentration on the pneumatic
fittings sector
1972 Company relocates to Bad Urach, occupying
newly built premises in Teckstrasse.
Employee headcount: 6
1986 Company moves to new premises in
Schützenstrasse. Employee headcount: 28
1995 Certification to DIN EN ISO 9002
1996 Completion of building work on the
administration annexe
1998 Jürgen Wacker becomes General and
Managing Director
2003 Certification to ISO 9001:2000
2005 Internet relaunch with e-commerce interface
(profi shop) for B2B.
2007 Completion and start-up of the new pallet automatic warehouse, as well as the new incoming goods and goods despatched area.
2008 New catalogue with expanded product range and new profi shop features

Key figures:

72 employees
Approx. 6500 m2 warehouse space
Approx. 10,000 articles in the standard product range
Approx. 13,000 customers worldwide
17 German and international agents and representatives
Approx. 170,000 consignments shipped yearly