For more than 40 years, we have consistently provided our clients with a first-class level of service
As a family business in its second generation, retec® Kunstofftechnik GmbH can look back on a successful development. Since the foundation in 1984, we have successfully established ourselves as a manufacturer of medical and technical acrylics. Our acrylics are now used all over the world. Through continuous research and innovative development, we can always offer our customers first-class products that meet the highest quality standards. We develop customised solutions and are certified according to ISO 13485 and Annex II of the Medical Directive 93/42/EEC.
The beginning
In 1984, Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Reiss founded retec® Kunststofftechnik GmbH.
At the first headquarters in Oberursel (Taunus), the company developed and produced dental prosthetic resins (hot and cold acrylate-based polymers) with 3 employees. The products were sold under private label to well-known dental companies in Germany.
After successful development of various products for metallography and veterinary medicine, the marketing of these products was taken over by a company in Nidderau.
Today, approximately 38 employees (as of 2024) develop and produce our high-quality range of advanced denture resins and auxiliaries for dental applications, materials for materials testing, veterinary medicine and hearing aids, as well as resins for nail and jewellery design. The products are distributed worldwide through reputable distributors.
From the very beginning, Mr Reiss focused on the highest quality and safety plastic products, laying the foundation for a success story that continues to this day.
Innovation
Technical development has made giant strides in recent decades. At the same time, the requirements of customers and testing authorities are becoming stricter. At retec® Kunststofftechnik GmbH, research & development has been an enormously high priority from the very beginning.
Our product range is constantly being developed further, whether to meet customer requirements or to fulfil regulatory requirements. At the same time, we attach great importance to the control and continuous improvement of each individual production step, right up to the finished end product.
A look into the past
2024 40th company anniversary
2019 Expansion and extension at the company headquarters in Rosbach (additional offices, expansion of raw material and liquid storage)
2018 Hybrid plastic: further development of the microbead plastic into a universal variant (casting, injecting and filling)
2017 Generation change: Mrs Katrin Wesner née Reiss takes over as sole managing director
2017 Expansion of R&D to light-curing resins in 3D printing dental, hearing aids and orthodontics
2016 Development of a "high-impact" resin for filling CAD-CAM milling crowns and producing customised blanks
2016 Development of a low-shrinkage modelling resin (pattern) on a powder/liquid basis
2015 Development of a "high-impact" denture resin (hot polymer) for casting and injection technology
2009 Patenting of a new prosthetic resin with micro-bead technology
2008 Katrin Wesner née Reiss supports her father as a further managing director in the company management
2004 Expansion of the production area, new hall for shipping and packaging
2002 Patenting of a new one-component adhesive system for veterinary medicine (Futura Pad)
2000 Development of a colour-stable, highly transparent material for the hearing aid industry
1999 Development of an MMA-free adhesive system for veterinary medicine
1997 Introduction of a quality management system and certification
1995 First trade fair appearance at the International Dental Show, IDS in Cologne
1993 Move to new office and administration premises in Rodheim vor der Höhe
1989 Development of a new adhesive system for veterinary medicine
1986 Expansion of a second product line in the field of metallography and veterinary medicine
1984 Foundation of retec® Kunststofftechnik GmbH as a developer and manufacturer of medical plastics, by Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Reiss