1936 Development and submission of a patent application for the first progressive distributor ny Mr. Alexander Aristides Rebs.
1948 Founding of REBS as a company. Production start-up with one fitter, one skilled operator, one supervisor and one engineer. The company manufactured pumps, progressive distributors and accessories.
1957 Relocation of REBS from Düsseldorf to its own company building in Ratingen-Lintorf, Duisburger Strasse. The company payroll continues to grow.
1962 Dipl.-Ing. Alexander H. O. Rebs also joins the company.
1967 Rising annual sales and payroll numbers lead to a large new construction project.
1973 Patent application for airless chain lubrication with magnetic pumps. Thousands of these pumps are in service, primarily in escalators and in the automotive industry.
1978 REBS starts to develop a single-tube oil-air lubrication system for wheel flanges.
In the early Eighties, the invention and granting of a patent for the TURBOLUB® distributor extended the existing oil-air lubrication system to oil-air TURBOLUB® lubrication. Innovation: in TURBOLUB® distributors, the oil-air mixture is distributed dynamically, without moving parts, and therefore without mechanical wear.
1988 Completion of the new company offices and production buildings at the Siemensstrasse site.
In the early Nineties, a third generation of the Rebs family joined the company Dipl.-Ing. Alexander A. Rebs and Dipl.-Ing. Harald Rebs. With their extensive specialist knowledge and team spirit, they made a substantial contribution towards sustaining the continuous growth of REBS as a company.
1992 ...Ongoing expansion of REBS in China, currently with 50 staff on payroll.
2003 Another large new production building is required to handle the steady growth in order volumes.
2004 Modern, new offices are installed in the old production buildings.
2008 Expansion of company buildings to Siemensstrasse. Rise in workforce numbers to 80 employees.
In many market segments within central lubrication technology, the company REBS today remains the technology leader.
Excellent experience, continuous development and innovation of our company have resulted in a further expansion of our market leadership.
As an example of this many of our products are being produced by other manufactures once the patents expire.
