1923
Founding
The eponymous founder Fritz Reu (*1901) trained his artistic skills at the Munich Art Academy before setting himself up in 1923 with two assistants in Pforzheim, located between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. Even then, he had the idea to produce individual products in the areas of coins/medals and souvenirs.
1939
Interim leadership
In the following years, the company grew steadily and the number of employees also rose to 15 employees by 1939. When Fritz Reu and his employees were drafted into war in the following years, his wife continued production with homeworkers on an interim basis over the war period.
1945
Heubach
Shortly before the bomb night in 1945, in which the Reu family's estate in Pforzheim was also destroyed, they moved to Heubach 90 kilometers east, where the family reunited. The following year, Fritz Reu and two of his employees began to rebuild the company in Heubach.
1952
Building the factory
In 1952, the first factory was built on Gmünder Straße in Heubach. After many expansions and new buildings, this now comprises an entire complex of buildings. At the same location, the company, which mainly produces coins and medals, is still carried out today on modern machines.
1972
Most employees
The company reached its highest number of employees so far in 1972, when 160 permanent employees and 30 homeworkers were employed primarily in elaborate manual work. In the following years, however, this figure fell again due to more rational manufacturing and production methods and the purchase of various articles.
2015
Berthold Krieg
Today, the number of employees comprises around 60 employees in production and administration. The company was managed in the second generation by Mr. Heinz Fritz Reu for a long time before the management was transferred in February 2015 to the previous plant manager Mr. Berthold Krieg, who is still managing director today.
2023
Thorsten Dalacker
With the takeover of Fritz Reu GmbH by brothers Thorsten Dalacker and Tobias Dalacker, Reu was integrated into the TD Holding group of companies and the company Les Graveurs based in Heimsheim near Pforzheim. Since the takeover, Mr. Thorsten Dalacker has been managing the businesses of the new Reu coin and medal factory in Heubach together with Mr. Berthold Krieg as managing director.
