About us
Power becomes movement.
With ATEK Drive Solutions, we are shaping the exciting transformation from component manufacturer to solution provider for the entire drivetrain. Our path into the future stands for growth and expanded technological know-how. To this end, two companies, ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH and Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houvens GmbH, are merging to form ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH. Decades of experience in the fields of transmissions and brakes are thus combined at the site in Rellingen
and supplemented by further expertise in motor production.
Our goals are ambitious: doubling turnover and the number of employees by 2030 and integrating motor production at the renovated and expanded site in Rellingen. Here on the outskirts of Hamburg, we work with a young, committed team with high standards and quality, short distances, digital tools and flat hierarchies as well as a great passion for technology, fun teamwork and an interest in exchanging ideas with our customers and partners.
We have the best prerequisites for the success of our transformation:
For decades, the companies ATEK and Rietschoten have successfully occupied a profitable market niche for transmissions and industrial brakes with great growth potential, which can now be leveraged with ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH.
HISTORY
The solution provider for the complete drivetrain with brakes, transmissions and motors.
ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH
Two long-established companies merge to become a solution provider
for the entire drivetrain with brakes, transmissions and motors.
- 2023 – Cooperation between ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH and Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH
- 2024 – On June 20, 2024, the two long-established companies Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH and ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH merged to form ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH, based in Rellingen.
- 2024 - Development of a generation of servomotors in four sizes.
- 2024 - Development of a servo motor controller.
- 2024 - Development of the world's fastest electric brake.
- 2024 - Electrification of the entire brake portfolio
ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH
From a Hamburg turning shop to an international specialist for gearboxes
- 1939 – Foundation of the Willi Glapiak turning shop in Hamburg
- 1983 – Merger of Willi Glapiak GmbH and ATEK Ingenieurbüro f. Antriebstechnik to form ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH and relocation to Rellingen. An order from the coffee roaster brings the company into contact with Winkl gearboxes for the first time.
- 1985 – Concentration on single-stage bevel and worm gearboxes (VS and V series)
- 1995 – Inclusion of servo gearboxes (VC and SC series) in the product portfolio
- 1997 – Relocation to Prisdorf and expansion of production capacity for bevel and worm gearboxes
- 2002 – Internationalization: Development and expansion of foreign markets
- 2009 – Inclusion of miniature gearboxes (L series) in the product portfolio
- 2012 – Inclusion of hypoid gearboxes (HC series) in the product portfolio
- 2013 – Relocation to Rellingen with further expansion of production capacities
- 2015 – Entry into the whitepaper business: customers can have gearboxes developed for their application and at their target price
- 2017 – Inclusion of stainless steel gearboxes (HDV series) in the product portfolio
- 2018 – Inclusion of a miniature servo gearbox with a product weight of around 0.2 kg (LC series)
- 2019 – Takeover of ATEK by the Obermark Group. The former authorized signatory, Sebastian Sturm, becomes the new Managing Director
- 2020 – Inclusion of right-angle planetary gearboxes (BPCE series) and planetary gearboxes (PCE series) in the product portfolio
- 2020 – Inclusion of an incremental motor encoder (MIG series) in the product portfolio
- 2021 – Inclusion of high-ratio servo gearboxes with a ratio of up to 400:1 (VCE series) in the product portfolio
- 2022 – Development of integrated geared motors (BPCE-M and PCE-M series)
- 2022 - Foundation of the Innovation division.
- 2024 - Expansion of the location by around 800 sqm of office space.
- 2024 - ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH changes its name to ATEK Drive Solutions GmbH.
Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH
From woodworking to international specialist for industrial brakes
- 1961 – Foundation of Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH for the export-controlled trade with woodworking equipment by Schuit and Felix Biewer as a subsidiary of the Dutch Dutch van Rietschoten & Houwens.
- 1963 – Introduction of Twiflex disc brakes
- 1968 – The universal disk brake becomes established in almost all industrial applications.
- 1975 – Rietschoten becomes the market leader for industrial disc brakes with decentralized production and a central warehouse.
- 1976 – Development of the first own brake model
- 1992 – Development of complete brake systems as well as EH and EHS systems
- 1994 – Introduction of a quality management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001
- 1996 – Development of the R&H 300 caliper brake series
- 2005 – Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH supplies brake systems for the propeller shafts of the “Sunflower”. “Sunflower”, at that time one of the largest luxury yachts in the world.
- 2006 – Brake systems and hydraulics are supplied for the elevators of ThyssenKrupp, for example for the SWFC Tower in Shanghai and the CMA Tower in Saudi Arabia.
- 2008 – Rietschoten is one of the first brake manufacturers to offer its entire product range with explosion protection.
- 2011 – Takeover of Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH by the Obermark Group.
- 2015 - Expansion of quality assurance for reed sheets and addition of a 3D coordination measuring machine.
- 2017 - Development of the modular fixed and floating caliper brakes EBS and EBS FL in sizes 001 to 008.
- 2019 - Expansion of warehouse space by 40% at the Hanover site.
- 2020 - Development of a compact floating caliper brake size EB470.
- 2022 - Establishment of direct sales with five sales representatives in Germany.
- 2022 - Mr. Sebastian Sturm becomes Managing Director.
- 2023 - Relocation of the company from Hanover to the ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH site in Rellingen.
- 2024 - Merger of Deutsche van Rietschoten & Houwens GmbH with ATEK Antriebstechnik Willi Glapiak GmbH.
