About us
RHEINZINK was founded by the Grillo Stolberger Zinc companies together with Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke in 1966. Today it belongs to the Grillo group of companies and has a workforce of over 800 people. RHEINZINK has an international presence, boasting subsidiaries and sales branches in 30 different countries on five continents.
For over 40 years the RHEINZINK Group has produced top-quality titanium zinc at its Datteln site offering three different natural finishes: bright rolled, "preweatheredpro blue-grey" and "preweatheredpro graphite-grey".
The applications for RHEINZINK titanium zinc include roofing, roof dormers, facade cladding and roof drainage systems. Titanium zinc from RHEINZINK is very popular as a modern material that offers wide scope for design. Many internationally famed architects such as Daniel Libeskind, Frank O. Gehry or Zaha Hadid have discovered this material and appreciate its benefits. Thanks to its durability and high recycling rate RHEINZINK is also the preferred choice of material for classical roof drainage systems using gutters and pipes.
Innovation as a guiding principle
It was 40 years ago that RHEINZINK, as Europe's first manufacturer of zinc for use as a building material, replaced the traditional pack-rolling process with a brand-new technology, the wide-strip casting and rolling mill. Today we now produce all three finishes: bright-rolled, "preweatheredpro blue-grey" and "preweatheredpro graphite-grey". The preweathered finishes have a natural finish that is untreated: a unique patented process means that the product already leaves the works with the "patina" that otherwise only develops after years on exposure of the bright-rolled material to the atmosphere.
Protecting the climate with a sustainable product
There are not many other materials with such a favourable environmental life cycle assessment as RHEINZINK: The amount of energy required to obtain and process zinc is extremely low. Emissions are kept to a minimum thanks to state-of-the-art production facilities. RHEINZINK products can be recycled 100%: Nowadays a third of every RHEINZINK product is made up of recycled zinc once used for construction. Following comprehensive evaluation of its entire life cycle the material RHEINZINK was certified as an environmentally friendly building product by the independent organisation Institute Construction and Environment (Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V.- IBU) in 1999.
Heading into the future with solar power
As a company with an ecological focus RHEINZINK also offers valuable opportunities for making efficient use of solar energy: The modules in the RHEINZINK Solar PV series convert light directly into electric power. QUICK STEP®-SolarThermie is a real innovation when it comes to thermal solar energy utilisation. All RHEINZINK solar solutions are bound to impress with their surface-integrated design: The harmonious impression of the architecture is not spoilt by collector fields projecting above the level of the roof.
Versatility – appreciated by architects all over the world
International architects opt for RHEINZINK to give perfect expression to their designs. For them the great attraction of RHEINZINK as a material is the enormous variety it offers: From avant-garde to more traditional – roofs and facades made of RHEINZINK always represent a high-quality functional solution that won't date. Further enhanced by a wide range of accessories: Whether cladding for dormers, gables or chimneys, verges, roof overhangs or garage doors, RHEINZINK accessories will blend in with any architectural style and materials – they are guaranteed to be the highlight of every building.