The Enterprise

History

1960
Incorporation of the Seeland Co. Manufacture of sports ground material; sales of boiler slag.

1965
Beginning of the marketing of waste rock pile material and tailings.

1967
Move of the Seeland Co. to the premises of the former colliery Bismarck 1/4. Preparation of grounds. Manufacture of sports ground and path construction material.

1972
Beginning of the marketing of power station by-products. Acquisition of the Messel oil slate quarry; excavation of a raw material deposit which is unique in Germany. Foundation of the Messel subsidiary.

1974
Beginning of the production of brick dust for tennis courts.

1976
Beginning of the production of lawn support layers for sports ground construction.

1977
Rehabilitation of brownfield sites. Quarrying of so-called burning stockpiles under extremely difficult conditions. Preparation of sports ground and path construction material.

1978
Centralisation of the preparation activities on the newly acquired grounds in Bottrop/Industriestraße.

1982
Corporate name change to GELSENROT® Spezialbaustoffe GmbH.

1983
Beginning of the production of recycling building materials.

1984
Large-scale technical manufacture of extensive and intensive vegetation substrates for soil-bound areas.

1990
Commissioning of the stone chip works Borken/Burlo (end of recultivation in 2004)

1992
Setting up of the subsidiary in Freiberg/Saxony.

1996
Manufacture and sales of tree substrates.

1999
Site preparation of commercially used large-scale areas.

2000
Commissioning of the open storage facility in Pfaffenhofen near Munich.

2005
Company silo vehicles in the location of Bottrop.