REMA S.A. (REMA Share Company) is a manufacturer of

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for processing

wood Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...

and wood-based materials, located in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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. The company produces

circular saw A circular saw or a buzz saw, is a power-saw using a toothed or Abrasive saw, abrasive disk (mathematics), disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an Arbor (tool), arbor. A hole saw and ring saw also use ...

ing machines especially designed for sawing boards for the

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. The company’s headquarters is in the town of

Reszel Reszel (; Prussian: ''Resel'' or ''Resl'') is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. As of 2012 the population was 4,896. A small medieval town situated in the historical Warmia region, Reszel possesses many archite ...

( Warmińsko-mazurskie province).

History

The enterprise was established in the middle of the 19th century as a

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. In the period between World Wars I and II, the company manufactured agricultural machines and devices. After the annexation of Northern Lands in 1945 to Poland, the company was one of the first industrial plants activated in the territory of what was then Olsztyn Province. At first smithy begun to work in June 1945. In November 1945 the firm was taken over by the state-owned Northern Trust of Agricultural Machines in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

. Then, a new profile of production was opened: agricultural machines and machine tools for processing of

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

. The company accepted its new name: State Factory of Agricultural Machines. Three years later the factory was assigned to Management of Local Industry in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

and changed its name to "Mechanical Plant and Foundry". Production then began to diversify further. The company started producing builder's hoisting winches as well as machines and devices for the manufacture of litter peat. On January 1, 1975, the firm was taken over by the Management of Industrial Machinery for Forestry and changed its name to Reszel’s Plant of Industrial Machinery for Forestry (being still a part of the Trust structure). In the period between 1953-62 the production program became extremely varied. Aside from a line of simple devices (wheeled sets, special benches, hoisting winches), there was also an assortment of high accuracy and precision products ( air-compressors, tractors, hydraulic pumps, circular sawing machines). Since 1963, after the Trust decided to distribute production of machine tools for wood over several factories in Poland, the company began to specialise in the production of circular sawing machines, shredders and fragmentisers for processing wood and wood-based materials. From 1973 to 1985 the factory was intensively enlarged. A new foundry started production of

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. New productive halls were built and in 1983 a new division was opened in

Bisztynek Bisztynek () is a town in Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,282 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located in the historical region of Warmia. History The town was part of Poland until the First Partition of Po ...

, producing farmer’s circular saws. In December 1990 the enterprise was transformed into legal form of Share Company, owned solely by the Treasury of the State, and changed its name to REMA S.A. (REMA Share Company).

Present activity

Rema services, repairs and sells spare parts for woodcutting machine tools. The primary line of products is the circular sawing machines with under-cutting spindle (scoring unit) for wood and chipboards. The company also produces cross-cutting circular saws, builder's circular saws, angular saws, radial arm saws, multi-blade rip saws, multi-functional machine tools and dust extractors. The foundry department produces cast iron: grey, nodular and

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.'Dzieje Reszla' - Janina Danuta Łaniec,

References

External links

Official Website
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