Production is located exclusively in Germany in Ilsfeld ( Baden-Wuerttemberg) and Annaburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on more than 44,000 sqm. The company employs around 300 people worldwide. Sales and service centres are located in Europe, the USA, South America, India and the Far East.

Acquisition of Votecs.

VOTECS emerges from the firm Gross. Nestro and Gross cooperate intensively since 2002. Gross gets into financial difficulties. Nestro takes over Gross. Then the name 'Gross' is bought of Nestro's rival Weima and thus Nestro tales over the plans of Gross and builds from that point on under the name Votecs Nestro Brikettierpressen/Zerkleinerer - parallel to the resurrected company Gross, which has now been taken over by Weima.

Weima should be the world leader in shredders. Very strong in the USA. 52% of its sales are in the area of plastic!

Acquisition of RSN, including the areas service and spare parts.

They experiment in the field of plastic and have bitter setbacks. But over the 90 years they developed this second foothold beside the wood industry to a main pillar.

The fitter Mr. Gross becomes self-employed and sells since then 'Gross chopper' in competition.

Taking over the company Reinbold, which produced choppers. A short time later they sell it again.

The first elements of the hit series WL4 are probably built. Zeno was presumely one of the first who built the shredder with pusher.

Company is newly established by Mr. Rössler and the success story begins. Mr. Roessler invents the sledge chipper.

Bavarian State Prize for inventing the first hydraulic briquette press.

Establishment.