How Tobias Ritzer Engineering uses Memmert to analyze damage – and preserve value
For more than 27 years, Tobias Ritzer Engineering GmbH, based in Schwabach, Germany, has stood for professional restoration and management of fire, water and natural hazard damage. As a medium-sized, owner-managed company, Ritzer is a reliable partner for private households as well as insurance companies, property managers, loss adjusters and experts.
With around 230 qualified employees across five locations in Bavaria and nationwide large-loss teams, the company sets benchmarks in quality, efficiency and technological expertise. Particularly in the field of complex and large-scale damage, Tobias Ritzer has established itself as a technology leader. Their guiding principle: restore instead of demolish.
An approach that not only preserves economic value, but also actively contributes to sustainability and climate protection.
In the event of damage – especially in industrial environments – Tobias Ritzer’s customers face major challenges: production downtime must be minimized, costly investments should be preserved wherever possible, and decisions often need to be made within a very short time.
“Our task is to quickly and precisely determine whether a building or component can be preserved using specialized drying methods,” explains Martin Seifert, Deputy Head of the Drying Department.
To do this, experts take a wide range of material samples directly at the damage site, which are then analyzed in the laboratory. A key factor is the precise determination of residual moisture – the basis for any further restoration decision.
To reliably meet these requirements, Tobias Ritzer relies on Memmert drying ovens.
“Memmert systems offer the best and most reliable temperature distribution and performance on the market,” says Seifert.
Depending on the material, different temperatures are required:
All samples are heated for 24 hours in accordance with standards before residual moisture is determined.
A key added value comes from the myChamber App:
It even enabled the company to retrofit older Memmert drying ovens and integrate them into a smart monitoring system.
The benefits in daily operations are significant:
"An unnoticed power failure overnight could be enough to distort an analysis”, explains Seifert. “With myChamber, we can now prove 100% that a sample has been heated for 24 hours without temperature loss or interruption.”
The combination of Memmert precision and digital transparency enables Tobias Ritzer to achieve:
Above all, it supports the company’s core mission: preserving existing structures instead of rebuilding them. Every successful restoration prevents demolition and reconstruction – and thereby avoids the emission of several hundred tons of CO₂.
This means their work delivers not only economic value, but also a significant contribution to environmental sustainability.
With Memmert drying ovens and the myChamber App, Tobias Ritzer has a solution that combines precision, reliability and digital control.
It enables well-founded decisions under time pressure while helping to preserve value, conserve resources and implement sustainable restoration strategies.
Memmert – when precision becomes digitally visible and responsibility measurable.
