The Binding Industries Association (BIA) is pleased to announce Dale Reindl, Reindl Bindery Co., Inc. is the 2014 BIA Hall of Fame inductee. Reindl will be inducted during the 2014 BIA Annual Conference March 30–April 2 in Dallas, Texas.
Founded in 2008, the BIA Hall of Fame is dedicated to those binding and loose-leaf manufacturing industry executives who have gone far beyond the standard obligations to become a dominant force in the shaping of BIA and the business of finishing.
Sponsored by the Binding Industries Association (BIA), this award is dedicated to the spirit of those industry pioneers whose hard work and determination have created a vibrant, growing, and changing industry.
Reindl grew up on Milwaukee, Wisconsin's north side. He attended Browning Grade School thru 8th grade and then went on to Custer High School. He then attended the University of Wisconsin- Stout for four years, attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in education with a concentration in Industrial Education. Dale has been in the industry since the early 1960s.
Reindl's career began with Boehm Bindery, a local Milwaukee book bindery, with his father Charles (Charlie) Reindl during summers, weekends, and holidays during his high school and college years. He taught printing for 13 years at a Milwaukee Trade and Technical High School. While continuing to teach high school, he started Reindl Bindery in conjunction with his father in February of 1978. He continued to teach school during daytime hours and would run production for the bindery at night. In 1980 he left teaching to run the bindery full time.
Over the next 18 years he relocated the bindery three times to reflect the continual growth of the business. In 2007, he and his wife/V.P. of the company, Kathy, handed the reins of the business to two of their sons, David and Steven, who moved the bindery to its current location. Both David and Steven grew up working in the business on weekends and holidays, which gave them a great insight for the workings of a business. Reindl continues to work for the company in an advisory role and is currently Chairman of the Board.
Reindl was a member of the Milwaukee Printing House Craftsmen. He served as President of St. John Lutheran Church Trust Fund Committee in Lakefield, Wisconsin; served as a football coach for the local youth football program; and served as an advisory member for the University of Wisconsin-Stout's Graphic Communication Department for 15 years.
