RUD chains Rieger & Dietz
| RUD chains Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG
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| legal form | GmbH u. Co. KG |
| founding | 1875 |
| Seat | Aalen - Unterkochen , Germany |
| management | Hansjörg Rieger Jörg Steffen Rieger Johannes Rieger Benjamin Rieger |
| Number of employees | approx. 1700 (2018) |
| sales | approx. 190 million € (2018) |
| Branch | Round steel chains |
| Website | www.rud.de |
The RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG is a German manufacturer of chains . At the locations, u. a. in Australia , Brazil , India , Romania and the USA , the family company produces round steel chains for conveying, lifting, pulling, slinging, lashing and as terrain, tire protection and snow chains . With the Erlau brand , the company also produces the RUD-Erlau tire protection chains and object furnishings for indoor and outdoor use.
The company was founded on January 18, 1875 by Carl Rieger and Friedrich Dietz in Aalen , Swabia . Since the retirement of the childless Friedrich Dietz, the company has been solely owned by the Rieger family. With over 1700 (2018) employees in various production and sales locations in over 120 countries, the RUD family group achieves an annual turnover of over 190 million euros.
history
In 1828 three Aalen citizens acquired a wire-drawing facility that had existed on Erlen-Au am Kocher in Aalen since 1795 . In 1875 the company called "Erlau" was converted into a (now southern Germany's oldest) stock corporation. In 1875, a few kilometers down the stove, Carl Rieger and Friedrich Dietz, with 16 employees at the time, founded a green meadow, now called "Peace Island", also a "chain forge and factory of Drahthorden for malting, hops and chicory kilns". As early as 1880 they received a certificate of honor (see below) with “royal recognition” for their chain products made of the highest quality, which were mainly used in agriculture.
In 1900 the industrial age arrived at RUD. The forge was already developing into a factory: a Voith water turbine and the steam power of a “locomobile” provided energy - and the world's first attempts with electric chain welding were successful. In 1910 the first “ladder chain” for rubber tires for “motor carts”, later automobiles, was produced.
In 1925, the third generation of the Rieger family joined the company because co-founder Friedrich Dietz was childless. Werner Rieger invented the "Original RUD track chain" in 1935, which became known as the "mother of all modern snow chains". A quality chain sector positioned itself as a second pillar alongside the tire chain after the Second World War.
In 1953, RUD received the first official approval for high-strength chains in the quality chain sector and thus the H1 ranking. This was followed by the initial certification as a chain manufacturer with an integrated quality and environmental management system according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 . In 1955, the tire protection chains were created to protect the tires of work machines with pneumatic tires above and below ground. In 1972, own manufacturing subsidiaries, sales subsidiaries and branches were founded in quick succession. Brazil was the beginning, Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, France, Spain and the overseas USA and South Africa followed, as did China and India later.
At the “centenary” in 1975 with more than 1000 employees, the company founded two non-profit organizations: The Trude Eipperle Rieger Foundation and the Otto Rieger Foundation are dedicated to promoting culture, science and common sense - with considerable financial commitment.
As a competitor company operating in parallel for many years (and the place of origin of the RUD founders), Erlau AG joined the RUD corporate group in 1988.
In 2003, Jörg Steffen Rieger, Johannes Rieger and Florian Rieger became the fifth generation to manage the company. Florian Rieger died in Romania in a traffic accident in 2004. In 2009 the last son, Benjamin Rieger, joined the company's management.
In 2010 the international team consisted of 1,400 employees worldwide.
In 2018 Erlau AG merged with RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG, of which the company was previously a subsidiary. Since then, Erlau has been a brand of the RUD Group.
Corporate structure
The RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG is divided into seven company divisions: RUD lifting and lashing equipment, RUD conveyor systems, RUD lifting and drive technology, RUD tire protection chains, RUD anti-skid chains, RUD military technology and RUD BarrierTech GmbH.
In addition, RUD manufactures object furnishings for indoor and outdoor use under the Erlau brand:
The “outdoor facility” includes stable, weatherproof furniture for outdoor facilities, e.g. B. by municipalities, companies or transport companies. These include benches, seating groups, tables and chairs, loungers, waste bins, bicycle parking systems, bollards, planters, mobile table beds and exercise equipment.
The "Interior furnishings" manufactures products for barrier-free sanitary areas. These include support and grab bar systems, shower seats, shower rails, shower handrails, shower curtain rails, bathtub entry aids and bathroom accessories such as towel rails or various shelves. The products from the "Interior furnishing" area are used in private bathrooms and public sanitary facilities, be it in hospitals, nursing homes or swimming pools.
Important company locations
All of RUD's plants are chain production facilities that process wire diameters from 2 to 38 mm.
Production units (with sales activity)
- RUD chains Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG | Aalen / Germany
- RUD Florian Rieger SRL | Sibiu / Romania
- RUD Correntes Industriais Ltd. | Mogi das Cruzes / Brazil
- RUD INDIA CHAIN PVT LTD | Maharashtra / India
- RUD-SCHÖTTLER UMFORMTECHNIK & SYSTEMSLIEFERANT GmbH | Hagen, Germany
- Erlatek Group | Hyvinkää / Finland
- Erlatek Group - Kajato Production | Hyvinge / Finland
- Erlatek Group - VM-Vaijeri Oy | Nurmijärvi / Finland
- Tiretrac Special Equipments Co., Ltd. | Zhangjiagang City / China
- PROTRAC | Jinhua Zheijang / China
- RUS Zerspanungstechnik GmbH | Eslohe / Germany
- Herfurth & Engelke Förderanlagen GmbH | Braunschweig / Germany
- Nehles Hebezeug GmbH | Stolberg / Germany
- Special Industrial Supplies (Pty) Ltd | North Riding / South Africa
Sales units (with manufacturing activity)
- RUD Chain Inc. | Hiawatha / USA
- RUD Lifting Mexico SA de CV | Nuevo Leon / Mexico
- RUD Chains Ltd. | Whitstable / England
- RUD Chains Pty Ltd. | Brisbane / Australia
- RUD Chains Pty Ltd. | Newcastle / Australia
- RUD Chains Pty Ltd. | Perth / Australia
- RUD Rieger & Dietz (Beijing) Trading Ltd | Beijing / China
- RUD Lifting (Beijing) Co. Ltd. | Beijing / China
- RUD Russia Conveyors & Systems GmbH | Moscow, Russia
- RUD Lifting Ltd Russia | St. Petersburg / Russia
- RUD INDIA CHAIN PVT LTD | Chennai / India
- RUD INDIA CHAIN PVT LTD | Delhi / India
- Union GmbH quality chains | Brügg / Switzerland
- RUD levage et arrimage SARL | Chalons en Champagne / France
- RUD Lesuer Chaines - RLC SAS | La Bathie / France
- RUD C&D Benelux BV | Zaandam / Netherlands
- RUD Lifting & Engineering bv | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Lash & Lift GmbH | Eugendorf / Austria
- RUD Schneeketten GmbH | Villach / Austria
- RUD LIFTING ENGINEERING ITALIA SRL | Vicenza / Italy
- RUD-SpanSet Kft. Diósd | Budapest / Hungary
- RUD Lifting Bulgaria | Sofia / Bulgaria
- RUD systemy przenoszenia POLSKA sp. z oo | Bielsko-Biała / Poland
- RUD SpanSet Lifting | Kiev / Ukraine
- Incomimex | Gatika Vizcaya / Spain
- Manibe | Alfragide-Amadora / Portugal
- VODUSEK, doo | Poljcane / Slovenia
- TESORT, spol. s ro | Příbram V / Czech Republic
- RUD LIFTING JAPAN Co., LTD. | Osaka / Japan
- RUD Tokyo (Tokyo Branch) | Tokyo / Japan
- RUD LIFTING & ENGINEERING TAIWAN CO., LTD | Taichung / Taiwan
- RUD Lifting (Thailand) Co. Ltd. | Bangkok / Thailand
- RUD Systems Pte Ltd | Singapore / Singapore
- TOO Erlau | Satpaev, Kazakhstan
- TCS RUD | Fochville / South Africa
- RUD BarrierTech GmbH | Aalen / Germany
- Kops Engineering GmbH | Breitenworbis / Germany
- Nehles Service GmbH | Stolberg / Germany
Sales participation units (with manufacturing activity)
- ABZ Handels GmbH, Ramstein-Miesenbach / Germany
- HANSA-TEC GmbH, Ritterhude / Germany
- Kops Engineering GmbH, Breitenworbis / Germany
- Lash & Lift GmbH, Lübeck / Germany
- Lash & Lift GmbH, Berlin / Germany
- Lash & Lift GmbH, Eugendorf / Austria
- Schickhoff GmbH, Soest / Germany
- TUL-TEC GmbH / Oelsnitz im Vogtland / Germany
- PiuBulTec, Sofia / Bulgaria
