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Rieter Group
IndustryTextiles, Automotive
Founded1795 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderJohann Jacob Rieter
Headquarters
Winterthur
,
Switzerland
ProductsTextile Machinery, Automobile Components
Number of employees
12,700
Websitehttp://www.rieter.com/

Rieter is a producer of textile machinery and automobile components, based in Winterthur, Switzerland.[1]

History

Founded in 1795 by Johann Jacob Rieter (1762–1826), the company initially produced textile products. In 1806, as Napoleon imposed the Continental Blockade to prevent trade between Continental Europe and the United Kingdom, it became impossible for Rieter to get spare parts for its British textile machinery. As a consequence, the company started to produce spare parts themselves, and in 1810 the first self-designed textile machine left its workshop.

In 1982, Rieter acquired the British textile machinery company Ernest Scragg & Sons Ltd.[2]

In 2011, the automotive products division, formerly Rieter Automotive, separated from Rieter and became a new corporation; Autoneum.

References

  1. ^ Plunkett's Advertising & Branding Industry Almanac 2007.
  2. ^ History & Milestones. Rieter. Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
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