Aug. Rath Jun. GmbH

The Rath family can now look back on five generations and more than 150 year The Rath family can now look back on five generations and more than 150 years of company history. Since takeover of the plant in Krummussbaum (Austria) more than 100 years ago (to be precise, the year 1891) , refractory bricks and mortar have been produced and developed by Rath. Over time, refractory castables and mouldables were also included in the product selection as well as vacuum-shaped products of aluminium silica wool as of 1983.

In the year 1986 we began in Moenchengladbach (Germany) the production of aluminium silica wool and in 1989 to round out the selection of refractory products up to 1800 degree Celsius application temperature we began producing aluminium oxide wool. An expansion of the company with the Budapest (Hungary) and Meissen (Germany) locations followed upon opening of the eastern countries. Starting in the year 1999, we were able to expand our product range to include insulating bricks with the takeover of Magindag Isotech GmbH in Bennewitz (Germany) .

Together with our customers, we solve the most difficult technical problems, supported by the knowledge of some of the most important universities and research centres in Austria, Germany and the USA.

We employ the extensive know-how gained in this process for further development of our products and the technical solutions we offer in furnace construction, thermal recycling in diverse areas of industrial and, increasingly, in non-refractory applications. We adapt our production systems accordingly and ensure our quality system through ISO 9001 (2000) .

Historical Overview:

1891 Purchase of the porcelain factory Johann Poduschka in Krummnussbaum (Austria) and founding of the fireclay products and clay furnace factory by August Rath senior.

1910 Completion of the conversion work through the new construction of 2 ring chamber kiln and one chamber kiln.

1921 Partial conversion of the production to stoneware.

1935 First delivery of casting pit materials (Gebr. Boehler AG) .

1952 Start of the automation of production of fireclay bricks.

1965 Start of the production of refractory castables.

1974 Purchase of the fireclay factory Erndt in Kleinpoechlarn (Austria) for expansion of the production of fireclay tiles for stoves.

1983 Founding of a sales company in Duesseldorf (Germany) ; start of production of vacuum-shaped parts based on aluminium silica wool in Krummnussbaum (Austria)

1986 Construction of a plant for production of aluminium silica wool in Moenchengladbach (Germany) .

1989 Floating on the Vienna stock exchange and founding of Rath Performance Fibers Inc. In Wilmington DE, USA.

1990 Construction of a plant for aluminium oxide wool together with a Japanese partner in Moenchengladbach (Germany) .

1991 Tak