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75 Years of REHAU: A Legacy of Quality and Innovation

 Tuesday, January 16, 2024

REHAU 75th anniversary

REHAU – the name that works together with vision to shape the standards tomorrow. REHAU is happy to share the exciting news that recently in December, they have completed their 75 years of fantastic journey. With world-class engineering expertise, adaptability and a strong value-based foundation, REHAU has grown from a family-owned company into today’s family of companies that will continue to invest in sustainable growth.

“REHAU is now celebrating its 75th anniversary,” said Dr. Thomas Troeger, CEO of REHAU Americas. “Together with our customers, suppliers and employees, REHAU is looking back and drawing inspiration from the pioneering spirit and visionary power of our founder. But above all, the Group is looking forward to how we can create even better experiences for our customers.” Thomas added further.

The year-long celebration is dedicated to exploring the company’s claim “Engineering progress. Enhancing lives.” and to uniting employees around the globe – across time zones, languages, and geopolitical circumstances – in a common experience of the REHAU Way.

The foundation for the REHAU success story was laid by company founder Helmut Wagner in 1948 in the Bavarian town of the same name, when on the premises of the Franconian leather factory he, two other men and one machine began to replace conventional materials with polymers, thereby improving them. Building on the values of trust, reliability and innovation, he created a successful business. REHAU know-how and technical expertise is found in numerous applications and locations throughout the world: the Ariane rocket for space research, the turf heating in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium or the subway in Cairo, to name a few.

REHAU extruded the first polymer window profile in 1958. In 1987, the company introduced the first compression-sleeve fitting for connecting pipes and has since sold a billion units. Today, every third car in Europe contains components from the polymer specialist and 248,550 miles (400,000 kilometres) of REHAU micro cable conduits connect people all over the world. By filing approximately 100 patents per year, REHAU is one of the top patent applicants in Germany.

Today, the REHAU Group is an international family of companies with 190 locations, more than 20,000 employees and an annual turnover of more than 4.5 billion euros. With Meraxis, REHAU New Ventures, RAUMEDIC, REHAU Automotive and REHAU Industries, the company unites five subgroups under one roof. The recipe for success is a pioneering spirit, a strong value-based foundation and the ability to adapt.

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