RHI AG

RHI AG (until 1998 Radex - Heraklith industry Beteiligungs AG) is a global group of companies in the manufacturing, distribution and delivery of non-substitutable refractory products for all industrial high -temperature processes. The company has its headquarters in Vienna and is the world leader in the production of refractory materials. It employs 8400 employees at 33 production sites and 70 sales offices worldwide. About two million tons of refractory bricks, mass and functional products are produced each year.

History

Radex - Heraklith was in 1987 emerged as a result of a management buy - outs from the U.S. General Refractories Co.

The merger with Austrian Veitscher Magnesitwerken In 1993, the same year the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Dolomite Franchi. Following the acquisition of a majority stake in Didier -Werke AG in 1995, 1998 saw the establishment of the holding company RHI AG. By the end of 1999 made ​​acquisition of " Harbison- Walker " in the U.S. rose to the RHI AG for high grade ceramic refractory materials to the world market leader.

The company has its crisis, which was triggered in the United States in 2001 due to asbestos products overcome. As part of the restructuring of the Group portfolio Heraklith division was sold in 2006.

Due to the general economic crisis RHI had announced on 8 April 2009 to terminate an eighth of the global workforce, which are 1000 employees. A total of 250 employees were affected in the main factories in Austria from this wave of layoffs.

After the economic crisis in 2009, the company expanded again. The utter takeover of Didier-Werke in 2010 was followed by 2011, the construction of a new plant in Brazil. In addition, producers of raw materials were purchased to increase the self-sufficiency rate for magnesia continue in the same year in Ireland and Norway.

Activity

The key customers of products, systems and services are key industries such as iron & steel, cement, lime, glass, nonferrous metals, environment, energy and chemicals. Furthermore the customers of the areas of special ceramics, kiln furniture and raw materials are served RHI AG.

The umbrella brand RHI includes a large number of established brands on the market together: Veitscher, Didier, Radex, Refel, Dolomite Franchi and Interstop.

Management

On March 27, 2012, the Company announced that Barbara Potisk - yew Steiner was appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer. Your predecessor Mark J. Eckout ruled out by March 31, 2012 from the company. The Board is now composed of the following members: Franz Struzl (CEO ), Manfred Hödl, Giorgio Cappelli and Barbara Potisk (CFO). Furthermore, the term of appointment of all board members was extended to five years.

On the night 11-12. June 2013 it was announced a further Board remodeling. Giorgio Cappelli (Sales ) and Manfred Hödl ( Technical) divorce at the end of June 2013 ...

As of July 1, 2013 were the former Chief Operations Officer of RHI AG, Franz Buxbaum, and Reinhold Steiner, Sales Director CIS, was appointed to the Management Board of RHI AG.

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