RHI AG
 |
|
| Aktiengesellschaft | |
| ISIN | AT0000676903 |
| Industry | Refractories |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
|
Key people
|
Stefan Borgas (CEO) |
| Revenue | EUR 1,651.2 million |
|
Number of employees
|
7,385 |
| Website | www.rhi-ag.com |
Coordinates: 48°12′31.5″N 16°22′21.3″E / 48.208750°N 16.372583°E
RHI AG is a globally operating supplier of refractory products, systems and services. The company is headquartered in Vienna and employs roughly 7,500 people at 30 production sites and 70 sales offices on four continents. RHI produces more than 1.5 million tons of refractory products (i.e. refractory bricks, mixes, mortars and functional products) per annum and serves more than 10,000 customers from the steel, cement, nonferrous metals, glass, energy and chemical industries in over 180 countries.
1834 Friedrich Ferdinand Didier acquires a brick and lime firing plant near Stettin, then Prussia, and establishes the factory “Chamottefabrik F. Didier in Podejuch”. Didier thus becomes one of the first manufacturers of refractory bricks in Germany.
1881 Carl Spaeter discovers a magnesite deposit in Veitsch (Austria) and establishes “Veitscher Magnesitwerke Actien-Gesellschaft“ in 1889.
1908 Mining engineer Josef Hörhager discovers a magnesite deposit at Millstätter Alpe (Austria). A German American, Emil Winter, acquires the mining rights and founds the “Austro-American Magnesite Company“ (later Radex Austria).
1959/60 A research and development institute of Veitscher Magnesitwerke is established In Leoben, Austria. Today the worldwide R&D activities are concentrated here.
...
Wikipedia