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We convince not only with good quality and with good service, but also with our influential history, which began almost 160 years ago in 1861. The moving and eventful history of Rothe Erde began with the founding of the Paulinenhütte in Dortmund.
Our milestones
Carl Ruetz purchases the Paulinenhütte and relocates the Aachen plant to Dortmund/Germany. The first plant equipped with a single press and a ring rolling mill gets the plant name "Rothe Erde Dortmund" which is valid till today.
Integration of the company into the Dortmund Smelting Works Union.
Establishment of the company Eisenwerk Rothe Erde GmbH in Dortmund. Programme: Forging, bending and mechanical workshop and Rothe Erde ball turntables - beginning of the manufacturing of slewing bearings.
Takeover of the Lippstädter Eisen- und Metallwerke GmbH by Dortmund-Hörder-Hüttenverein and Eisenwerk Rothe Erde.
Reconstruction of the company destroyed by the war.
In the course of the reorganization of the iron and steel industry, the company's shares were transferred to Dortmunder-Hörder-Hüttenunion AG, Dortmund. Relocation and production of rothe erde® slewing bearings to Lippstadt/Germany.
Start of internationalization by founding a production facility in the USA. This is followed by Japan (1967), Italy, Spain and England (1975), Brazil (1976), Slovakia (1995), China (2002) and India (2006).
After the merger with Hoesch AG, Dortmund-Hörder-Hüttenunion AG was incorporated into the Hoesch Group.
Establishment of the first production line for seamlessly rolled rings in Dortmund.
With the acquisition of "Metallurgica Rossi" on the Italian market from the 1950s, "Hoesch Rothe Erde" increases its presence to adequately address the growing demand for large diameter bearings of the Italian domestic market.
Takeover of Hoesch AG by the Krupp Group and subsequent merging with Fried. Krupp AG, Hoesch-Krupp. Hoesch Rothe Erde is integrated into the Group with the business areas of slewing bearings and seamlessly rolled rings.
PSL: The main area of the production program is the manufacturing of standard and special bearings with large diameter, slewing bearings, worm drives and bearing rollers.
Since March 17, 1999, after belonging to Hoesch AG, Rothe Erde has been part of the ThyssenKrupp Group since the merger of Thyssen AG and Fried. Krupp AG.
In order to increase the hardness of the bearing raceways on slewing bearings, a patented inductive hardening procedure without a soft spot was developed. This was the entry into the manufacturing of continuously rotating bearings, such as main bearings in wind turbines.
Company name changed to Rothe Erde GmbH. Establishment of a production site in China.
Establishment of a production site in India.
Change of name to ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde GmbH.
#wirsindnemarke (#we are a brand) - new thyssenkrupp brand image. All of the Group's brands unite under one umbrella brand.
Change of the company name to thyssenkrupp rothe erde. #rotheerde
160 years of thyssenkrupp rothe erde. From the founding of the company to the present day, #160years have already passed, we are celebrating our anniversary! #160yearssthyssenkrupprotheerde
