Roth-Technik Austria (RTA GmbH)

About RTA

Roth-Technik Austria (RTA) is a manufacturer of muffler and exhaust after-treatment systems such as catalytic converters and exhaust systems for motor vehicles. The owner-managed company in the sheet metal sector also offers holistic product and system development and processes stainless steel sheets into welded assemblies. The group consists of RTA GmbH with its headquarters and production in St. Aegyd am Neuwalde (Lower Austria), RTA Entwicklung GmbH in Rastatt (product development) and RTA Technik GmbH in Lampertheim (production). With around 200 employees and revenue of approximately EUR 126 million, RTA is a supplier to the automotive industry. At the main St. Aegyd site, a large photovoltaic system on the production roofs generates renewable energy; material efficiency and waste reduction are integral parts of production management. The roots of the St. Aegyd site date back to the Iron & Steel Industry Company of the Fischer brothers at the end of the 18th century.

Site

A-3193 St. Aegyd am Neuwalde

Processes

Manufacturing welded assemblies from stainless steel sheet (sheet metal processing/welding), Product and system development in the sheet metal sector, Processing of stainless steel sheets into welded assemblies

Materials

Stainless steel sheet

Founded

1987 (Roth

Employees

200

Industries

Automotive supplier, Muffler and exhaust after-treatment systems, Muffler and exhaust after-treatment systems (catalytic converters, exhaust

1. 01

   Product and system development

2. 02

   Sheet metal processing (stainless steel)

3. 03

   Welding into welded assemblies

4. 04

   Manufacture of muffler and exhaust after-treatment systems

5. 05

   Assembly/delivery

Materials & Processes

Sites

Processes & technical limits

History

1. 1790–1820

   Emergence of the Iron & Steel Industry Company (Jakob and Daniel Fischer) in St. Aegyd, initially a cast steel and wire rope works, with a rolling mill after the First World War

2. 1924

   Founding of the Max-Roth machine works in Gaggenau-Ottenau

3. 1978

   VOEST Linz takes over the St. Aegyd plant (VOEST-ALPINE Werkzeug u. Draht AG)

4. 1984

   Split into VOEST Alpine St. Aegyd AG (VASTAG) and VOEST-Alpine Werkzeug & Präzisionstechnik GmbH

5. 1987

   Founding of Roth-Technik Austria

6. 1990

   Roth-Technik takes over exhaust system production at the Eisenwerk St. Aegyd

7. 2014

   Renaming/reorganization as RTA