Rieter is a producer of textile machinery and automobile components, based in Winterthur, Switzerland. Winterthur is a city in the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. ...
History
Founded in 1795, the company initially produced textile products. In 1806, as Napoleon imposed the Continental Blockade to prevent trade between Continental Europe and Great Britain, it became impossible for Rieter to get spare parts for its British textile machinery. As a consequence, the company started to produce spare parts themselves, and in 1810 the first self-designed textile machine left its workshop. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Continental Blockade was a blocking of European ports for trade with England. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Rieter is the innovative systems supplier for the production of short staple yarns from bale to yarn, filaments for carpet, industrial and textile applications, nonwovens in a wide range of applications as well as pelletizing systems for the plastic industry.
Rieter is a leading manufacturer of extrusion components to produce industrial yarns and tire cord.
Rieter sets a benchmark in terms of flexibility and has reduced the production costs in developing a flexible universal twister, which allows adapting the filament features very well to the end-use.