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RAS History History and milestones

RAS History

History and milestones

Opening RAS France branch with representative showroom

Matthias Huber appointed as additional managing director

From left: Managing Director Rainer Stahl, Matthias Huber, Willy Stahl

 

Willy Stahl sen passed away

Additional production area in Effringen

RAS celebrates its 75th anniversary

Extension of factory Effringen

Inauguration of assembly extension and showroom in Sindelfingen

Foundation of RAS Systems in the US

Sons Willy Stahl and Rainer Stahl enter the management

Willy Stahl sen and Waltraud Stahl are the sole shareholders

Willy Stahl sen and Rolf Reinhardt take over management

Founder Wilhelm Reinhardt passed away

First extension of the Effringen factory

Construction of a production plant in Effringen

RAS trademark is registered

Move from the Sindelfingen center to the present location

Start of production of sheet metal processing machines

Wilhelm Reinhardt started RAS as a mechanical workshop

MILESTONES
RAS product development

MiniBendCenter 2: With autom. loading and unloading—sorted and unsorted

Expansion of successful relationship: RAS joins Euclid Labs as shareholder

UpDown bending for thick materials: RAS MEGAbend

FLEXI2bend: The bestseller now also with Bendex software

POWERcut2: 2nd generation with all new software

Multibend-Center ECO in 3 meter working length

UpDownCenter-2 with tool changer and increased capacities

TURBO2plus for the rooofing market with innovative Bendex software

Multibend-Center ECO as an entry-level solution for automatic bending

XLTbend as a high-tech offensive in UpDown bending

World's first folding center for profiles: ProfileCenter

Automatic One-Click part programming

First semi-automated panel bender: UpDownCenter

World's first folding center for small parts: MiniBendCenter

First UpDown folding machine: UpDownBend

World's first folding center for long parts

First fully automated panel bender: Multibend-Center

World's first NC-controlled folding machine

RAS builds the first folding machine