Corporate Profile

Rieter develops and manufactures machines, systems and components for processing natural and man-made fibers and their blends into yarns. The company is the only supplier worldwide to cover spinning preparation processes and also all four final spinning processes that are established on the market. Rieter is a global market leader in all key products for machinery and components.

The Rieter Group also operated in the automotive component supply business until May 12, 2011. The former Rieter Automotive Systems Division has been listed as a separate company on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the name of Autoneum since May 13, 2011. The following information relates to the new Rieter organization. Comprehensive information on the Rieter Group prior to the demerger and on the transaction is available under Investor Relations.

Rieter generated sales of 870 million CHF in the textile machinery business in the 2010 financial year. The Spun Yarn Systems Business Group accounted for about two-thirds of this total, the Premium Textile Components Business Group for about one-third.