RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1875 by Carl Rieger and Friedrich Dietz in Aalen, Swabia. Since the departure of the childless Friedrich Dietz, our company has been in the sole ownership of the Rieger family, who are expanding it very systematically, consistently and continuously into the internationally successfully positioned RUD family group. With its main development and production sites in Aalen, our globally active RUD Group, as a Swabian think tank, offers forward-looking problem solutions with chain systems and components for a wide range of applications: when lifting, moving, pulling, driving or conveying, our mountable RUD sling systems, RUD hoist chain systems, and RUD guarantee -Support systems for quality, innovation and safety. In snow and ice or even in the toughest off-road use, our RUD and Erlau anti-skid chains enable safe driving, combined with innovative assembly systems and durability. Our RUD and Erlau tire protection chains serve to protect the wheel tread and wheel flanks of earthmoving machines. Under the Erlau brand, RUD also manufactures open space equipment and equipment for barrier-free bathrooms. Our RUD family group achieves an annual turnover of over €190 million with over 1,700 employees in a wide variety of its own production and, above all, sales locations in over 120 countries on all continents. In the "Tradition of Dynamic Innovation", ie in the tradition of a modern, dynamically growing and innovative family company,