Rieter is a producer of textile machinery based in Winterthur, Switzerland.[1]
History
Rieter was founded as a global trading company in 1795 by Johann Jacob Rieter (1762-1826). Due to the Continental Blockade, Rieter entered the spinning business in 1812 with the establishment of the Wildbach spinning mill in Winterthur.[2] The production of spinning machinery gradually emerged from the need to optimize the company’s own yarn production. It was not until after 1830 that Rieter developed into a machinery manufacturer.[3]
In 1982, Rieter acquired the British textile machinery company Ernest Scragg & Sons Ltd.[4] The group took over Automatik (founded in 1947) in 1992.[5]