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1879
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Founding of the company in Switzerland as a mechanical production site for wire nails and the manufacturing of the necessary machines for this procedure by Eduard Ruch and his Partner Viktor Koller as “Koller & Ruch”
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1881
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Purchase of the site in Oberkirch; extension of the product range, which now includes water turbines and saw gates; Viktor Koller leaves the company, the company is managed by Eduard Ruch and Emil Scheller as “Scheller & Ruch”
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1921
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After the demise of both founding fathers Emil Scheller and Eduard Ruch, the management is continued by the sons of the latter, Heinrich and Eduard, as “Gebrüder Ruch”
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1960
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Laying of the foundation of the plastic production company RUCH NOVAPLAST; start of the industrial manufacturing of styrofoam parts.
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1984
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Installation of one of the first styrofoam recycling plants in Germany
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1988
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RUCH NOVAPLAST starts manufacturing moulded foam parts made of polypropylene EPP as one of the pioneers in the industry
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1994
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NOVAplex, the E-PAC®-based chassis und housing construction concept, is created in cooperation with Hewlett Packard and the engineering office DMT
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1995
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Beginning of the series production of larger batches for the automotive industry
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1997
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New factory concept and certification of our quality management (QM) system as per DIN ISO 9001
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1998
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Qualification to development partner of renowned industrial custmers with CAD construction; beginning of simultaneous CAD engineering of carriers
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1999
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Strategic orientation of the company on the focal service points
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2000
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Expansion of the CAD/CNC capacity to development of complex components
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2002
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The subsidiary MORAplast s.r.o. is founded in Czech Republic
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2003
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The employed QM system is adjusted to the new standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
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2003
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Start of EPS-manufacturing at MORAplast s.r.o.
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2004
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Shareholding of Delkeskamp Verpackungswerke GmbH of MORAplast s.r.o., and founding of MORApack s.r.o. in Czech Republic
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2004
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Take-over and continuation of EPP manufacturing of automobile supplier REHAU
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2005
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Beginning of cardboard processing at MORApack s.r.o., as well as EPP-manufacturing at MORAplast s.r.o.
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2005
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Construction of the new reception building with visitor and conference areas
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2006
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Splitting of the company into RUCH NOVAPLAST GmbH + Co. KG und RUCH INVEST GmbH + Co. KG
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2008
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More than 50% of all moulded parts are already used for technical applications
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2010
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RUCH NOVAPLAST celebrates its 50th company anniversary!
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2011
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Andrea Ruch-Erdle retires from active executive management, and from now on manages RUCH INVEST GmbH + Co.KG with her husband Volker Erdle
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