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RATHGEBER makes the difference

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What began as a small family-run trading company is now a group of companies with around 340 employees and over 10,000 customers throughout Europe. Our family structure and entrepreneurial independence continue to define what we do with passion: Working closely with you to implement sustainable solutions for marking and identifying your products.

For us, family means living our values with responsibility every day. For you. For our employees and our entire environment
Andreas and Andrea Schrägle

Setting standards for over 75 years

1948

Anton Rathgeber starts trading in wet-glue labels and has his company entered in the company register.

1962

After daughter Christine, son-in-law Werner Schrägle now also joins our company.

1968

The trading company becomes what we are today: the solution developer and manufacturer RATHGEBER. This is made possible by the integration of the production company Möhrle in Mindelheim.

1972

RATHGEBER's first modern production facility is built in Mindelheim.

1978

We continue to grow: the new RATHGEBER headquarters are built in Oberhaching and expanded a few years later.

1993

Andreas Schrägle is the third generation to take on responsibility in our company family. The industrial engineering graduate takes on the project of setting up RATHGEBER s.r.o. in Zdanice in the Czech Republic.

1998

In Eastern Europe, we find further dynamically growing markets and establish the Polish location RATHGEBER Sp.z.o.o. in Wroclaw.

1999

Industry 4.0 is becoming a hot topic at RATHGEBER. With the newly founded subsidiary smart-TEC, we develop modern RFID solutions for smart products before the turn of the millennium.

2018

With IDconnect, we create the link from high-quality 3D brand logos and design elements to the digital world: with printed 2D codes and integrated RFID and NFC transponders, without an app.

2020

Our Green Label product line offers customers environmentally friendly product alternatives, e.g. made of wood or cork. For labels and lettering, we rely on R-PET films and CHROMOTION ABS.

2021

Where possible, we rely on renewable energies. We have been using a photovoltaic system in Mindelheim since 2011 and in Oberhaching since 2021.

2022

With TISAX® (Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange), we ensure the protection of data and information along our entire value chain in accordance with the standards recognized by the VDA.

2024

We are launching into the future: with our new brand identity, we are becoming a personal and digital point of contact for individual, sustainable labeling and identification solutions.

Our vision

We are Europe's most customer-oriented expert and both a personal and digital point of contact for individual, sustainable marking and identification solutions.

Diverse references

You come across labeling solutions from RATHGEBER every day. Whether at home, in the office, when traveling or doing sports, countless brands and products carry an individual solution from RATHGEBER. Discover the variety of our decorative and functional labels.

Goda design candles and ROYALPLAST® 3D labelsMinimalist design and high-quality functionality - supported by the elegant and durable ROYALPLAST® labels.

Sustainable labeling of children's play equipment at Westfalia Spielgeräte GmbHRATHGEBER equips Westfalia's sustainable play equipment with emblems and labeling solutions.

The waste disposal of the futureALBA is one of the largest waste disposal companies in Germany. In collaboration with the RATHGEBER company smart-TEC, the industry giant has digitalized its processes and is now using NFC transponders for direct digital communication with business and private customers.

Dreams on skateboard wheelsThese suitcases are unlike any others. They are colorful, high-quality and glide elegantly on skateboard wheels - and they embody a very special attitude to life. Bernd Georgi and Horst Kern fulfilled a dream in 2019 when they founded the Floyd brand - and won the hearts of many people in no time at all.

Well thought out outsideHappy are those who can move at least part of their lives to the garden, balcony or patio. The right furniture for this comes from Oberhaching: solpuri produces sophisticated outdoor furniture; for outdoors.

GS1-compliant labeling for the rail industryFrom margarine to smartphones, from skinny jeans to surfboards, whatever you buy in everyday life has a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) that makes the product unique. This code (which many customers in Germany still know under the old name EAN code) is simply scanned at the checkout, the product appears on the invoice - and that's it. The barcode simply has the function of making the GTIN readable for the scanner in the warehouse or at the checkout.

Film technology from MunichAnyone who asks about ARRI will get a wide variety of answers. Depending on who you are talking to. Munich residents are familiar with the former ARRI cinema in Türkenstraße, which is now called ASTOR Filmlounge im ARRI. But the answer could just as easily be about cameras, film lighting, post-production or studio construction - everything you need for the production of feature films, series and TV studios. ARRI provides the equipment and often many other services.

Shine with glampingDecor elements made of CHROMOTION® set accents on Concorde motorhomes.

News from RATHGEBER

From the old to the new: RATHGEBER's logo transformation

Learn how the RATHGEBER logo has changed.

A review: Our team events 2024

The team events ranged from relaxed outdoor days and sporting challenges to social or ecological commitment

Welcome to the New World of the RATHGEBER Brand

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news with you today! The RATHGEBER Group is unveiling a fresh, forward-thinking, and modern brand identity that reflects everything we stand for: reliability, innovation, and our close connection to you – our valued customers.

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