references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 48 12 31.5 n 16 22 21.3 e 48.208750 n 16.372583 e 48.208750 ; 16.372583 rhi ag type aktiengesellschaft isin at0000676903 industry refractories headquarters vienna austria key people franz struzl ceo revenue eur 1 752.5 million 1 number of employees 7 898 1 website www.rhi ag.com rhi ag is a globally operating supplier of refractory products systems and services . the company is headquartered in vienna and employs around 7 900 people at over 30 production sites and 70 sales offices on four continents . rhi produces more than 1.5 million tons of refractory products i.e. refractory bricks mixes mortars and functional products per annum and serves more than 10 000 customers from the steel cement nonferrous metals glass energy and chemical industries in over 180 countries . contents 1 history 2 products 3 r & d 4 management 5 brands 6 references 7 external links history edit carl spaeter 1834 friedrich ferdinand didier acquires a brick and lime firing plant near stettin then prussia and establishes the factory chamottefabrik f. didier in podejuch . didier thus becomes one of the first manufacturers of refractory bricks in germany . 1881 carl spaeter discovers a magnesite deposit in veitsch austria and establishes veitscher magnesitwerke actien gesellschaft in 1889 . 1908 mining engineer josef h rhager discovers a magnesite deposit at millst tter alpe austria . a german american emil winter acquires the mining rights and founds the austro american magnesite company later radex austria . 1959 60 a research and development institute of veitscher magnesitwerke is established in leoben austria . today the worldwide r & d activities are concentrated here . 1987 radex heraklith industriebeteiligungs ag emerges from the american general refractories co. as a result of a management buyout since 1998 rhi ag . 1993 the two traditional austrian refractories companies radex austria ag and veitscher magnesitwerke actien gesellschaft merge to become veitsch radex ag today veitsch radex gmbh & co og a wholly owned subsidiary of the rhi group . rhi headquarters vienna 1995 rhi acquires a majority stake in its previous competitor didier werke ag . 2001 deconsolidation of git harbison walker within chapter 11 proceedings . 2006 with the sale of the insulating segment heraklith and the subsequent focus on the core competence refractories the strategic realignment of the group is completed . 2007 with the integration of monofrax rhi strengthens its position as a full range supplier for fused cast special refractory products in the special glass market in north america . 2008 rhi acquires two iso plants from foseco and extends its leading position in the iso segment . high quality iso products are required for flow control and molten stream protected continuous casting of steel . 2010 complete takeover of didier werke ag . 2011 acquisition of zao podolsk russia premier periclase ltd. ireland and sma mineral magnesia as norway . 2012 complete takeover of stopinc ag switzerland . 2 2013 majority acquisition of orient refractories ltd. india . 3 2016 sale of the group company monofrax united states . products edit rhi s core business comprises the production sale and installation of ceramic refractory products the development and implementation of customized system solutions as well as rendering services for the key industries steel cement lime nonferrous metals glass and environment energy chemicals . rhi offers a product portfolio that consists of more than 120 000 individual articles which must resist extreme thermal mechanical and chemical stress involved in all industrial high temperature processes . the company s product portfolio covers shaped products such as hydraulically pressed and fused cast bricks isostatically pressed products and prefabricated components made of mixes unshaped products including repair construction and casting mixes and mortars and functional products which in addition to resistance to high temperature also have to fulfill process technology and metallurgical functions . r & d edit rhi s research and development activities are conducted at the technology centre tcl in leoben austria . the tcl was founded in 1959 and presently is the world s largest industrial research institute in the field of refractories . rhi technology center leoben approximately 165 researchers from ten nations work at the technology center in leoben a third of which are women . rhi has also established another yet much smaller r & d center in dalian china . rhi holds about 139 patent families which consist of more than 1 425 individual patents and patent applications as well as approximately 1 300 trademark rights for about 120 protected brand names and logos . management edit the rhi ag management board consists of five members as of march 2016 franz struzl ceo franz buxbaum coo thomas jakowiak cso division industrial barbara potisk eibensteiner cfo reinhold steiner cso division steel brands edit the rhi brand comprises a series of successfully established trademarks didier dolomite franchi interstop radex refel veitscher references edit a b annual report 2010 pdf . rhi . retrieved 3 may 2011 . rhi ag rhi ag takes over refractory specialty producer stopinc ag . www.rhi ag.com . retrieved 2016 03 08 . rhi signs share purchase agreement to acquire indian orient refractories ltd. and announces an open offer process ad hoc . www.rhi ag.com . retrieved 2016 03 08 . external links edit official website companies portal v t e atx companies of austria andritz at & s buwog ca immo conwert immobilien invest erste group bank immofinanz lenzing sterreichische post omv raiffeisen international rhi schoeller bleckmann oilfield equipment telekom austria uniqa verbund voestalpine wiener st dtische wienerberger zumtobel retrieved from https 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