RATEC GmbH, an internationally-active manufacturer of magnetic formwork solutions, looks back on a satisfactory performance in 2020 despite the Corona situation. Although the industry is suffering from the pandemic, the Hockenheim-based market leader not only managed to maintain its position, but also partially strengthen it.

In the fall of 2018, RATEC delivered formwork for the first time to the utility and transformer station manufacturer Scheidt GmbH & Co. KG, located in the German city of Rinteln. Following a further project last year, the tradition-rich company from Hockenheim has now received the next follow-up order: Commissioning at the plant took place at the beginning of August. RATEC has now equipped all of Scheidt's German sites.

“Rethinking” is currently a key approach in many industries where customer contact is generally essential. RATEC GmbH, international market leader for magnetic formwork solutions, has therefore created a new form of customer interaction. The company is using live webinars to provide insight into its products and services. Following the first successful session, the second webinar is scheduled for this month.

Following the successful first edition of the RATEC Asia Seminar in November, RATEC GmbH and RATEC Asia hosted the practice-oriented workshop once again this year. Under the title “Better ideas in precast and modular construction” participants gained insights into fascinating industry knowledge through various presentations. The RATEC Asia Seminar was held in conjunction with the Philconstruct Manila in November and was fully-booked again this...

In the fall of 2018, RATEC had already delivered a highly-variable formwork system for the production of transformer compact stations to a German utility and transformer station builder. The system allows the customer to produce a varied range of station types. In mid-March 2019, RATEC received a follow-up order for the concept design and construction of a similar formwork solution at an addition location of the customer. The system was delivered...

Reymann Technik wins major planning order for precast plant in Peru, RATEC will deliver key equipment components.

The RATEC/Reymann Group will plan precast production of the new residential construction project “Los Altos de Castilla” in Piura, northern Peru for residential project developer Llaxta and will also develop and produce the formwork for the room modules that will be manufactured there.

RATEC presents groundbreaking innovation in modular construction as well as numerous new developments in magnetic formwork technology

Sales and earnings increased – position in key markets expanded – new concepts revolutionize modular construction: In terms of sales and earnings, RATEC can once again look back on an exceptionally successful year in 2018.

Starting from 1st August 2018 RATEC, LLC has appointed IWI Group, LLC as its sole and exclusive sales representative in the United States and Canada.

RATEC supplies magnetic formwork components for the first automated circulation plant for precast concrete in the country. The particular challenges for the shuttering concept were firstly to tailor it to suit the automation and secondly to make a suitable proposal for the partly complex details of the construction system developed by the customer.

RATEC Asia was founded one year ago as a joint venture with a local planning and construction company in Singapore. In addition to the locations in Hockenheim, Barcelona and Clearwater (Florida), it is the company’s first own branch in Asia. From the base in Singapore, development of the important Asian market is being pursued.

RATEC stands for quality – it is the foundation that has allowed the company to develop into the leading supplier and service provider for the precast concrete industry and that allows it to constantly expand its position. RATEC consistently relies on a high degree of vertical integration and produces its magnetic formwork systems at its own plants in German and in the USA.

With its upcrete technology, RATEC offers the right solution for an ambitious major project

In Melbourne, capital of the Australian state of Victoria in the southwest corner of the continent, a new Sky Rail is currently being built to provide significant relief for the traffic situation in the city.

Position in key proven markets maintained or expanded

Opportunities in new markets successfully utilized

RATEC can look back at a successful year in 2017 – a year in which the company significantly expanded its position in international business.

Engineering Days, which takes place on November 29 and 29, 2017 in Vienna, views itself as a platform between operators of precast concrete plants and the leading suppliers in the industry. Under the slogan Build on Strengths. Design the Future, the latest trends and technologies are presented and discussed in the form of technical presentations and field reports and are subsequently analyzed in greater detail in workshops.

Strong presence at trade fairs and congresses in Dubai.

With a view to dynamic market development in the Middle East, RATEC is present at two events in Dubai at the end of November 2017: as exhibitor at the ICCX Middle East and as a presenter at the Precast Summit as part of the Big 5 trade fair.

Boost from successful customer project

RATEC Asia was founded at the beginning of 2017. The joint venture with a local planning and construction company is headquartered in Singapore.

RATEC impresses with its Upcrete technology

As part of a current wind energy project, RATEC technology was installed at two locations for the production of precast concrete elements used in the construction of 120-meter high towers for two megawatt wind turbines.

Success in megaproject with German engineering. Just a few kilometers from Singapore, in Johor in southern Malaysia, the starting signal for an extremely ambitious development project has sounded: Forest City. The venture is Asia’s largest urban development project

RATEC and RATEC Asia participating at ICCX Asia

The company’s position in the Asian market to be systematically expanded

RATEC Asia: First customer project successfully completed.

Economical solutions for a first step into precast

Leader in magnetic formwork technology returns consistently healthy domestic and foreign results for 2016

Ratec, founded in 1994, has established magnet shuttering in precast concrete production and has been a key driver of this technology for over 20 years.

At bauma 2016, Ratec presented their latest solutions in the field of magnet shuttering, which were developed with the objective of further improving plant use.