Milestones in company history
1939 Â Â Â Â Wilhelm Reinhardt started RAS as a mechanical workshop
1946 Â Â Â Â Start of production of sheet metal processing machines
1949 Â Â Â Â Move from the Sindelfingen center to the present location
1955 Â Â Â Â RAS trademark is registered
1966 Â Â Â Â Construction of a production plant in Effringen
1978 Â Â Â Â First extension of the Effringen factory
1981 Â Â Â Â Founder Wilhelm Reinhardt passed away
1981 Â Â Â Â Willy Stahl sen and Rolf Reinhardt take over management
1985 Â Â Â Â Willy Stahl sen and Waltraud Stahl are the sole shareholders
1990/93 Â Â Sons Willy Stahl and Rainer Stahl enter the management
1992     Foundation of RAS Systems in the US
2000 Â Â Â Â Inauguration of assembly extension and showroom in Sindelfingen
2008 Â Â Â Â Extension of factory Effringen
2014 Â Â Â Â RAS celebrates its 75th anniversary
2017 Â Â Â Â Additional production area in Effringen
2021Â Â Â Â Willy Stahl sen passed away
2022Â Â Â Â Matthias Huber appointed as additional managing director
Milestones in RAS product development
1949     RAS builds the first folding machine
1968 Â Â Â Â World’s first NC-controlled folding machine
1991 Â Â Â Â First fully automated panel bender: Multibend-Center
1999 Â Â Â Â World’s first folding center for long parts
2006 Â Â Â Â First UpDown folding machine: UpDownBend
2008 Â Â Â Â World’s first folding center for small parts: MiniBendCenter
2012 Â Â Â Â First semi-automated panel bender: UpDownCenter
2013 Â Â Â Â Automatic One-Click part programming
2014 Â Â Â Â World’s first folding center for profiles: ProfileCenter
2016 Â Â Â Â XLTbend as a high-tech offensive in UpDown bending
2017Â Â Â Â Multibend-Center ECO as an entry-level solution for automatic bending
2018Â Â Â Â TURBO2plus for the rooofing market with innovative Bendex software
2019Â Â Â Â UpDownCenter-2 with tool changer and increased capacities
2020Â Â Â Â Multibend-Center ECO in 3 meter working length
2020Â Â Â Â POWERcut2: 2nd generation with all new software
2021Â Â Â Â FLEXI2bend: The bestseller now also with Bendex software
2022Â Â Â Â UpDown bending for thick materials: RAS MEGAbend
