RUD Group

RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG was founded in 1875 by Carl Rieger and Friedrich Dietz in Aalen, Germany. Since Dietz’s departure, the company has been in the sole ownership of the Rieger family for generations, and they have developed and expanded the organization into today’s internationally successful family-owned business.

Currently, RUD group employs over 1,700 people working in production facilities and sales offices globally—we are located in more than 120 countries.

RUD logos 1875-present


RUD Chain USA.

In 1980 a subsidiary of the RUD group was established in the United States providing a vital link to industries in North and South America and supplying them with a comprehensive range of the world’s highest quality steel chain systems. Our objective from the beginning was to build a company based on honesty and integrity with the customer being the number one priority.

Today, with RUD Group’s global resources behind us, RUD Chain, USA has established a reputation for setting the standard in innovative chain technology. We continue to build on this reputation with a team of highly skilled and motivated personnel who are committed to our business and customers for the long term.

We achieved our success by ensuring that the RUD equipment we supply is not only the best available but is also specifically tailored to each application. We go even further by providing technical support services that our customers tell us is “the best in the industry.” Attention to detail and focus on quality is the basis upon which RUD Chain has operated since its founding in 1875 Germany. It is a tradition the Rieger family maintains and continues in RUD Group’s North American subsidiary.


What SUPPORT do we provide to you?

RUD is committed to providing customers with a constant level of product support. It is a commitment and caring that extends from the time you first purchase a quality RUD product on to its commissioning as well as throughout its entire working life.

Our support personnel has earned an excellent reputation in the marketplace for excelling in sales, technical, and on-site service. Our staff understands your requirements and provides the appropriate RUD chain solutions efficiently and cost-effectively. All RUD personnel are highly trained and skilled specialists and can provide technical support throughout the entire US, Canada, and Mexico.

We also support all of our products in terms of installation and assembly and are available for on-site consultation when required.

What quality standard do we guarantee you?

At RUD, quality is more than just a word; it is an institution. The quest for exceptional quality continues today with internal testing and quality control systems that ensure every RUD product far exceeds specified industry standards.

RUD’s leadership and innovation are your guarantees of a quality product that is supported by over 500 international patents.


Our Mission= Our Identity, Commitment, and Promise

The RUD Group is a dynamic and modern family business that operates internationally. Our goal is to maintain continuous and profitable growth while remaining conscience of our social responsibilities involving the earth’s natural resources and environment.

Due to our innovative technologies and operational approach, we have secured our leadership position across all markets and industries in which we operate.

With over 140 years of experience and expertise, we continue to develop future-oriented solutions through ongoing research, development, and product innovation. Our extensive range of chain systems and components work hard in diverse applications such as heavy duty lifting, engineering, MOD, construction, manufacturing, and offshore, to name a few.

We see our products as the result of our passion, creativity, and excellence in our core competencies—metalworking, welding, heat treatment, surface technology, and forging. Long-term and satisfactory partnerships with our customers and their trust in our products are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to offer customer-oriented, innovative, top quality, and technologically safe products, which is our joint responsibility as a Group.

The RUD corporate culture strongly believes in personal development through ongoing training and education that will further enrich our already knowledgeable workforce. Our international family is a motivated, energetic, flexible, and competent team ready to serve our customers’ needs.

Our applied concept of courtesy is adhering to the centuries-old philosophy, which acknowledges the differences in the workplace and the individual while allowing them to exist together in harmony.