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MORANDO RIETER
more than 100 years of experience in the heavy clay products industry. Since 2011 the main task in service, maintenance and spare parts dispatch, is managed efficiently from
Morando designs and produces the entire range of clay preparation and Konstanz. Furthermore, in cooperation with customers, solutions are developped and realized to match
shaping machines, as result of a long experience and thousands of with their requirements, benefiting from a deep cooperation with the Asti team, where the machines of
installations all over the world. Comprehensive scientific knowledge, the well-known brands are built in a modern production plant.
application of new solutions and optimization of existing ones are the
key-drivers towards its technological development.

1920 1970 1874 1900
At the beginning of the twentieth In the 70's Morando reached its maximum The Rieter-Werke, one of the oldest and At the World Fair in Paris in 1900, the first
century, Mr. Silvio Andrea Morando dimension, with facilities of over 80.000 most well-known representatives of the wet grinding pan and the first revolving
started the activity, manufacturing the sq.m., 1.400 employees, 340 high-level brick machinery industry, was founded in roof tile press were introduced success-
first machines for the brick factories. technicians, 5 sites abroad herewith in- 1874 in Konstanz under Swiss manage- fully. In 1911, at the World Fair in Turin,
In 1920 Morando became the first cluding Morando Brazil, 5.000 plants sup- ment. the enterprise was the only one in its field
company able to propose an entire line of plied all over the world, the biggest R&D which was awarded the “Grand Prix”.
machines and equipment for the bricks department in the field. In 1898 the Swiss Arthur Rieter acquired
manufacturing. the plant and gave it his name. With the In 1939, Dipl. Ing. Walter Händle, whose
joining of Mr. Arthur Rieter the assorted family and brands are well known in third
production of the company was changed generation and leading in brick machinery
to the special manufacturing of brick manufacturing, purchased the company.
2000 machinery and transportation equipment.
The name Rieter enjoys an excellent
Morando moves in the more modern facilities of Asti. In 2006 it becomes part of the French Group Legris Industries.
reputation as innovative as well as reli-
In 2009 all the manufacturing of the Rieter brand-name machines is relocated to Asti. Today the joint team
able partner of the ceramic industry
grants for the integration and combination of German Engineering and Italian Production Know How.
worldwide and stands for cost-effective-
ness, efficiency and high product quality.

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