Rasche was founded in 1925 and is still a family-run company today.
Our core competence lies in complex formed parts with high precision. For this purpose, we have separated from old machines in recent years and replaced them with new machines.
CNC processing has also been integrated in our company for several years, so that we can produce ready-to-install parts.
We can also carry out a heat treatment or surface coating with our long-term partners.

If we have piqued your interest, we look forward to your inquiries.

RIFOCA has been founded as a worldwide operating industrie representation.

RIFOCA is a specialized market organization and integrated part of the sales organizations of it’s partners.

These partners are leading forging-, ring rolling- and casting companies producing a wide range of products, e.g.:
• small drop forged items up to heaviest open die forgings.
• seamless hot rolled rings in various shapes and steel grades - from the smallest to the biggest possible dimensions.
• grey, spheroidal graphite, alloy cast irons and centrifugal castings of nonferrous alloys and stainless steels.
For further informations see the section „Products“.

Together with its partners RIFOCA sees and accepts demanding tasks as a challenge (e.g. special materials, complex products, special services).

RIFOCA’s understanding of product quality, reliability and flexibility matches the one of its customers and partners.

ForgingCastingSolutions - We bring your construction into shape!

You have the drawing and we have the right foundry or blacksmith.
We procure your parts for you internationally at good conditions as requested and deliver them to your warehouse on time. These can be raw parts or machined parts. Also electroplated or hot-dip galvanized or painted.
Do you need detailed advice on the choice of materials, design or implementation of existing welded and milled constructions for new cast or forged parts? Then you are right with us.
Would you like to have all parts of an assembly fully assembled? No problem either.
We take care of the quality, the right packaging for sea or air transport, customs clearance and then deliver the goods to the desired delivery location. Also with special packaging requests such as printed cardboard boxes or the like.

With our experience for more than 10 years, we try to make everything possible, please contact us.

Welcome to Schmidt Automotive, we are pleased that you are here!

Complex automotive components and sophisticated machine parts: That is Schmidt's competence as a developer and manufacturer.
Economical manufacturing processes, precision and reliability at the highest technical level, a comprehensive quality management system, these are our strengths.

Find out more about Schmidt - and specifically about how you can benefit from Schmidt's expertise and performance and visit our website with our image video.

Our name is known and our performance is valued. Over the past few decades, Schmidt's customer database has been continuously filled with well-known companies.

More than 390 employees are currently spread across three locations. Ready-to-install components and assemblies are manufactured at the headquarters in Westhausen, Swabia. In addition to the latest CNC machining technology, multi-stage manufacturing processes are also installed here.

The location in Eberswalde in Brandenburg was founded in 2010 to create production capacities for automotive projects in particular. The state-of-the-art machine park currently covering 12,000 m² enables efficient large-scale production with a maximum degree of automation at the highest technical level.

At the beginning of 2016, we started series production at our newest location in the USA in Auburn, Alabama.

The classics - turning and milling - are still the central processes at Schmidt. Individually tailored to the respective product segment, Schmidt always has the right production facility, regardless of whether it is to be processed from the bar or in the chuck.
Over the years, further manufacturing technologies have been continuously integrated into our process chains. This includes, for example, swaging and axial forming. For most components, there are also various downstream operations on the plan, such asB. hardening processes, cylindrical grinding and surface finish individually tailored to the component.


Our quality management system is certified according to ISO / TS 16949: 2009. As a direct supplier to well-known OEMs, our quality structure is based on the rules and criteria of the VDA. In this context, tools such as failure mode and influence analyzes FMEA, statistical process control SPC and VDA supplier audits are part of our daily work.

We offer perfect service for small and medium-sized companies.
We offer unbeatable service in the industry. Our goal is perfect results and the satisfaction of our customers always has the highest priority. We are proud of that.

We advise you in the procurement of complex or technically demanding components.

Thanks to our experience, we can quickly and easily develop measures and implement them together with you.

Do you lack capacities in purchasing or are your employees involved in special projects?
Just ask us! - We are here for you!

Use our know-how, our global network and our experience in terms of technology, production and supplier selection.

CNC contract manufacturing for tool, machine and plant construction.

Do you build tools, machines or special machines?

Do you need precision parts for your machines and systems?


We take over the CNC manufacturing. Contract manufacturing for mechanical engineering, tool making or mold making. Take a look at our manufacturing examples!

We manufacture highly efficiently on modern machining centers quickly with high quality and on time. Leading machine manufacturers have been relying on our production since 1989.

producer of castings and forging products;
in steel, stainless steel, DUPLEX, cast iron (GJS, GJL), alumina-, magnesia- copper alloys, wear-resistance materials, NI-hard, heat-resistance materials, Hastelloy X, Inconel 625, super alloys;

coating , heat-treatment and CNC-machining of own products and of external materials; assemby;

certificated factories (ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949);

three own offices in China, one in India; from there our engineers control the factories regarding process schedule, quality and delivery times

storage located in China, India and Germany

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT



WALTER HENRICH GMBH - the partner for development and production of formed and machined parts made of pipe and solid material.



Since its founding in 1959, the company has posted strong commitment by all employees and through continuous innovation and investment in efficient production process, a successful company history. In the development and implementation of new technologies and thanks to excellent client service by our dedicated team, we have set ourselves the highest level of customer satisfaction as a task.



The aim of the corporate philosophy of
WALTER HENRICH GMBH is specializing in technically demanding products. This orientation is with the use of all of our know-how to benefit our customers and partners.

Wissmatec S.R.L. a company of German origin
and more than 25 years of experience in the manufacturing of metal components,
Plant and special engineering.
130 employees in different production areas produce on modern
Machinery and equipment.

● storage and transport • carrier • steel pallets • transport boxes • storage boxes
● deployment cart • Order picking carrier • Trolley • trailer
● Container • Tanks
● Loading and unloading systems • Conveyors • Screw Conveyors • discharge systems
● Metalworking • Sheet metal working • Baugruppenfertigung
● steel structures • welded constructions
● toolmaking • fixture construction
● Design constructions in steel
● Custom