The RUBIG linchpin
is the symbol of innovation, technological progress and the courage to embrace the new for the company.
is the symbol of innovation, technological progress and the courage to embrace the new for the company.
are the first products manufactured by RUBIG. In those days, these products were not disposable – the cannulas were cleaned, disinfected and re-used.
‘With regard to the application by Rübig & Sons KG, Wels, 21a Schulstrasse, for permission under industrial law for a plant for the production of metalware, the following ruling is issued, based on the result of the verbal negotiation carried out on the location on 30.3.1951 and the minutes of the meeting of the same date, which form an integral part of this decision: in response to their application dated 1.12.1950 [...] and on the basis of the plans submitted and approved, and against compliance with the conditions laid down in the minutes of the meeting, permission under industrial law [...] has been granted to Rübig & Sons KG, Wels.’
was rebuilt stone by stone. At that time no-one suspected that the foundation was being laid for such international success.
the Franz RUBIG & Söhne Metallwarenfabrik, and thus the first site in the RUBIG Group. The remains of the original walls are discovered decades later, when some water pipes are moved.
with his sons Helmut (left) and Herbert (right). Helmut was originally trained as a blacksmith and Herbert as a clock and watch maker.