- May 8, 2022
The balance between work and everyday family life is not always easy and especially mothers and fathers face this challenge day after day. As a family business, Mother’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to put our gratitude into words and honor all parents for their daily commitment. Every day, mothers and fathers do their best ...
Read More… - May 3, 2022
The RAPA site in Auburn/USA celebrates its 10th anniversary
The RAPA plant in Auburn in the US state of Alabama has now been in existence for ten years. RAPA LP, founded in May 2012 as a 100 percent subsidiary of the RAPA Automotive division, was the first foreign subsidiary of the medium-sized group of companies headquartered ...
Read More… - April 17, 2022
We wish you all the best, health, stay curious and continue to be interested in the developments of RAPA!
This is the message we send to Horst Pausch, who celebrates his 80th birthday on April 17. Congratulations from the entire staff, the Board of Confidence, the Supervisory Board and the RAPA Board of Directors, represented by ...
Read More… - April 13, 2022
Customized systems and components – for specific fluid power applications.
MedtecLIVE will be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Center from May 3 to 5, 2022. The event focuses on production technology and components for medical technology and has become the leading spring trade fair for the industry. RAPA Healthcare is an exhibitor and partner at ...
Read More… - March 2, 2022
Excellent innovation work: The family-owned company RAPA from Selb has convinced as a think tank in the 29th round of the TOP 100 competition.
RAPA has been awarded the TOP 100 seal 2022 for this. Only particularly innovative medium-sized companies are awarded this distinction. On June 24, the competition’s mentor, science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar, will ...
Read More… - February 1, 2022
Starting signal for new plant in China: Contract with Sino-German Innovation Industry Park (SGIP) signed on Jan 25, 2022
The date of January 25, 2022 will forever be recorded in the history of RAPA. On this day, our management signed a contract with the Sino-German Innovation Industry Park (SGIP) for a new plant in Jintan (Jiangsu ...
Read More… - January 24, 2022
In recent years, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has become THE innovation trade fair for consumer electronics and new digital applications. New products are always presented here right at the beginning of the year. Despite Corona: From January 5 to 7, the CES took place in Las Vegas – and RAPA Automotive shared a suite ...
Read More… - December 21, 2021
The year 2021, which has certainly been very extraordinary for all of us, is slowly coming to an end. It was a year that demanded a lot from all of us. It has also shown what people are capable of in these times: To stand by each other, to help and to stick together.
We would ...
Read More… - December 20, 2021
WE ARE CES READY – SAVE THE DATE
Traditionally, the CES is the first major industry gathering of a new year. And RAPA also exhibit at the CES 2022.
Meet us at the suite of our development partner dlhBowles. We´ll keep you updated, so stay tuned!
When: January 5, 2022 – January 8, 2022 all-day
Where: Las Vegas | ...
Read More… - December 16, 2021
#ZusammenGegenCorona
The Who’s Who of German business calls for vaccination in a joint campaign #ZusammenGegenCorona. More than 150 companies have changed their slogans and logos for this initiative: from AOK to Deutsche Bank, from Kaufland and Mercedes-Benz to ZF. And starting on Tuesday, December 7, all participating companies are spreading calls for vaccination on their social ...
Read More… - November 10, 2021
One Year RAPA China
A good reason for our Chinese automotive colleagues to celebrate! It has been one year since we opened our China branch in Shanghai. Thanks to the great work of the China team, we can look back on a successful first business year. A year with many challenges, but also with many new ...
Read More… - October 11, 2021
Supply chain digitalisation and automation at RAPA
An interview with Jan Stočes
Tereza Drahoňovská
For more than 70 years, RAPA has been known as a specialist for solenoid valve technology, and in total this company has 100 years behind it. Today, hydraulic and pneumatic components and system solutions for the automotive industry as well as numerous customers in ...
Read More… - October 7, 2021
With sponsor partner RAPA on the DTM tracks: Haupt Racing Team
This weekend, the German Touring Car Championship (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft aka. DTM) comes to an end at the Norisring. Racing fans from all over Europe are excited about the total of seven competitions this year. We at RAPA are also excited, because as sponsor of ...
Read More… - September 28, 2021
RAPA is now a member of quer.kraft, the innovation association! We are looking forward to an exciting collaboration.
quer.kraft the innovation association e.V.
The innovation association quer.kraft supports companies in developing promising ideas into market-ready innovations. By organizing and conducting working groups, best practice meetings and conferences, representatives from different research and business sectors are brought together. ...
Read More… - September 21, 2021
New concept, new location
Review of IAA Mobility 2021: A great success for RAPA
RAPA Automotive was represented as a co-exhibitor on the joint stand of Bayern Innovativ at the IAA Mobility in Munich from September 6 to 12, 2021. We were thus one of over 700 exhibitors at the Munich exhibition center. The first major automotive trade ...
Read More… - September 21, 2021
RAPA wish you all a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Today, on the 21st of September, China celebrates the Moon Festival or so called Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节). It is the second most important festival after the Lunar New Year. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival always takes place on the 15th of the eighth month.
In ...
Read More… - September 14, 2021
Carmen Jordan now heads the US site of the medium-sized automotive company
Change at the top at RAPA USA in Auburn/Alabama
At the location of its US subsidiary, RAPA is also focusing on electromobility and autonomous driving in line with the global automotive trend. Since August 1, 2021, Carmen Jordan has been responsible for this process in ...
Read More… - September 9, 2021
RAPA Automotive agrees long-term deliveries with two top German suppliers
Since 2020, the medium-sized RAPA company group has had a representative and sales office in Shanghai. The commitment to the Chinese market has been very successful from the beginning and is now continuing with new orders for the automotive division: two leading German suppliers to Chinese ...
Read More… - September 8, 2021
RAPA Automotive agrees long-term deliveries with two top German suppliers
Solenoid valve blocks for Chinese automotive manufacturers
Since 2020, the medium-sized RAPA group of companies has been represented representative and sales office in Shanghai. The engagement in the Chinese market was very successful from the beginning and now continues with new orders for the automotive division: Two ...
Read More… - August 10, 2021
This is not a spelling mistake, nor does it have anything to do with dogs, but was a joint action of the Schönwald Volunteer Fire Department and the RAPA company.
The Schönwald fire department as well as the fire departments from Röslau and Seußen received an additional announcement loudspeaker from the district of Wunsiedel. The new ...
Read More… - August 3, 2021
Tens of thousands of people in Germany have been affected by the floods. The destruction caused by the masses of water is only slowly becoming visible. Councillor Tina McNally-Brehm from Schönwald has therefore launched a fundraising campaign at short notice.
At the town market on Friday, 30.07.2021, a total of 9217 euros was collected for those ...
Read More… - August 2, 2021
The Selb Realschule graduates were celebrated on 20.07.2021 in the gymnasium decorated with foil balloons. 7o graduates now have their Realschule diploma in their pockets and five of them were happy to receive the RAPA Excellence Award. This was the ninth time that the award was presented to the best in class. This year there ...
Read More… - July 20, 2021
Software, digitalization and e-mobility as strategic business areas in the automotive sector
RAPA has acquired a 49% stake in the company Vogler Engineering in Hof. The medium-sized company group has already been working with the software developer for some time in the areas of software for operating equipment and digitalization of manufacturing processes. The close interlinking ...
Read More… - July 20, 2021
Employee commitment to promote biodiversity
Since 2019, RAPA employees have already taken active steps to combat the loss of biodiversity by creating a flowering meadow on the company’s premises. “This project can be an incentive for everyone. It shows how easy it is for everyone to do something for nature. Even in the home garden, everyone ...
Read More… - July 16, 2021
Traditionally, the Selber Heimat- und Wiesenfest should take place this weekend. One of the most beautiful festivals in the region puts the city of Selb almost in a state of exception for one weekend. With great melancholy, it was unfortunately canceled again this year.
In order not to completely miss out on the Goldberg feeling, Karin ...
Read More… - July 15, 2021
RAPA Automotive Celebrates the 10 Millionth HIS®
The 10 millionth HIS® (hydraulic impulse storage system) recently rolled off production line 1 at the Selb plant – precisely on 05.07.21 at 10:51:21. If that’s not a reason to celebrate.
“We are very proud of this production success,” says Production Manager Hartmut Popp. With a team of around 80, ...
Read More… - July 13, 2021
The Walter-Gropius-Gymnasium lets the balloons rise!
Traditions are important. The Selb Heimat- und Wiesenfest is the highlight of the summer in the region. One of the highlights is the procession through the streets of Selb – in addition to music and marching bands, students from elementary school to high school wave flags and parade through town ...
Read More… - July 13, 2021
Sophie Kant among the five best dual students in Bavaria
Sophie Kant successfully completed the dual bachelor’s degree program in business administration at Hof University of Applied Sciences in 2020. Now the 24-year-old
from Schönwald has been awarded the Dualissimo prize, which is awarded by the dual university initiative in conjunction with the Bavarian Business Association (Vereinigung ...
Read More… - June 29, 2021
High demand for innovations accelerates recruiting offensive
There is not much sign of the corona pandemic or the automotive crisis in RAPA’s order books. In order to be able to continue to react quickly and flexibly to the new inquiries, the Selb-based family business has to strengthen itself and is responding to this boom by recruiting ...
Read More… - June 25, 2021
Once again, RAPA and the Luisenburg-Gymnasium Wunsiedel organize the project “Applicant Training”. Due to the pandemic, it takes place virtually for the first time. The students get to know the complete selection process from A-Z. At the end, exciting internships with attractive compensation await the best participants.
After a year’s break, RAPA and Luisenburg-Gymnasium Wunsiedel once ...
Read More… - June 24, 2021
Facebook, Netflix, Instagram, WhatsApp, Spotify, YouTube, Pinterest, Xing, Twitter – these are social networks that each of us knows, perhaps uses daily, and that are used all over the world. With one exception – in China, the most used social service is WeChat.
WeChat is the international name of the most used instant messaging service in ...
Read More… - June 23, 2021
Meet Our New Team Member Kevin Stock
A warm welcome to our new colleague: Kevin Stock joined our sales team in the UK. He follows in the footsteps of Richard Clifford and takes over his responsibilities. As Key Account Manager he will continue to support our automotive customers and projects and is responsible for the expansion ...
Read More… - June 15, 2021
Company Covid-19 vaccination at RAPA – Starting today!
RAPA has completed preparations for the company vaccination. “We at RAPA are pleased to be able to make an important contribution to the health of our employees and the protection of the general public by offering voluntary company medical vaccinations starting today.” says Ms. Wolf. The advantage for ...
Read More… - June 14, 2021
RAPA wish you all a Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It can be traced back to 2,000 years ago and commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and national hero known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry. ...
Read More… - June 10, 2021
On June 8, the 2nd Business Dialogue took place at the Wunsiedel District Office. Our CEO Dr. Roman Pausch was a guest as a participant in the IHK panel discussion on the topic “From crisis mode to future mode”.
IHK Vice President Dr. Laura Krainz-Leupoldt welcomed the guests. Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, Vice President of the Bundestag, ...
Read More… - May 22, 2021
Damper Valve Technolgogy from RAPA optimises chassis damping characteristics
RAPA Automotive develops and manufactures innovative valves with high performance and special characteristics for the high-end automotive market. The company is one of the world’s leading suppliers of valve and valve system solutions for chassis components. Almost all of RAPA’s valves and systems are customised to meet ...
Read More… - May 21, 2021
The Mercedes C-Class has been around for around 28 years. In 1993 it replaced the Mercedes 190, the so-called “Baby Benz”. In June, the popular series will enter its fifth model generation and will receive some S-Class technology: RAPA Automotive will supply the damper valve in the chassis area. In the Automobilwoche data center you ...
Read More… - May 21, 2021
IATF-Audit passed successfully
At the beginning of the year 2021 RAPA Automotive passed the annual surveillance audit in the field of quality management according to ISO 9001 and IATF16949. At the company headquarters in Selb, we successfully passed the demanding audit without any main deviation and the DQS GmbH certified us a good and especially a ...
Read More… - May 21, 2021
Together with the IHK für Oberfranken Bayreuth (Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Upper Franconia Bayreuth) we also say YES to training. Currently, more than 40 apprentices and dual students are trained at RAPA in more than 10 different trades and fields of study. From electronics technician to cutting machine operator, from industrial clerk to ...
Read More… - May 19, 2021
Recorded presentation “Core elements of a sustainable transformation strategy” by Dr. Roman Pausch on 21.04.2021 during the online event “Transformation Automobilindustrie” of Bayern Innovativ (original original german version 30 minutes). Start listening.
Read More… - May 11, 2021
RAPA’s chinese name is “Laushi Baoshi”.
You would think that RAPA is called RAPA all over the world. But many Chinese cannot pronounce the word “RAPA” and so we – like almost all other German companies – have chosen a different name for China.
Many thoughts and considerations went into finding a name and finally we found ...
Read More… - May 10, 2021
Meet today our Key Account Manager Huang Liang.
Currently, electric vehicles and “autonomous driving” are being pushed extremely hard by the Chinese government in order to achieve the country’s climate policy goals. RAPA identified China early on as an extremely attractive market for its automotive chassis components and has therefore established a local subsidiary in China. ...
Read More… - May 7, 2021
RAPA sends warmest Mother´s and Father´s Day wishes!
Sunday is Mother’s Day and soon it will be Father’s Day. And especially as a family-oriented company, this day is close to RAPA’s heart. Special greetings go out to all our employees who master the role of parents in addition to their jobs. After another Corona year, the ...
Read More… - April 21, 2021
Our subsidiary RAPA Rausch & Pausch USA is now also on LinkedIn!
Follow the link enclosed to get directly to our company page RAPA Rausch & Pausch USA.
The channel represents a perfect possibility to connect directly with RAPA. We would be pleased to welcome you today. Let´s connect!
Read More… - April 21, 2021
Thank you for 500 Followers!
We are happy to announce that we have reached 500 followers on LinkedIn. Thanks to everybody for the support in growing our network and reach across the world! We are now looking ahead into reaching the next milestone: 700 followers!
Our RAPA-Team is delighted in your interest in our company and it will
continue ...
Read More… - April 20, 2021
Tomorrow is the day – and our Chairman of the Board and Managing Director Dr Roman Pausch will be there as a speaker. The title of his talk is: “Core elements of a sustainable transformation strategy”.
Two questions for Roman Pausch:
Why are you participating in the online event “Transformation Automotive Industry”?
As an automotive supplier, our industry ...
Read More… - April 16, 2021
Tomorrow, Saturday, Horst Pausch celebrates his 79th birthday. We congratulate and wish our senior boss a wonderful day and all the best from the bottom of our hearts!
Horst Pausch left the day-to-day business in younger hands years ago, but he still likes to drop by the company regularly. His advice is still needed, says the ...
Read More… - April 1, 2021
🥚🐇 This weekend marks the beginning of Easter and at RAPA the Easter bunny has already hobbled by. Even in turbulent times, traditions and rites are important. 💚 Make the most of it and treat yourself to a little time off with your family. The Easter Bunny is sure to lay a few Easter eggs ...
Read More… - March 30, 2021
The trade magazine DeviceMed reports in “Die Köpfe der Medizintechnik-Branche” (Teil 15) about current personnel developments in the medical technology industry and also about RAPA Healthcare and our new Key Account Manager Günter Knubbe.
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There is a lot going on in the industry: new and confirmed board and council members, new managing ...
Read More… - March 26, 2021
⚡ 🤖 RAPA produces on highly automated and flexible production lines using robotics to effectively manufacture low-cost products of consistent quality. Robots take over heavy, unpleasant and dangerous tasks. Nevertheless, there is no such thing as a human-less production at RAPA. At RAPA, people and robots work together. They relieve and support our employees, enable ...
Read More… - March 26, 2021
As a social network, LinkedIn offers space for communication and presentation, and millions of companies maintain a presence on LinkedIn. Last year, around 722 million accounts internationally used the platform for exchange. In addition to thousands of private individuals, more than 50 million companies can be found there globally. LinkedIn not only offers communication in ...
Read More… - March 22, 2021
RAPA Automotive
For more than 35 years, RAPA has been supplying automotive components to major Tier 1 suppliers and leading premium manufacturers. From design and prototyping to series production. We have modern production lines and qualified personnel. Thanks to our experience, we know our customers’ requirements and needs very well and translate them into customized product ...
Read More… - March 19, 2021
Virtual Trainee Fairs
In 2021, RAPA SE (Germany) is focusing on a new form of trainee marketing!
Virtual training fairs are now the point of contact for students, parents and teachers. Cancellations of real fairs and information days due to the pandemic require us to find alternative ways to maintain close contact with students. In addition to ...
Read More… - March 8, 2021
International Women’s Day – Women at RAPA
March 8 is an important date for women everywhere. Women’s Day has been advocating for equal rights for women and men since 1911. Diverse issues such as women’s rights, women’s quotas and violence against women are addressed today.
At RAPA, women have played a role since the founding days. In ...
Read More… - March 2, 2021
Save the Date: Virtual traineeship fair
Are you looking for an traineeship or do you just want to get some information? Then this fair is the right place for you. We will be there and look forward to meeting you and your parents at our virtual booth.
On March 17 and 18, we invite you to ...
Read More… - February 25, 2021
At RAPA, the boss stands on the production line
A long article about us appeared in the German Frankenpost newspaper the other day. The reason was the short-term shortage of skilled workers in many companies in the area close to the Czech border. As is well known, many of our colleagues from there are currently not ...
Read More… - February 1, 2021
New Key Account Manager for RAPA Healthcare
We are pleased to introduce Günter Knubbe. Günter Knubbe took up his position as Senior Key Account Manager in January and will dedicate himself to sales activities and further growth in the medical and analytical technology market for RAPA Healthcare.
He is responsible for the acquisition of new customers as ...
Read More… - January 25, 2021
Virtual training fair of the secondary school Selb
We are there – you too?
You will soon be finished with school and don’t know what to do afterwards? How about an apprenticeship at RAPA: Have a look at ausbildungsmesse-selb.de and visit us at our virtual booth. Here you have the opportunity from 5.3. to 21.3.2021 to inform ...
Read More… - January 13, 2021
RAPA Automotive Office in China: SunnyWorld Tower, Shanghai
Following the principle “Locals for Locals”, RAPA started a sales office in Shanghai in 2020, a production plant for the Asian future market will follow by 2023: about 100 jobs will be created in China.
A first milestone in internationalization was the foreign location in Auburn/Alabama about ten years ...
Read More… - January 7, 2021
RAPA – A Family Business since 1920
The year 2020 was a special one for us, RAPA turned 100. Due to the pandemic, we were not able to celebrate the way we wanted to. But we did not want our birthday to pass by without a trace. To mark the anniversary, we have produced a magazine ...
Read More… - December 16, 2020
RAPA donates 3000 Euro for the Christmas charity campaign “Selber helfen Selbern”
The donation campaign “Selber helfen Selbern” has become a tradition at RAPA. Normally, the staff collects donations during the company Christmas party. This year no Christmas party could take place due to corona, but donations were made anyway. Without further ado, RAPA donated 3,000 ...
Read More… - December 12, 2020
RAPA Automotive is one of the TOP suppliers
The special issue of Automobilwoche “Parts & Systems” shows the performance of automotive suppliers. RAPA’s automotive products are used in luxury models of many major corporate brands. Around 15 million components were manufactured in 2019.
Currently, we are present in the latest models of Audi e-Tron Sportback, BMW X6, ...
Read More… - December 1, 2020
RAPA – one brand, three divisions
RAPA is a globally recognized engineering and technology partner as well as a system supplier for the automotive industry and numerous customers in the healthcare and industrial sectors. In the future, the company will bundle all activities under the umbrella brand RAPA and has divided its business by forming three ...
Read More… - December 13, 2019
Visit us at CES from January 7-10, 2020 in Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, the show is one of the world’s most important events for the IT industry, alongside Computex, IFA and Mobile World Congress. In recent years, auto manufacturers and suppliers have also increasingly booked a stand to demonstrate the ...
Read More… - December 12, 2019
RAPA and dlhBOWLES to exhibit newly developed Camera and Sensor Cleaning Technology at CES 2020
The RAPA group located in Selb, Germany and in Auburn, Alabama USA and dlhBOWLES of Columbia, Maryland USA announce a new development for an innovative technology supporting Advanced Driving Systems (ADS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV). Clēr™ is a Camera and Sensor ...
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Honored at the German SME Summit: Ranga Yogeshwar pays tribute to RAPA Automotive from Selb on the occasion of its success in the TOP 100 innovation competition. The award ceremony at the Summit took place on Friday evening, June 24, in Frankfurt am Main for all SMEs that were awarded the TOP 100 seal at ...Read More…
The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner and this year it falls on June 3rd according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. We wish all our Chinese business partners and employees a joyful and beautiful Dragon Boat Festival. RAPA Automotive China will be closed due to Dragon Boat holidays on June 3, 2022. We will ...Read More…
Our LinkedIn channel has reached 1000 followers! Thank you to everyone who follows us, comments and shares our content. We appreciate your interest and look forward to being in touch with you! Being close to our customers is extremely important to us and for this, LinkedIn provides a great platform that gives interested parties a place ...Read More…