COMPANY
RÖCHER is a mechanical engineering company with many years of experience from Netphen in Siegerland, South Westphalia. The company’s focus is hydraulic presses.
As well as hydraulic presses, the product range also covers customer-specific special machines for forming technology.
Our flexible company structure and competent team members enable us to adapt machines and systems to the special requirements of customers, to attain economic solutions for their production tasks.
This is supported by a high level of processing which ensures additional quality and flexibility as well as extraordinary knowledge, and guarantees a quick, reliable provision of service.
We are known among our customers as a reliable partner who produces solid and high-quality products. Customer satisfaction is the thing that matters most to us.
We are happy to advise you and would like to prove ourselves as a trustworthy partner.
If customers choose to include their own process technology in a project, this is, of course, treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Quality made by RÖCHER:
Thanks to our experience, performance, flexibility, reliability and commitment, you can trust us as your partner.
The benefits of working with us
- Extensive range of hydraulic presses
- Customer-specific solutions and whole systems available
- High quality, efficient and long-life products
- Competent advice
- Quick reaction times
- High customer satisfaction
- Own competence in hydraulic and electric controls
- Energy-efficient drive systems with a high level of precision
- Collaborative partnership
Our history
1946
Founding of the company by the Röcher brothers – mechanical workshop by brothers Karl and Emil Röcher in June 1946 in Eisern
1956
Expansion and production through purchase of the Utsch company in Eisern (Röcher bros: Factory II)
1957
Beginning of special machine and fixture construction
1960
Takeover of the Kapfer company in Eiserfeld (Röcher bros: Factory III)
and expansion of the range
and expansion of the range
1965
Acquisition of the special structure for hydraulic presses and construction of the first hydraulic single-frame press with guided press ram
1966
Further developments in the field of hydraulic presses
1967
Development of the company’s own hydraulic control block
1974
Construction of a new series for straightening plants: The first plant consists of a 4,000 kN straightening press with tool measuring, straightening lift control and material handling
1980
Further upgrading of the company’s own two-channel press controls to Siemens Simatic S5
1980
Development of a special, highly precise and highly dynamic pressure control for hydraulic presses
1985
Development of a new series of hydraulic double-frame presses with highly precise ram guides
1988
Supply of a complete production system with a newly developed fully-automatic tool change system
1988
Relocation to the premises of the company Deuma in Netphen-Deuz to meet ever-growing demands in the construction of hydraulic presses
1990
Supply of complete press systems
1990
Supply of the first hydroforming press
1991
Supply of the prototype of a new series of hydraulic double-frame presses: the prototype has a pressing power of 16,000 kN, 2 rams, 3 die cushions, adjustable sheet holder forces from left to right and front to back, as well as coupling functions
1991
Expansion of the “mechanical processing” area by a CNC boring mill for 65 t part weight
1994
Supply of the first system of a new series of pressing machines
1995
Supply of the first flow pressure machine for aluminium wheels
1995
Start of a new series of rapid-cycle hydraulic presses with band systems
1996
Construction of the first annular piston press for pipe sizing
1997
Construction of a newly developed blanking plant for sheet casings
1998
Transition of the press controls from “Siemens S5” to “Siemens S7”
1998
Supply of a 55 m-long, fully automatic forming line
1999
Introduction of the first FEM system
1999
Development of a new double-frame series with synchronous controls on the rams and die cushions
2000
Supply of the first hydraulic drawing press of a new series of deep drawing presses, in the form of a four-column press
2001
Introduction of a production planning and control system
2002
Transition of all CAD workplaces to 3D
2004
Supply of the first hydraulic fine cutting press
2010
Construction and shipping of a press with 35,000 kN pressing power and weighing approx. 400 t
2010
Relocation of Röcher from Netphen-Deuz to Netphen-Dreis-Tiefenbach
2011
Expansion of the production capacity after building an assembly hall with increased crane capacity
2011
Start of a new series of “tool trial presses”
2011
Supply of the first newly developed cold forming cell RZP120 for the cold-forming of pipes
2012
Supply of the first vertical interlocking press series RSP65
2013
Supply of the first horizontal interlocking press series RWZP2X40
2015
Start of a new series of energy-saving drive systems for hydraulic presses in accordance with the patented principle
2017
Supply of a newly developed 30,000 kN – press designed as a hydraulic horizontal press weighing approx. 300t
Heiko Röcher
CEO