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CORPORATE AND REPORT PROFILE 7

1.1 RAFI at a glance
[GRI 102-1 – 102-9 ] Headquartered in Berg near Ravensburg, Germany, RAFI GmbH & Co. KG is a medium-
sized enterprise with approx. 2,200 employees and seven subsidiaries in Germany, Europe, China, and the Unit-
ed States. The RAFI Group includes RAFI Eltec GmbH (Überlingen, Germany), RAFI Systec GmbH & Co. KG
(Bad Waldsee, Germany), RAFI Hungaria Kft. (Mezőtúr, Hungary), RAFI Italia S.r.l. (Cambiago, Italy), RAFI Po-
land sp. z o.o. (Zielona Góra, Poland), RAFI Electronics Ltd (Shanghai, China), and RAFI USA Inc. (Lynnwood,
USA).

The RAFI headquarters in Berg near Ravensburg, Germany

History amine quality requirements, ISO 14001 certification,
Over the course of its almost 125-year history, RAFI and existing compliance guidelines and regulations on
has developed into a leading manufacturer of electro- conflict materials.
mechanical components and operating systems for
industrial applications. It has set new standards with Environmental management and resource con-
a wide range of innovations in control components servation
and HMI technology as well as engineering and man- [GRI 302, 305 ] At all our locations we operate a
ufacturing services (E2MS). In 1900, Ernst Bucher quality management system certified according to
founded the company in Ravensburg under the name DIN EN ISO guidelines. What’s more, the larger loca-
“Optisches, mechanisches & elektrotechnisches In- tions with production operations apply an environ-
stitut.” Electrical engineer Raimund Finsterhölzl took mental management system according to ISO 14001. Certificates
over the company in 1908. At the time it specialized All our locations actively and continuously take a Quality management
in the manufacture of switches and light signaling range of measures to achieve more sustainable sup- DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
systems. Finsterhölzl renamed the enterprise Rafi in plies of electricity, heat, cooling, and water and to en- IATF 16949:2016
1912, combining the first two letters of his first and sure responsible waste disposal. Our Berg facility has DIN EN ISO 13485:2016
last name. RAFI belonged to the Hoesch Group from long operated a cogeneration plant to produce heat, DIN EN ISO 14001:2015
DIN EN ISO 16247
1987 until 1994 and was then taken over by private power, and cooling for much more efficient use of re- DIN EN ISO 27001
shareholders. Since 2020, it has been owned by U.S. sources. We also use photovoltaic systems to gener-
investment company Oaktree Capital Management ate our own electricity in Berg and Überlingen. This is
L.P. how we contribute significantly to climate protection
and responsible use of resources. The share of elec-
Industries, suppliers, and clientele tricity generated in-house across the entire group
[GRI 201, 202 ] The RAFI Group generated sales of was 40.5% in 2022. Since 2019, we have been pro-
€498 million in fiscal year 2022, with €316 million gen- curing the rest of our electricity requirements at our
erated at the Berg location alone. Our primary business German locations entirely from renewable sources.
areas and customers come from the manufacture of And since 2022, we have been investing an amount
machinery and equipment, robotics and automation, in the tens of millions of euros in order to implement
telecommunications, medical technology, and com- energy-efficiency renovations of the buildings at the
mercial vehicle manufacturing. Our wide array of prod- Berg location.
ucts and services primarily consists of modular plat-
form solutions for custom systems, standard compo-
nents such as tactile switches or control and signaling
components, digital solutions for easy process optimi-
zation, and E2MS services. We have established a
scoring system for the evaluation and ranking of our 40.5% 59.5%
suppliers. The assessment is carried out by a dedicat-
ed supplier management team. Regular audits also ex-