The family name Röder spans over 50 years association in the tent business, from the pioneering days of Heinrich Röder in 1959 with the rental of wooden framed tents through to the present day of high capacity production and global distribution of modern day, modular temporary structure systems.

Today the new family owned company, RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH operates at   the leading edge in the design and construction of temporary tent structure systems and is led by the son of Heinrich Röder, CEO Heinz Röder who set up his new company in 2001, ensuring the family tradition continues into the next generation.

A brief history of the Röder family’s association in the temporary structures sector:

1959

The Röder family tent business early beginnings started with the rental of wooden frame tents with canvas covers for use as the companies own rental inventory.

1961

The Röder family business expands into the market of supplying their tents which are now offered for sale to other tent rental companies.

1965

The company’s early product range develops with the introduction of steel which is used as the main material for the main frame components instead of the previously used material of timber.

1975

The development and availability of extruded aluminium, combined with the substantial weight reductions aluminium offered when compared to steel, leant itself as a more user friendly material for use in the construction of the modular tent systems. The use of extruded aluminium had the added benefit of integrated channels which facilitated a significant design improvement by using the “keder” channels for securing the roof and wall covers by means of the keder fixation system making the new design a truly modular system.

1978

The new aluminium frame with keder groove system together with an ever growing range of tent designs soon became a success for the Röder family business. To capitalise on an ever increasing demand for the products, the Röder family open a new factory specifically for the mass production of its various tent systems. The factory was located in the Röder family’s home town of Wolferborn, Büdingen, Germany.

1984

Continuous product development enabled the Röder family business to excel as a major market leader, a highlight of the development program lead to the design, manufacture and launch of the world’s first 2-storey, multi-level modular tent, yet fully demountable construction – today found in numerous applications worldwide.

1992

Heinz and Edwin Röder introduce the family business, RÖDER AG, to the German stock exchange.

1993

The majority shareholding of the company RÖDER AG is taken over by Klöckner & Co AG. At this time the Röder family relinquish their ownership in the company.

1994

Heinz Röder finalizes the handover of the business to Klöckner & Co AG and leaves RÖDER AG.

2001

After seven years of pursuing other business interests Heinz Röder launches his new specialist temporary structure manufacturing company RÖDER HTS High Tech Structures KG, again based in the area of Wolferborn, Büdingen, Germany.

2002

RÖDER HTS KG opens first sales offices in the UK, France.

2003

RÖDER HTS KG opens a sales office servicing the Middle East region.

2004

RÖDER HTS KG acquires industry competitor business HÖCKER STRUCTURES, Bad Salzuflen, Germany. The strategic acquisition of HÖCKER STRUCTURES opened new markets and added new product lines to the product portfolio offered by RÖDER HTS KG at the time.

2005

RÖDER HTS KG and HÖCKER GmbH formally join into one trading entity to be known as RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH. During the same year, the RÖDER HTS and HÖCKER STRUCTURES production facilities merge into one newly commissioned state-of-the-art 42,000m² head office and manufacturing facility located in Kefenrod, Germany.

2006

RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH opens subsidiary sales office in Singapore.

2007

RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH opens strategic sales offices in Russia and India.

2008

RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH introduces a new range of tent systems designed to be fully compatible with other designs supplied by other manufactures.

2009

The Röder family celebrates 50 years association in the tent business at the 2009 RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH TENT-EXPO trade show. The same year with the launch of the patented carbon / alloy hybrid frame structure.

2010

Official launch of the patented carbon / alloy hybrid frame structure system – a lightweight and worlds first in clear span modular tent technology.

2011

The family company, RÖDER HTS HÖCKER GmbH is represented globally in 32 countries worldwide. The company announces the acquisition of 22,000m² of land adjacent to the current 42,000m² production facility – the new site will provide adequate additional space for future expansion. The first phase is set for completion in October 2011 with the construction of a 2,600m² state-of-the-art PVC cover making facility.