Case Study - Rhine Ruhr (VIC)

Rhine Ruhr, winner of the 2008 Small to Medium Services Award Sponsored by Export Finance and Insurance Corporation

Melbourne based engineering design company Rhine Ruhr provides a range of products to the chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas and oil refining industries.

Rhine Ruhr is a niche supplier of premium equipment that is individually designed to meet the exacting standards demanded by the world’s largest companies. The products, known collectively as process vessel internals, are cost effective, easy to install and are engineered using internationally accepted design methods incorporating the latest fabrication techniques.

The company offers a unique range of equipment that few other international suppliers provide. The diverse range of the proprietary “Dyna ™” branded equipment has been used by the majority of major oil and gas companies worldwide.

The company has earned more than half of its revenue from exports in the last two financial years and has recently signed new distributors, gaining exposure in seven previously unrepresented international locations. In 22 years of operation, Rhine Ruhr has exported to over 30 countries.

Rhine Ruhr retains all its engineering and technical activities in Melbourne when many competitors are outsourcing. A team of experienced engineers and technicians create optimum design solutions using state-of-the-art process simulation and equipment design software. The company actively promotes local products and services that give an edge over cheap, mass produced equipment.

The company’s mechanical design software allows each uniquely designed item to be integrated with computer controlled manufacturing processes ensuring fast, accurate and cost effective delivery, allowing locally designed and manufactured products to be sold to the world, with international sales to over 30 countries.

The company’s relatively small team of highly skilled staff have made Rhine Ruhr the success story it is today. Competing head-to-head with large multinational engineering corporations, Rhine Ruhr’s advanced technologies, quick response, flexibility and niche expertise, means it is able to ‘beat the giants’ in this specialist field.