YOUR EXPERT IN CHEMISTRY FOR PU BASED SHOE PRODUCTION

The company was founded in December 1997 by the two today´s Managing Partners Dieter Weisenborn and Hans Buse. Whereas Dieter Weisenborn, whom learned the chemistry craftmanship – with a focus on PU – from the ground up, is still responsible personally for the whole product development, his partner, Hans Buse, is taking care for all commercial matters. Both have more than 50 years of branch experience and market knowledge.


Headquarters

Rika´s headquarters: Münchweiler an der Rodalb, in immediate proximity to the German shoe technology-cluster Pirmasens (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Production

Development and production exclusively in Germany, always respecting the most severe european quality-, environmental- and security-standards.

Certified

Certified according to the ISO 9001 and 14001



Our strength

– Taylor made, individual developments according to customer specifications
– High quality and innovation aspiration
– State-of-the-art laboratory and analysis technique
– State-of-the-art machinery
– High export rate
– Unlimited worldwide customer-service


Collaborative partnerships

ISC-Pirmasens
The International Shoe Competence Center in Pirmasens, short “ISC”, is a – in this form unique – research and teaching institute, where the whole knowledge around the modern, industrial shoe production is concentrated. Furthermore the ´Deutsche Schuhfachschule´ has rented its rooms there, the whole in immediate neighborhood to the ´PFI´and to the high school campus of Pirmasens (district Husterhöhe).
Footwear Innovation Lab GmbH
Also in the case of the private company Footwear Innovation Lab GmbH, short “F.i.L.” (Pirmasens) we´re talking about a real think tank, where everything turns around a – as far as possible – automized shoe production of the 21st. century. Other focus areas are the fields virtual model making and augmented reality for industrial aplications – amongst others in the PU based (shoe-)production.

Our most important raw material: The Rika team

Behind the brand Rika Chemie stands also a strong team, which consists of, inter alia, chemists, plastics engineers, application techniques and chemical workers. We speak your language, no matter whether you want to talk with us in German, English, French or Spanish.


Dieter Weisenborn

Managing Partner

Dieter Weisenborn, co-founder and Managing Partner of the company, with more than 50 years of experience in the chemistry business. Especially in the field of the release agents he´s considered as one of the best experts on the international stage of the pu-industry. Any product that leaves our house wears his hand.


Hans Buse

Managing Partner

Hans Buse, the other co-founder and Managing Partner, is also looking back to more than 50 years of experience in the chemical industry. Being an old school business man, whom has learned the commercial craftwork from the bottom up, he´s responsible for the fields controlling, finance and human resources.



Regine Theysohn

Back office sales manager

As a skilled businesswoman with more than 40 years of experience in the international sales of shoe chemicals, Regine Theysohn organises the fields sales and logistics. Your key contact for all kind of orders. Languages: German, English, French.

Tel.: 06395 – 91 10 15 15


Kristina Rauth

Back office purchasing manager

As annother key pillar of our back office she´s responsible for the raw material purchasing and the corresponding stock control. Languages: German and English.

Tel: 06395 – 91 10 15 18