LEADER IN INDUSTRIAL LOCKING SYSTEMS RST Roztocze, a company from Tomaszow Lubelski in Poland, is a leading European manufacturer of industrial locking systems. This year it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Dariusz Balcerzyk reports.
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the early 1990s we created a new branch of Polish industry, which did not exist before. Since then the world has changed enormously in terms of technology, and we have had to adapt to these dynamic changes. We have been growing together with our customers. Initially, we cooperated with small-scale customers, then
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we had bigger partners, and now we work for major, global companies from dozens of countries around the world. Our portfolio of customers consists of 1500 companies, including 300 foreign businesses,” says Roman Rak, the owner of RST Roztocze. The company’s success is also based on constant investments in the latest technologies. In the past eight years it has spent a total of €3 million annually on various investment projects. The company is a leading member of the business group owned by Mr Rak. There are two more companies in the group: WSK Tomaszow Lubelski is an experienced manufacturer of components for the aerospace industry; ZWG Lubaczow is a fancy metal goods producer with great traditions in galvanising. Mr Rak is the sole owner of RST Roztocze and WSK Tomaszow Lubelski, and a significant shareholder of ZWG Lubaczow. The group’s history goes back as far as 1991. “I started my own business in a small garage, with second-hand lathe and milling machines. For first two years I was my only employee,” laughs Mr
