1857
Construction of the initial sawmill in Neukirchen (AUSTRIA) next to an already existing bakery owned by family Rumplmayr
1927
Start of production at new mill, built by Rudolf Rumplmayr "RURU" (1897 to 1979) in Altmünster;
Lumber exports to France, the Netherlands and the UK are done the following years under the brand label RURU
1936
Acquisition of a Sawmill in Bad Aussee (AUSTRIA)
1966
DI Friedrich Rumplmayr sen. is joining the company
1973
Acquisition of 18 ha at the Danube-Enns-estuary
1976
Production starts in the sawmill Enns
first industrial sawmill in central Europe specialized on small diameter logsfirst combination of chipper and double arbor gang saw worldwidefirst quattro reducer bandsaw in central EuropeEurope's first lumber tray-sorter by SPRINGER, Friesau
1980
Construction of the first barkfired power plant by WAAGNER BIRÓ, Graz, in Enns;
The emblem of the Austrian Republic gets conferred to Donausäge R. Rumplmayr by the ministry of economics
1983
RURU becomes a registered trademark
2000
Severin and Rudolf Rumplmayr are joining the company
2001
First shipments to Japan
2003
Frist shipments to US
2003
Completion of a second productionline in Enns
first curvesawing, top ahead with a feed speed of 150 m/min by LINCK,Oberkirch
Friedrich Rumplmayr jun. is joining the company
2003
Start of production of Europe's most powerful planerline in Enns
2006
Installation of power-heat cogeneration (5 MW electric power) at Enns
2007
First direct shipments to customers in Arab states of the Persian Gulf
2009
Integration of MSR facility in planer mill
2012
Expansion to workable log diameter range in Enns up to 47 cm top diamenter
2014
Installation of new and innovative optical barc detection system for more precise log measurement
