1957
Renowned jeweler Julio Rivas Gutiérrez opens a workshop for the repair, adaptation, and construction of metalworking parts.
1964
Mr. Rivas Gutiérrez prefers to continue his jewelry business and decides to put his small workshop up for sale. In response, his son expresses interest in maintaining the workshop and decides to work there, seeing the potential for industrial growth.
1969
Machinery is acquired to work with pipe, wire, sheet metal and dies.
1973
It implements high-quality industrial electroplating processes, centrifugal equipment, current rectifier tanks for galvano-electrolytic baths, and develops ring hardware products.
1974
As a complement to the ring hardware, the first series productions of plastic folders for CARVAJAL y CIA. LTDA and Danaranjo began, giving rise to the Plastics Manufacturing division.
1978
Aware of the need to diversify production, the production of injected plastic parts is seen as a prosperous business. To this end, the company acquired its first injection molding machines, expanding its product portfolio with clients such as Manisol, Hilos Cadena, and Varta.
1979
The founder takes a trip to Japan that changes the way he projects and does business, visualizing the great potential of plastic in large-scale production processes and robotics. He discovers the importance of PP and its applications and observes that office products are produced from 100% plastic.
1980
Product development to host continuous forms for the Carvajal client, generating customer loyalty.
1983
Production begins in the white goods industrial sector with injected products and refrigerators for the client Inarca, currently Mabe.
1984
Given the growing demand for school and office supplies in rigid plastic sheets, the acquisition of more extrusion machines for the production of these sheets is essential.
1988
The school and office line continues to grow with new customers. Legis, with its Keeperline and Keepermate lines, allows us to reach new markets.
1994
To meet customer needs, new production processes such as heat transfer, high-frequency printing, screen printing, and pad printing were implemented. During the same year, the thermoforming and routing division was established as a complementary process to the extrusion division.
1996
The partner-supplier relationship with Mabe and the growing demand for the No-Frost line are promoting the expansion of the physical and industrial plant, an important development for job creation and business development in the city.
2004
ISO 9001 Quality Certification obtained: Design, manufacturing, and marketing of plastic products (injected, extruded, manufactured); provision of injection, thermoforming, extrusion, and manufacturing services. Design, manufacturing, and marketing of molds for the plastics industry.
2005
The company expands into other markets, begins its expansion process, and purchases land in the La Enea industrial zone, paving the way for a new era for Riduco.
2006
Plant 2 is being expanded, and nine injection molding machines, ranging in capacity from 9 to 700 tons, are being purchased to manufacture 1600 million plastic crates for the launch of the new bottle from client Bavaria - Sab Miller.
2007
Riduco enters the automotive sector, with Riduco being selected from among several companies in the Andean Region to supply Sofasa (Renault) with large plastic parts. This led to the company obtaining IATF 16949 certification, the standard for the auto parts sector: Manufacturing of plastic parts for interiors and exteriors.
2013
Strategic alliance with the Spanish Rinder Corporation for the production of lighting fixtures.
2014
Riduco inaugurates the in-house plant at the Renault assembly plant in Medellín.
2019
New product for the agricultural market.
2022
AUTHORIZED ECONOMIC OPERATOR QUALIFICATION for import and export in the security and facilitation category.
