Roder

What Roder does

Röder GmbH is a family-owned knitwear contract manufacturer founded in 1964 and operating from a single facility on Boller Straße 52 in Göppingen-Jebenhausen, Germany. The company designs, develops, and delivers custom knitwear for women, men, and children, serving fashion designers, B2B apparel companies, and sheep breeders who supply their own raw materials such as wool and cotton. Production is fully integrated in-house, covering design planning, electronic pattern preparation, knitting, confectioning, quality-controlled finishing, packaging, and shipping.

The production platform is built on a fleet of Stoll flat knitting machines — CMS402, CMS422, CMS433.6, CMS330, CMS330TC4, and CMS530T — operating in gauges 5, 8, 10, and 12 with specialized accessories including Fourniseure, Intarsia, and Plating thread feeders. Pattern implementation expertise spans Jaquard, Intarsia, Formstrick (full-fashioned), and Multi-Gauge techniques, programmed through Sirix and M1-PLUS electronic pattern preparation systems. Confectioning capability includes band-bügeling, ironing, and overlock, fold-lock, and quilting machines, supported by individual quality-label printing. The combination of multi-gauge machinery and complete in-house finishing supports both prototype development and small-to-large series runs.

The business model is direct B2B: customers contact Röder via phone or email ([email protected]), receive consultation on materials and pattern feasibility, and place bespoke manufacturing orders at quote-based pricing. The firm carries no disclosed pricing, no digital commerce, and operates solely in the domestic Baden-Württemberg market with no international channels. Ownership remains wholly within the Röder family, currently managed by Geschäftsführer Ottilie Röder and Uwe Röder, with no external investors, subsidiaries, or parent company. Distribution is direct-to-customer with no intermediaries, and customer acquisition relies on word-of-mouth and inbound inquiries rather than active marketing channels.

Name

Roder

Legal name

Röder GmbH

Website

https://roeder-strick.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Röder GmbH is a family-owned German knitwear contract manufacturer founded in 1964 that designs and produces custom knitwear in-house for fashion designers, apparel companies, and sheep breeders from its Göppingen facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Göppingen-jebenhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Knitwear Manufacturing: B2B manufacturing services producing custom knitwear for designers, companies, and sheep breeders. Services include prototype manufacturing, small series, and large series production. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales based on customer specifications and materials provided.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Röder is a German family-owned manufacturer that produces custom knitwear (outerwear, accessories, and elastic products for women, men, and children) on a made-to-order basis. The company runs a fully integrated in-house production line covering design planning, pattern programming, prototype manufacturing, small and large series production on Stoll flat-bed knitting machines, confectioning, and packaging/shipping, and accepts customer-supplied raw materials such as sheep's wool and cotton.

Product overview

Röder is a family-owned textile manufacturing company operating as a fully integrated knitting production facility in Göppingen, Germany. The company offers a unified suite of custom knitwear manufacturing services encompassing design planning, pattern programming (Jaquard, Intarsia, Formstrick, Multi-Gauge), prototype development, small and large series production on Stoll flat-bed knitting machines, confectioning, and final packaging and shipping. All production is conducted in-house, serving designers, companies, and sheep breeders who supply their own materials. The product portfolio centers on custom knitwear for women, men, and children, along with accessories and elastic products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Knitwear Manufacturing Full-service custom knitwear manufacturing from design through finished product, serving women, men, and children, produced entirely in-house at the company's Göppingen facility on Stoll flat-bed knitting machines.
• Prototype Development Custom prototyping services for knitwear designs, converting drawings into knitting programs and producing initial samples for clients including designers and companies.
• Small and Large Series Production Production of both small and large series knitwear runs on Stoll flat-bed knitting machines, including technical knits, Jacquard, Intarsia, and Formstrick constructions for women's, men's, and children's knitwear as well as accessories and elastic products.
• Material Processing Service Processing of customer-supplied raw materials including sheep's wool, cotton, and other fibers into high-quality outerwear, accessories, and elastic products using Röder's in-house knitting and confectioning capabilities.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 1&1 Internet SEminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner1&1 Internet SE provides web hosting services for the company's website (roeder-strick.de). The partnership is disclosed in the company's data privacy statement as one of the external service providers used for website operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Falke KGaA: German family-owned knitwear and hosiery manufacturer with a globally recognized consumer brand. Comparable as a German producer of premium knitted apparel, though Falke operates at much larger scale and sells finished branded goods rather than custom B2B manufacturing.
• Wolford AG: Austrian hosiery and knitwear manufacturer known for premium circular-knit products. Comparable as a European specialty knitwear producer with in-house manufacturing heritage.
• Calida Group: Swiss knitwear and innerwear manufacturer with its own production facilities. Comparable to Röder as a European premium knitwear producer, though Calida is brand-led and far larger.
• Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A. Italian luxury cashmere and knitwear brand with significant in-house Italian production. Comparable to Röder as a premium European knitwear house that values craft and 'Made in Europe' manufacturing, though operating at vastly larger scale as a public luxury brand.
• Herno S.p.A. Italian family-owned manufacturer of premium knitwear and outerwear, combining knit production with garment assembly. Comparable to Röder as a heritage European knitwear producer with vertically integrated manufacturing.

Others

• H. Stoll AG & Co. KG: German manufacturer of the flat knitting machines that form the core of Röder's production capability. Stoll is not a direct competitor but the principal equipment supplier and a critical ecosystem participant whose technology choices shape Röder's service offering.

Direct peers

• Schöller Textil GmbH: German technical textiles and knit fabric manufacturer. Comparable to Röder as a B2B knit textile producer serving fashion and technical end markets from a German base, though Schöller is larger and more export-oriented.
• Maglificio Maggioni S.r.l. Italian custom knitwear manufacturer producing for luxury and premium fashion brands. Comparable to Röder as a mid-sized European B2B knitwear contract manufacturer serving designer and brand customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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