About TRADIUM
About TRADIUM
Since its foundation in 1999, TRADIUM GmbH has grown continuously.
Founder and managing director Matthias Rüth has always been guided by his high standards of quality. Today, Rüth works together with 30 colleagues not only to meet the expectations of his customers, but to exceed them every day.
On the market for over 25 years
Renewable energies, electromobility and touchscreen technology – many aspects of our lives would be unthinkable without metals. TRADIUM is one of the leading suppliers of these raw materials in Europe. Since 1999, we have been supplying innovative industries worldwide from Frankfurt. As a link between raw material producers and processing companies, we also offer private customers the opportunity to buy metals as tangible assets and diversify their portfolios.
We maintain long-standing cooperations with international producers and partners. With this global network, we guarantee reliability and market proximity, and our products are state-of-the-art. TRADIUM has been consistently on the market for over 25 years, which ensures a long-term cooperation, while our team is known for its extensive raw material expertise. Companies without their own storage capacities can store their raw materials in a high-security and duty-free warehouse.
History
Founded in May 1999 by Matthias Rüth, TRADIUM GmbH in Frankfurt am Main was a classic garage company.
The incentive to found the company arose from Matthias Rüth’s many years of experience as a raw materials trader at DEGUSSA in Frankfurt and the knowledge he gained about the exciting future of strategic raw materials.
Soon, the company grew with the increasing relevance of its products.
Accordingly, in 2006, with increasing space requirements, the move to the current company premises in Frankfurt Niederrad took place.
In order to be able to meet the increasing interest of private customers in technology metals and rare earths, the partner company METLOCK GmbH was founded in April 2011, which allows industry and private customers to store raw materials. The safety of the goods is ensured by a bunker from the Second World War, which was extensively renovated in 2011-2013 and thus successfully converted from a wartime memorial to an investment in the future.
In order to continuously optimize the quality of the company’s processes and product standards, ISO 9001 certification was introduced in 2003.
As a trader for the most important raw materials, REACH registration followed in 2018 and thus the company’s investment in compliance with environmental protection guidelines and open communication along the trade chain.
In 25 years of company history, the one-man company has become a renowned, medium-sized, owner-managed company with the best contacts to producers and industry.
The core team, consisting of family members and long-standing colleagues from the industrial sector, has remained stable, which has made TRADIUM a constant in the field of strategic raw materials.
Philosophy
Responsibility
TRADIUM GmbH takes its responsibility as an employer, supplier and part of a global trading community seriously.
As an employer, we ensure that the safety of our employees is guaranteed at all times.
We guarantee our customers the use of reliable processes and compliance with the agreed specifications. We underpin this claim with the REACH certification for our most important raw materials and our associated promise of transparency along the supply chain.
As a commitment to occupational safety in a global context and as a sign against human rights violations, we also follow the international guidelines on conflict materials.
Quality Standard
TRADIUM is constantly working on its own performance in order not only to meet the expectations of our customers, business partners and employees, but also to exceed them. To this end, ISO certification was introduced in 2003.
As part of this, new corporate goals are formulated every year that are tailored to the current situation. Goals such as customer satisfaction and continuous process optimization are firmly at the heart of our quality policy.
Employee development
We believe in involving our employees in the responsibility for the company’s products and services. To ensure this, TRADIUM creates a corporate culture that empowers its employees to act independently and responsibly. Accordingly, we invest in targeted promotion and further education in order to support the individual skills of our team members in the best possible way.
Sustainability
Environmental protection and sustainable work have a high priority at TRADIUM. This starts with the extraction of the metals. Strategic raw materials mostly come from regions where environmental protection often does not (yet) meet European standards. As an important customer of the manufacturers, we have the opportunity, together with others, to have a positive influence in this context and use it.
Through their use in the future technologies sector, our products also promote innovative ways to protect the environment and support sustainability. The technology metals and rare earths marketed by TRADIUM enable a reduction in material and energy consumption as well as the avoidance of environmental toxins through special properties such as high electrical and energy conductivity.
TRADIUM also relies on a resource-efficient business concept. We participate in the recycling of strategic raw materials by offering our customers the purchase of recyclable materials.