They purchased a 1929 flat die roll threader. It worked well enough, but it caused the company to start looking for faster and better technology. They discovered a company that was building their first planetary threader, though it was only a prototype. R & R decided to purchase the second one and began to learn the process. Now, 50 years later R & R has become the largest, most competitive supplier of u-bolts and special fasteners in the USA. They compete with domestic and Asian sources based on cost, quality and delivery. R & R has the capacity to produce well over 200,000 threads per hour using its 90 high-speed automated planetary machines and needing fewer employees in production.