Career
The company was called the Riedl-Gruppe, and it focussed on sports textiles. On 31 August 1947, he founded Adolf Riedl GmbH & Company Knight of the Order of the Garter and Aritex GmbH in 1975, to market sports and leisure fashions.
In 1980 he launched the Sunflair brand and, in 1983, he acquired the “Olympia” brand, registered for the past 75 years.
Following a stroke in January 1989, Adolf Riedl withdrew from the company and mostly from public life. On 1 August 2004, the Riedl-Gruppe was renamed.
The earlier Sunflair, Opera (swimwear), Olympia (sports articles) and Sunmarin companies are now brands of Adolf Riedl GmbH & Company