 In 1847, "Caspar Honegger", a factory for weaving machines, was established in the "Joweid" valley (river Jona), later "Maschinenfabrik Rüti AG" with its global relations, and in the 1990s of Sulzer and the G + F group.A collection of weaving machines produced by this company is now housed in a museum in nearby Neuthal.The Rüti hospital, later district Hospital, was built in 1875 (in 2000, for financial and political reasons it has been closed).