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Rittal GmbH & Co. KG

Company type	GmbH & Co. KG
Founded	1961
Founder	Rudolf Loh
Headquarters	Herborn , Germany
Key people	Dr.-Ing. Karl-Ulrich Köhler (CEO)
Number of employees	around 10,000 (2016)
Parent	Friedhelm Loh Group
Website	http://www.rittal.com

Rittal, headquartered in Herborn, is a German provider of solutions for industrial enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, and software and services. Solutions from Rittal are used, among other things, in mechanical and plant engineering, the food industry, IT and telecommunications. Founded in 1961, Rittal is the largest company in the owner-operated Friedhelm Loh Group with a workforce of 9,300 at 13 production facilities and 58 subsidiaries. The German production sites are located in Herborn, Rittershausen, Hof (Westerwald), Burbach and Eschenburg-Wissenbach.

The company is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and its CEO is Karl-Ulrich Köhler.

The name Rittal is derived from the places where the company was founded – Rittershausen in Dietzhölztal.

Products

The product portfolio includes enclosure, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, and software and service solutions. In collaboration with sister company Eplan, Rittal digitizes customer processes with data that extends from the engineering and production stages all the way through to logistics and commercial processes. At the heart of the digital workflow is the virtual prototype, which interconnects all process steps.

The main sectors employing Rittal solutions are as follows:

• Electrical engineering and automation
• Renewable energies
• Information technology
• Infrastructure
• Mechanical engineering
• Food industry
• Process industry
• Transport technology

Locations

Rittal is represented by 58 subsidiaries throughout the world. The sales network comprises 150 sales and logistics centres. Production takes place at 13 facilities, including the following:

Country	Location
China	Shanghai
India	Bangalore
Italy	Valeggio
Netherlands	Zevenaar
Sweden	Ängelholm
South Korea	Seoul
USA	Urbana, Springfield
UK	Plymouth

In 2016, Rittal started constructing one of the world’s most advanced plants for compact enclosures in Haiger. The concept is based on state-of-the-art workflows and production processes – from the customer order all the way through to delivery. Interlinked production at the plant will start in 2018. The Rittal plants in Rittershausen and Hof are also being geared to Industry 4.0 standards, and a further plant is to open in Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach. The company is investing around 250 million euros to restructure its production operations in the region.

Awards

• “Top 100 Innovator”: In 2017, Rittal was presented with the Top 100 Innovator award, which goes to Germany’s 100 most innovative companies.
• “Top employer”: Also in 2017, the Friedhelm Loh Group, including Rittal, was for the ninth time in succession named one of Germany’s leading employers by the Top Employers Institute in recognition of its outstanding corporate and employer culture.
• “German Industry Innovation Award”: In 2015, management consultancy Staufen AG and trade journal Produktion presented the innovation award for best product of the year to Rittal for its Blue e+ generation of cooling units. According to the panel of judges, the decisive factors were the units’ innovative hybrid technology, their excellent energy efficiency of up to 75 percent and a 75 percent reduction in CO2 emissions.
• “Fair Company”: Rittal has been awarded the “Fair Company” seal of quality for fair treatment of its trainees.
• Further awards include the following: Axia Award 2010 and 2012, Climate Protection Award from the Hesse Ministry of the Environment, Innovation Award from the “Initiative Mittelstand” for SMEs, Rhineland-Palatinate Innovation Award, Siemens Award and manufacturer’s award as partner of the year from the Meyer Werft shipyard.

Sponsorship

Rittal sponsors a number of football and handball clubs in the region, including HSG Wetzlar. Since 1 March 2006, the company has sponsored and lent its name to the Mittelhessen-Arena in Wetzlar, which is now called Rittal Arena Wetzlar. Rittal was also a major sponsor of Hessentag 2016 in Herborn.