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Experience – Automation in the USA

It's a Gamechanger

Three U.S. plant and equipment manufacturers provide insight into their success stories, revealing how their partnerships with Eplan and Rittal helped them make a breakthrough, leave the competition in their wake and get on the path to growth. One of these three game-changers is Brad Howell, owner of R&D Specialties in Odessa, Texas.

Experience – WestfalenWIND IT and windCORES

Hidden IT powerhouse

Wind turbines produce so much electricity that this sometimes can’t even be fed into the public grid, while the sheer amount of electricity required by data centres throws up major challenges for grid operators. WestfalenWIND IT has done the maths – and has got Rittal on board.

Experience – International projects

Worldwide

On high mountaintops, in the supermarket or in railway tunnels – Solutions from the Friedhelm Loh Group are used wherever weather-resistant enclosures, a reliable IT infrastructure and energy supply are needed.

Experience – Engineering Rittal and S+S Industries

Houston, we (don’t) have a problem!

Is the stereotypical image of the dynamic and impulsive US entrepreneur something of a cliché? Actually, no – and Greg Andrews is living proof! That was apparent at the new Rittal Application Center in Houston. No sooner had the Rittal Automation Systems solutions for machining copper busbars been put into operation there than the Vice President of S+S Industries wanted to buy them. Andrews has now placed orders for a total of five machines and is aiming to become the market leader in the field of busbars.

Teamwork – Debora Foundation

We build on hope

In the villages around the Indian city of Bangalore, children and young women from poor backgrounds face complete inequality of opportunity. The Debora Foundation wants to change this. Having already set up 15 education centres in villages, it is now planning to build a school.

Innovation – Rittal Rittal IT-Cooling

Cool with the power of water

As a result of AI and high-performance computing, the performance density in data centres is reaching a level that poses a challenge for the entire infrastructure. There is a solution, however – direct liquid cooling. In consultation with hyperscalers and server OEMs, Rittal has developed a compact, modular Coolant Distribution Unit that delivers over 1 MW of cooling output, thus paving the way for future AI applications.

Experience – Pilot project: naturenergie netze

Digital revolution in transformer substations

The energy sector is under a lot of pressure. German distribution grid operators need to get their infrastructure ready for the energy transition. A pilot project at naturenergie netze GmbH is demonstrating how transformer substations can be modernised more quickly. In collaboration with software suppliers Eplan and entegra, this southern German distribution grid operator is now working for the first time on a digital twin that will greatly speed up the planning and further development of transformer substations.

Experience – It's a Gamechanger

“The future is AI-driven – even in plant engineering”

Current geopolitical changes are driving industry further into crisis mode in many different countries. It’s a very different story in the USA, where industry is booming – is this an opportunity for Germany and Europe? And what’s the position regarding new growth prospects through technologies such as AI, specifically in plant engineering? In this interview, we discuss trends and prospects with Prof. Niko Mohr, who is a Friedhelm Loh Group board member and CEO of Rittal International and Rittal Software Systems.

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Experience – Hargassner and Rittal

Turbocharging automation

How can successful industrial businesses increase their proportion of in-house production? That was the question facing the Austrian company Hargassner. This leading supplier of biomass heating systems now manufactures its switchgear on a highly automated basis throughout the entire value chain – thanks to software and hardware solutions from Eplan and Rittal.

Experience – Cideon and kolb Cleaning Technology

Spare parts? Processing...

Cideon found the perfect partner for developing a state-of-the-art solution for ordering spare parts – kolb Cleaning Technology GmbH. The result is a digital spare parts catalogue for kolb customers – and a fully developed standard solution for all Cideon customers. It’s a win-win!

Experience – Institut Cartogràfic and Rittal

From maps to data

The Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) in Barcelona specialises in areas such as cartography, geology and geophysics. Its work generates more and more digital data, which is now hosted in a new data centre in the same building.

Innovation – The new RiLineX power platform

More power with a platform

Time and cost pressures are rising and there’s a skills shortage – the panel building and switchgear manufacturing sector continues to be under a lot of pressure. What’s needed are ways to speed things up in plant engineering – when it comes to power distribution technology, for instance. There’s now a solution – RiLineX, a new, open platform system for even more efficient planning and faster installation of 60 mm busbar systems. This boosts efficiency by up to 50 percent.

Cooling units for maritime applications

Seaworthy

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Panel building and switchgear manufacturing

Start-up help for automation

Innovation – Eplan Cable proD

Perfection in machine cabling

Innovation – Eplan Platform 2025

Packed with features!

Innovation – Wiring in enclosures

Ready for robots

Experience – International projects

Around the world

On the water, on land and in the air – Friedhelm Loh Group solutions are in use wherever having a reliable IT infrastructure, a secure energy supply or weather-resistant enclosures is a must.

Teamwork – Commitment Nationales Automuseum

Where horsepower meets design

Racing from zero to a hundred in terms of popularity since it opened last year, Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection has become a new dream destination for car lovers and technophiles from all over the world. The museum now has a special exhibition dedicated to the legendary Ferrari brand and is also stepping up its commitment as an academic hub.

Video

Interview with Brad Howell (owner of R&D Specialties)

Interview with Sean Rezin (Executive Vice President of Usemco)

Interview with John Miller (Vice President of Engineering Specialists)

Setting the pace for stacking cranes

Sustainably Cool - BORA Data Center

Rittal reportage naturenergie netze

How can we accelerate the transformation of our energy systems

DNV test in the Phoenix Testlab

I’m a fan of the TX! - Interview with Christoph Laves, Managing Director of IT-Budget GmbH.

Engineering in the cloud - Interview with Andree Rülander, Head of Electrical Design, Enercon

Keeping tunnels lit in an emergency - Interview with Robert Berndt, HERMOS Authorised Representative and Project Leader

Cool when the heat is on - Interview with Björn von Frieling

Automated driving - IT infrastructure for BMW vehicle tests

Experience
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Enclosures – fighting fit for the energy transition

Bring on the storms and heavy seas!

Innovation
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LKH

Plastic: Reducing the carbon footprint

Experience
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Rittal in Asia

Mega investment in China

Experience
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Efficiency

Revolution – how will it work, Dr Gunther Kegel?

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