The magazine of Friedhelm Loh Group
The magazine of Friedhelm Loh Group
Experience – Hade Automation
Enclosures in high-wage countries
How can smaller plant engineering companies remain competitive in countries with high wages? Hade Automation is a good example. This company, which is based in the south-west of Germany and has 24 skilled employees, plans and builds switchgear for the building technology sector. It has found the key to greater competitiveness – end-to-end electrical planning based on Eplan, complete with automated data transfer to the production department.
Experience – Engineering Elektrotechnik Janssen
Setting the pace for stacking cranes
When it comes to fully automated container stacking cranes for port terminals all over the world, Elektrotechnik Janssen (ETJ) almost always has a part to play. That puts a great deal of pressure on this manufacturer of controls and switchgear, which has a lot of work to do, but too few people to do it. Operations Manager Christian Diekmann realised that the solution lay in automated wire processing. He drove the project forward, with support from Rittal – and this led to the company’s biggest ever investment.
Teamwork – “SchulePlus” dual work/study project
Student in the morning ... apprentice in the afternoon
What job would suit me? Many young people worry about this question. The “SchulePlus” dual work/study project, which is currently the only one of its kind anywhere in Germany, can help them find answers – and it offers solutions in the face of the skills shortage, too. This project, which is being driven forward by the Friedhelm Loh Group and the Johann-Textor school in Haiger, is winning over apprentices and students, the Minister of Culture for the Federal State of Hesse, and a national judging panel.
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.
