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Innovation – Industrial AI

AI  – Momentum for the future?

AI is everywhere. The opportunities are huge. Does that apply to industry, too? In Germany and Europe? Yes and yes! After all, this is the home of expertise on industrial data and processes – and the big AI and IT providers are desperate to get hold of it. Are Germany and Europe being left behind? Not at all! The disruptive power of Industrial AI is huge – both for industry itself and for the digital economy.

Innovation – Rittal Direct Liquid Cooling

AI needs a cool head

What is it that holds the world together? How can we combat cancer cells? These are the big questions for humanity that the world-renowned GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung is researching. Finding answers isn’t just a case of having bright minds in the research team – the chips in the data centre also need a cool head! In Darmstadt, Rittal and GSI have created a blueprint for AI infrastructure with direct liquid cooling (DLC).

Innovation – Rittal RiLineX

Power platform put to the test

The results of a new study are impressive – in a field study conducted at gefeba Elektro GmbH, a specialist in industrial automation and switchgear manufacturing, use of the new RiLineX busbar platform from Rittal delivered absolutely incredible assembly times that were up to 75 percent faster than those of a conventional system. Even “old hands” are astonished by the results.

Experience – BORA

Sustainably cool

BORA, the innovative manufacturer of premium integrated kitchen appliances, needed a new data centre. It was looking for a sustainable, resource-friendly solution that naturally also combined excellent reliability and security with high availability and was expandable – all aesthetically incorporated into the Austrian company’s Niederndorf site. How did BORA square this circle? By turning to Rittal and its partners!

Experience – Interview

Ready for tomorrow!

Caroline and Christian Trips have transformed the business their parents originally founded with just five people into the TRIPS group, a leading system house for automation solutions. Based in the Franconia region of Germany and a long-standing customer of Eplan and Rittal, this highly innovative company is something of an SME hero – more than enough reason to pay TRIPS a visit in Grafenrheinfeld. The topic of discussion? The small matter of the future.

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Experience – International projects

Worldwide

From mining and coffee production to energy supply – Friedhelm Loh Group solutions can be found wherever robust enclosures, reliable IT infrastructure and efficient engineering processes are called for.

Innovation – Guest article Meta:

How is AI changing the design of data centres, Mr. Mills?

A guest article by Steve Mills, Mechanical Engineer – Platform, Meta

Teamwork – AUTOMUSEUM

Knowledge and wonder

An immersive experience of design and technology – in the Nationales Automuseum, apprentices encounter the history, creativity, and innovation of automobile design. The on-site education campus provides inspiration well beyond the walls of the classroom, through workshops with top experts, special learning venues such as the Technikum, and joint projects that offer real “aha” moments.

Innovation – ELE Verteilnetz GmbH (EVNG)

Powering on in a blackout

What happens if there’s a power cut and everything simply stops working – no emergency calls, no Internet and no shopping? What occurred in Spain in April 2025 couldn’t be repeated elsewhere, could it? Unfortunately, yes – and that includes Germany. In such a scenario, this country’s critical infrastructure companies (KRITIS) are actually supposed to be able to continue operating on a self-sufficient basis for up to 72 hours. Technically, being able to control power grids digitally makes this possible, but ELE Verteilnetz GmbH (EVNG) is the only company to date to have achieved it in practice – with the help of Rittal and Bechtle.

Cideon, SBF and LUNUX
Transportation technology

CAD in – lights on

Experience
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Cideon Conify

The direct route to MCAD and ECAD data

Experience – Cideon

Straight into the cloud

Experience – Steel service

Laser cutting and supply chains

Experience – International projects

Worldwide

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 – Debora Foundation

Digital literacy for a new future

Disadvantaged children in the villages around Bangalore are acquiring digital literacy skills thanks to the Debora Foundation India, which is making a huge investment to offer new opportunities.

Video

Powering on in a Blackout – Interview with Simon Bartoschewski

Interview with TRIPS Lukasz Kowalski

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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Hade Automation

Enclosures in high-wage countries

Experience
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Elektrotechnik Janssen

Setting the pace for stacking cranes

Teamwork
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“SchulePlus” dual work/study project

Student in the morning ... apprentice in the afternoon

Experience
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Automation in the USA

It's a Gamechanger

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