During its long history, the Herborn-based company has neither lost its innovative spark, nor become set in outdated structures – on the contrary. Rittal has reinvented itself multiple times. Six milestones define the company’s history and continue to leave their mark today: standardisation during the post-war years, which enables fully digitally integrated production today; the enclosure system, which provided a modular toolkit for industrial applications in years gone by and now extends to the IT, software and edge-computing world; and investment in engineering software, which enabled the optimisation of entire customer value chains in the production of control systems and switchboards, to name but a few examples. Rittal anticipated developments and adapted accordingly: from sheet metal processor, to system provider, to the digital company it is today. Every change along the way required a change in mindset. Courage was needed to make tough decisions. Six times, Rittal has reinvented itself, and six times, Rittal has stayed true to itself. Today, the enclosure remains at the heart of the company, but around it is an entire cosmos that extends into the cloud.
The magazine of Friedhelm Loh Group
The magazine of Friedhelm Loh Group