Shaping and improving our world

All around the world, teams from the Friedhelm Loh Group are working on making our products and sites increasingly sustainable. We are also helping our customers to do the same. We reveal what our Group has already achieved and what we are planning next. We also hear what people have to say about sustainable technologies.

Coca Cola: Refreshment for energy managers!

With rising electricity prices, ever-hotter summers and ambitious sustainability goals putting energy managers under pressure, they are always looking for ways to boost energy efficiency. The example of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners demonstrates the impact a blanket replacement of cooling units throughout Germany can have. We offer some insights into this mammoth project.

Faster with standards

Moving towards an all-electric society means having to completely overhaul and massively expand our infrastructure. This is a Herculean task. One approach that can help us rapidly expand grids and energy systems is to standardise and automate value creation processes. The mechanical engineering sector provides the blueprint for this – and Eplan, Rittal and Rittal Automation Systems offer the appropriate software and hardware solutions.

What counts for customers right now

It always takes two to make a relationship work. What is easy and enjoyable to start with can, over time, take a lot of effort, especially in the case of business relationships. Customers are making ever greater demands on their suppliers. Expectations are growing, in particular when the going gets tough in a crisis. However, relationships also offer opportunities. To discover the true potential of customer relationships and find out what counts more than ever right now, we spoke with Thomas Basler (right), Managing Director of Alexander Bürkle panel solutions, and Ulrich Engenhardt, Chief Business Units Officer at Rittal.

Keeping tunnels lit in an emergency

Speeding into a tunnel at 300 km/h in an ICE (InterCity Express) train is always an experience. Even though the train is well sealed, you can still feel the pressure wave. A tunnel’s safety technology needs to withstand huge stresses, as does the equipment powering the emergency lighting. In the event of a power failure, this equipment ensures the emergency lighting operates reliably so that rescue teams and escaping passengers can find their way. The demands on the enclosures used are high. Safety technology manufacturers such as HERMOS Systems must also be able to provide proof of this reliability with appropriate certificates.

When the best solution is a standard one

When companies are planning and building new data centres, the crucial question is whether a customised design planned from scratch or a standardised solution is better. Elbe Kliniken Stade-Buxtehude GmbH chose a standardised solution for good reason – and saved a huge amount of time and money in the process.

Experience – Engineering Rittal and Beckhoff

Suddenly a mass producer

Can a switchgear manufacturer suddenly become a mass producer and handle large-scale production involving thousands of enclosures? It is unusual in a sector where small series and one-off systems are the norm. Beckhoff Automation is an exception, though. The automation and control technology specialist understands how to leverage the benefits of standardisation.

Innovation – Engineering

À la carte for data centres

Simple selection, quick service! There is now a ready-configured Eplan project for data centres that provides a new efficiency boost when it comes to planning switchgear systems. The Industry Standard Project, developed jointly by Rittal mit Siemens, now makes it quick and easy to implement dependable power supplies for data centres that offer high availability.

Innovation – Cideon Cideon Sparify

Visualising spare parts in 3D

The preparation of spare parts catalogues is a complex task that requires careful planning, efficient data management systems and continuous updating. The new Cideon Sparify cloud-based web application simplifies the whole process.

Experience – Information technology PLM and Engineering-to-Order

Booster for SAP processes

Managing data flows digitally from the outset using an SAP PLM solution makes company processes fast and flexible. The “process booster” has been successfully implemented at Schenck Process. Together with Cideon and BDF, the world market leader for integrated measurement and process technology has standardised its order management and taken it to a whole new level.

Innovation – Rittal AI meets IT

Taking the plunge. Is it a good idea?

ChatGPT was just the beginning. Generative artificial intelligence – GenAI – is taking over the world at breakneck speed. 2024 will be a year of roll-outs in industry. But what does that mean for data centres? Can conventional air cooling cope with the increasing levels of waste heat? What role does liquid cooling have to play? And where does the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) come in?

Capturing complete building data using laser scanning

Home smart home

Experience
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Rittal ePocket

Rooftops go digital

Experience – LKH Tech Talk

Plastic: Keeping costs under control

Innovation – Smart Factory

AI eyes and brains in the production hall?

Innovation – Interview

“We provide green steel with transparency”

Innovation – The power of energy

News around the world

The future of the energy (transition) is smart: Only a smart grid can guarantee the stability of the increasingly decentralised energy systems. However, the backbone of a successful energy transition is a robust electricity grid. Rittal offers the system solutions required to shape the transformation of energy supply, especially for the Energy & Power sector.

Innovation – Eplan Nationales Automuseum

Passion on wheels

The opening of the Nationales Automuseum has made waves.

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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

When the best solution is a standard onecentre - Interview with Dr Armin Ortlam, Head of IT Strategy KHZG Controlling (KHZG = Federal Hospital Future Act)

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

Caution - supply bottleneck! - Interview with Mark Antonius Behler from BEUMER

Caution - supply bottleneck! - Interview with Reinhard H. Agnesens from Blumenbecker

Automated driving - IT infrastructure for BMW vehicle tests

Energy in a box

Experience
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AX enclosures for intelligent distribution substations

600,000 opportunities for the energy transition

Innovation
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Eplan Platform 2024

Better project planning made simple

Innovation
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Machine cabeling

Planning instead of guesswork

Innovation
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Eplan Smart Mounting

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