Enclosure manufacturer, Rittal is also celebrating a twentieth
anniversary this year and, as it happens, this occasion coincides with
the first launch in 15 years of a major new enclosure system, the TS8
There Twenty years ago, Rittal established a subsidiary company in the
UK. Initially located in a small warehouse in Sheffield, the company has
enjoyed excellent growth over these twenty years and now has six UK based
sales and distribution centres strategically located in Birmingham,
Livingston, London, Manchester, Southampton and a head office in
Rotherham. A manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Rittal CSM, has also
grown substantially and now manufactures for the worldwide Rittall group.
More recently, the company acquired Weichers & Partners, developer of the
EPlan CAD package.
For around 15 of these years the PS4000 enclosure system (which Rittal
dubs the 'perfect panel' system) has been one of the mainstays of its
business, and with around four million units sold, this is probably the
most widely used enclosure system in the world. In the meantime, of
course, it has undergone continuous refinement but, in the words of
Herborn chief executive Norbert Muller, For a popular product to evolve
successfully into something new, correct timing is crucial . Hence the
arrival of a completely new enclosure system, the TS8.
In addition to the conventional areas, ranging from traffic systems to
shipbuilding, mechanical engineering and the automotive industry, the TS8
has applications in scientific laboratories, power distribution and
extraction, as well as networking and telecommunications. With the right
accessories, this enclosure system can be transformed to satisfy any
specification in next to no time, Rittal says. Care has also been taken
to ensure downward compatibility with the PS4000 panel system. Existing
installations are easily extended with new enclosures and existing
installation material can also be used in new TS8 generation equipment.
Happy Twentieth Birthday, Rittal!