Current press releases at a glance

Mar 17, 2026

Siemens and Rittal partner to design data center infrastructure of the future

Strategic partnership to develop future-proof and highly efficient power distribution solutions Addresses at first rapidly increasing AI-driven data center power densities, aiming for standardized IEC...

Feb 2, 2026

Digital Twin - Open Tech Day 2026

Join us and discover how the Digital Twin helps companies reduce engineering effort, avoid errors and optimize workflows. At our Open Tech Day, our experts will guide you through real-life examples and answer your questions.

Dec 1, 2025

AI momentum – be top magazine showcases opportunities for industry

AI is everywhere. The opportunities are huge, including for industry – provided the new AI technologies from the digital economy can be combined with know-how from industry. The new issue of be top demonstrates exactly how this can be achieved....

Nov 28, 2025

Infocom Awards 2025

Receiving the "Business Excellence in Industry" award at the INFO-COM AWARDS 2025 is a significant affirmation of Rittal’s Greece steadfast commitment to innovation, technological excellence and digital transformation.

Nov 10, 2025

Gold for sustainability at Rittal

This is a strong signal for the future: Rittal was not only successfully assessed by EcoVadis, but it was also awarded the gold medal for its sustainability, putting the company among the top 5 per cent worldwide.

Oct 27, 2025

A factory of the highest calibre: Rittal’s Haiger plant is the “Factory of the Year 2025”

This plant is anything but ordinary: Rittal’s factory in Haiger, Hesse, has received a top award. It is the “Factory of the Year 2025” – one of the industry’s highest awards, for more than 30 years it has s only been given only to the best factories in...

Sep 1, 2025

Innovative Solutions for Energy and Digital Design

Rittal Greece in collaboration with Eplan, invites you to a specialized conference on innovative solutions in industrial equipment, power distribution and digital design. The event will take place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at the President...

May 18, 2025

Training on Energy Efficiency & Innovative Cooling Solutions Blue e+

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting and investing in the technical training of our partners, Rittal Greece held a dedicated training session for the sales executives of Kalamarakis Automation on Monday, May...

Apr 22, 2025

Rittal and Eplan Energy Industry Dialogue: for a faster energy transition

The energy sector is going through a period of radical change. The task now is to find out which technologies need to be utilised and which hurdles need to be overcome to restructure the electricity grid rapidly and safely. For this reason, Rittal and...

Apr 15, 2025

W. Althaus AG is Switzerland’s first Rittal and Eplan Application Center Partner

Swiss industry is renowned for its precision, efficiency, and highly sophisticated technologies – not only in the fields of fintech (financial technology), medicine, and biotech, but also in mechanical engineering. Yet, technologically...

Apr 3, 2025

“Our path to growth” – be top magazine presents “game changers”

Which technologies are real game changers and can put companies on the right path for growth, especially right now? The new issue of “be top” magazine highlights the many opportunities that exist, particularly in the US market. This issue’s cover story...

Apr 2, 2025

The new bodyguard for industrial data centres

The march of IT technology into industry due to data-driven manufacturing processes continues unabated. Data centres are moving ever closer to production lines. Rittal has now made the interior of its robust AX compact enclosures ready for IT to protect...

Apr 1, 2025

Power distribution – faster together

When it comes to converting energy systems, power distribution and control technology is a key element. Companies that can manufacture and deliver this technology quickly, despite the skills shortage, have an opportunity for growth. To support its...

Mar 31, 2025

Bending busbars professionally: rapidly, precisely and automatically

The new Bending Terminal BT 20E from Rittal Automation Systems can be used for many types of quick and precise bending of copper and aluminium busbars, such as flat, edge or multi-stack bending. This enables busbars up to 20 mm thick and 160 mm wide to...

Mar 30, 2025

The future of industry is AI-driven: Eplan & Rittal to highlight AI-driven industrial automation at Hannover Messe

Growing the business in the face of international competition is a constant challenge for industrial companies, above all in Europe and most particularly in Germany. As a result of artificial intelligence, a whole host of opportunities are also at the...

Mar 30, 2025

Power distribution: save 50 per cent copper with new complete boards

Last year, Rittal introduced a new industry standard for power distribution with its RiLineX platform system. Now, at Hannover Messe, new complete boards from the RiLineX platform, designed for low currents of up to 550 A, are being launched. Copper...

Nov 17, 2024

be top magazine from the Friedhelm Loh Group highlights efficiency booster for the energy sector

The energy sector is under a lot of pressure. German distribution grid operators need to get their infrastructure ready for the energy transition. The new edition of be top explains how more speed is being brought into the modernisation of energy...

Nov 13, 2024

Automated busbar machining – now also for smaller companies

Getting started with automated busbar machining is often a significant hurdle for smaller switchgear manufacturers. The new Punching Terminal PT S4 from Rittal Automation Systems makes it easy to get started. It already becomes attractive when machining...

Nov 12, 2024

Rittal cooling units are now seaworthy

Rittal has further improved its Blue e+ series cooling units to deal with the dynamic loads experienced on the high seas. For the first time, the manufacturer now includes DNV-tested cooling units for maritime applications in its product portfolio under...

Nov 11, 2024

New entry-level digital cutting centres

During control and switchgear construction, numerous small preparatory jobs must be carried out. These include cutting the wiring ducts, cable duct covers and mounting rails to exact dimensions. Rittal Automation Systems now offers two interesting...

Nov 10, 2024

A new lightning fast platform for power distribution

RiLineX from Rittal is a newly developed, open platform for power distribution systems. A click system of boards and components simplifies the previously laborious process of assembling power distribution systems in enclosures. The end result...

Nov 10, 2024

Greater planning convenience with the switchgear configurator

Networked ecosystems offer a vast range of opportunities in plant engineering. This is precisely where Rittal’s new RiPower planning tool comes in: thanks to simplified workflows, the configurator accelerates the safe planning and construction of...

Nov 7, 2024

“IT-Awards 2024”: Rittal is the best provider for cooling

For the tenth time, the seven portals Datacentres-Insider, BigData-Insider, CloudComputing-Insider, Dev-Insider, IP-Insider, Security-Insider, and Storage-Insider jointly called on their readers to vote for the best IT companies of the year. On 17...

Sep 26, 2024

More room for manoeuvre when routing cables in the base/plinth

Speed and simplicity are essential when installing an enclosure. Every minute counts, even when assembling the base or plinth. But even when cables have been introduced, almost everything must still be done in the shortest possible time. Rittal now...

Sep 4, 2024

Rittal receives Data Centre Team Excellence Award 2024

At the Data Cloud Conference in Cannes, Rittal was presented with the “Data Centre Team Excellence Award 2024”. The award recognises the achievements of the Rittal team at the Lefal Mine Data Centre (LMD) in Norway. This includes consultancy and the...

Aug 11, 2024

Flexibility with numerous options

A clear overview and absolute dependability are essential wherever equipment and system operation must be monitored. Here, at the human/machine interface, it is also vital to possess flexible options for individual adaptation to any local circumstances....

Jul 9, 2024

100 Mal Hoffnung: Trocknungsgeräte für Hochwasserschäden

Wieder haben Wassermassen gewütet, wieder wurden Lebensgrundlagen zerstört. Im Juni hat Hochwasser in Süddeutschland ganze Orte unter Wasser gesetzt. Die Friedhelm Loh Group spendet für die Betroffenen vor Ort und unterstützt mit 100 Trocknungsgeräten...

Jun 19, 2024

Industry standards for faster charging infrastructures

Electromobility is advancing worldwide, and the number of electric vehicles is set to increase rapidly. Similarly, the charging infrastructure will have to grow at the same rate to keep the electricity flowing and, with it, the traffic. At “The Smarter...

May 28, 2024

Making the IT infrastructure fit for AI

The 2024 Datacloud Global Congress brings together leaders from the worlds of finance and technology, representatives of corporations and governments, as well as energy experts and surface and subsea connectivity professionals. Cooperation between them...

May 22, 2024

Rittal develops megawatt cooling for AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises revolutionary benefits. Is the IT infrastructure ready? Data centre operators are breaking new technological ground with their technology partners. Rittal now presents a new cooling solution that delivers...

Apr 24, 2024

Flexible, scalable and future-proof: the new rack for colocation data centres

The demand for computing power is significantly growing with increasing digitalisation and more and more AI applications in future – and thus the colocation market is booming. Businesses rely on high-performance IT infrastructures that are...

Apr 23, 2024

GenAI computing power directly in the wind turbine with WestfalenWIND IT and Rittal

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) promises applications that were barely imaginable a short time ago. The Hannover Messe shows how diverse the prospects are for the industry. Where will the gigantic computing power for this come from? And how...

Apr 22, 2024

Standardised, twin-walled and bayable

Changing requirements demand fast and straightforward solutions – that also applies to the installation of outdoor enclosures. The evolution of the Rittal CS Toptec range now standardises the principle of Rittal large enclosures with the simple bayed...

Apr 21, 2024

Rittal has a new AX three-part wall-mounted enclosure

Whether to protect control systems in tough manufacturing environments or network applications in offices – or even a combination of both: the new Rittal AX three-part wall-mounted enclosure can handle all requirements. The multi-purpose enclosure...

Dec 21, 2021

The FLG helps reconstruction in the flood region

Rapid assistance was needed after a disastrous flood caused significant destruction in parts of Germany last summer. No less than €930,000 was raised for the people affected, thanks to the great willingness by the employees and Owner of the Friedhelm...

Dec 13, 2021

Die Zukunft im Blick: Auszubildende für Projektarbeit prämiert

Dec 8, 2021

The triple award-winning magazine “be top”: Shaping the energy revolution

“Shaping the energy revolution” is the title of the new issue of “be top”, which appeared at the end of November. The Friedhelm Loh Group’s corporate magazine (in German, English and Chinese), with a circulation of 30,000, presents some smart ideas and...

Nov 23, 2021

Easier than ever – individually configuring and ordering enclosures

Can complex products such as enclosure systems be planned easily in 3D, configured individually, and ordered quickly, thanks to direct price information? For system planners, this is now even easier. With Rittal’s new RiPanel enclosure configurator,...

Nov 22, 2021

A new home for the digital twin

Rittal ePocket – the digital wiring plan pocket: In terms of environmental friendliness, the new space in the cloud has the benefit of doing away with paper. In addition, operators, planners, switchgear manufacturers and maintenance staff will find it...

Nov 21, 2021

Friedhelm Loh Group übernimmt Digital Technology Poland

Die Unternehmen der Friedhelm Loh Group optimieren und industrialisieren die Wertschöpfungsketten ihrer Kunden in Industrie und IT. Der Schlüssel zu heutigen Fortschritten und künftigen Geschäftsmodellen für die Kunden sind durchgängige Daten. Um diese...

Nov 21, 2021

Press Kit instead of trade fair: New technologies for every stage of industrial value creation

Unfortunately, the SPS 2021 had to be canceled due to the current pandemic situation. Let's talk about new technologies for all stages of industrial value creation, even without trade fair.

Nov 8, 2021

OCP-Standards with two-phase Direct Chip Cooling

The digital transformation is challenging the data center industry. At the 2021 OCP Global Summit, partners Rittal and ZutaCore will show how the combination of standardized racks according to OCP specifications and two-phase Direct Chip Cooling helps...

Oct 25, 2021

Dr Marc Sesterhenn named Managing Director, Operations, at Rittal

Dr Marc Sesterhenn has been appointed Managing Director Operations at industrial enclosure specialist Rittal, headquartered in Herborn, Germany, effective 1 October 2021. He is therefore now a member of the Management Board.

Oct 18, 2021

New chair and realignment at the Rittal Foundation

The Foundation Board of the Rittal Foundation has bid farewell to its chairman Friedemann Hensgen after 30 years of service to the company. His successor is Rainer Reissner as Managing Director, who has many years of experience in theological as well as...

Oct 13, 2021

Stronger together: Rittal reveals solutions for all airport sectors

This is what working together looks like! At the top “inter airport Europe” airport trade fair in Munich (9 – 12 November 2021), Rittal and partners will be showing what secure, networked and sustainable solutions for every electrical system and IT...

Oct 11, 2021

Sicherheit mit Edge und Cloud

Oct 4, 2021

Rittal Eplan The Smarter E

Jul 25, 2021

Studying with fun, courage and a thirst for knowledge

This summer, fifteen young men and women started a dual bachelor’s degree course combining study and practical work experience in the Friedhelm Loh Group (StudiumPlus). The bachelor students are beginning a seven-semester course at Rittal and Loh...

May 18, 2021

LED signal pillars for greater safety

The operating conditions of machines and systems must be quickly and clearly recognisable. Signal pillars, for example, help us to react to disturbances immediately. With their IP 65 protection category and zero-maintenance LED technology, new signal...

May 10, 2021

“be top” presents five major future IT trends – and describes what is now feasible

The new issue of the “be top” company magazine entitled “Simplified. Done” lets studies and IT experts have their say; it shows where the journey is leading and what is already feasible based on five IT trends.

Apr 19, 2021

Friedhelm Loh Group receives awards for employee development

The Friedhelm Loh Group has won “Top German Employer” award for the thirteenth time in a row. It has also been judged one of “Germany’s best training companies” for the fifth time in a row.

Apr 13, 2021

Friedhelm Loh Group donates record sum of 220,000 euros

For several decades, the Friedhelm Loh Group’s traditional annual donation supports both regional and international charitable organisations. In this year, employees and members of management make joint donation of 220,000 euros.

Apr 12, 2021

Enclosure modification made faster

New Perforex MT milling centre with optimised mechanics and digital integration. New RiPanel Processing Center as interface from engineering to machine controllers with efficient job management. New financing models and consulting for individual...

Mar 30, 2021

Rittal and Stulz: a partnership of pioneers

Rittal and Stulz have announced the immediate launch of a worldwide partnership for the provision of made-to-measure data centre infrastructure, consulting, support and services.

Mar 8, 2021

TX CableNet: Momentum for professional quality cable management

With its new TX CableNet, Rittal is accelerating professional-quality network cabling. Even large quantities of cable with a soft bending radius are easily inserted, and perfect cable routing is achieved with the “waterfall principle”. The pre-assembled...

Feb 24, 2021

Markus Asch appointed CEO of Rittal International and RSS International

Effective February 1, 2021, Professor Friedhelm Loh, Owner and CEO of the Friedhelm Loh Group, appointed Markus Asch (49) as CEO of Rittal International Stiftung & Co. KG and Chairman of the Management Board of Rittal GmbH & Co.

Feb 15, 2021

Twenty-one students celebrate graduation

21 Loh Group students awarded their bachelor’s degrees. In a digital graduation ceremony, coordinators and management got together to recognise all the graduates’ outstanding achievements. The young professionals look forward to new challenges as...

Feb 2, 2021

Industry 4.0 in practice: German Edge Cloud delivers smart solutions for Rittal's Haiger plant

At its Haiger plant, Rittal consistently manufactures keeping with Industry 4.0 standards. The world’s leading system provider for enclosure technology, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure, software and service has one of the latest...

Feb 2, 2021

German Edge Cloud and IBM take a hybrid cloud solution for industrial edge compu-ting directly onto the shop floor

With “ONCITE powered by IBM,” an all-in-one hybrid cloud solution already in use at Rittal’s digitally integrated Haiger plant, both German Edge Cloud and IBM are addressing the digitisation needs of manufacturing industry through relevant shop floor...

Jan 12, 2021

Stand-alone enclosures offer greater simplicity

Baying enclosures are frequently employed for free-standing use cases – but are not always the best approach. The advantages of stand-alone products such as the Rittal VX SE have often been overlooked.

Dec 16, 2020

Starker Einsatz: Nachwuchskräfte helfen dauerhaft bei der Tafel

Dec 2, 2020

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Nov 30, 2020

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Nov 17, 2020

Eplan, Rittal and Phoenix Contact: Standards set for industrialising panel building

Five years ago, Eplan, Rittal and Phoenix Contact founded a technology cooperation for panel building and switchgear manufacturing – “Smart Engineering and Production 4.0”.

Nov 8, 2020

Cooling units – efficient in all weathers

With its new wall-mounted cooling unit Blue e+ outdoor, Rittal is now making its highly efficient series of cooling units ready for use out in the open.

Nov 1, 2020

Higher speeds and lower costs

At the digital WindEnergy Hamburg trade fair from 1 to 4 December, Rittal will be showing how panel-building and switchgear manufacturers can significantly speed up their planning and manufacturing processes and get them ready for Industry 4.0, so...

Oct 27, 2020

SPS Connect 2020: Eplan and Rittal will be taking part!

As “SPS Connect – The digital automation hub,” the PLC automation trade fair will now be taking place online for the first time from 24 to 26 November. Eplan and Rittal will be present virtually and presenting their end-to-end range of solutions through...

Oct 13, 2020

We’re on our way! Fifty-seven new recruits join the Friedhelm Loh Group

Ready for the future! This summer, fifty-seven young men and women began either a vocational training or a bachelor degree course combining study and work experience at the Friedhelm Loh Group.

Oct 6, 2020

Graduation with the “wow” factor

Trainees and master’s degree students at Friedhelm Loh Group receive their graduation certificates

Jul 22, 2020

More transparency and control over power consumption in IT racks

Energy consumption is an important factor for economical IT operations. The maximum transparency of consumption is vital. That is why Rittal has integrated extensive measurement functions for detailed energy analysis in its new PDU (Power...

Jul 14, 2020

Building edge infrastructures faster

Speed is of the essence. Due to the industrial transformation, manufacturing companies are having to build new IT and OT infrastructures for edge applications faster than ever before. The prerequisites are rack systems based on a...

Jul 13, 2020

AX enclosures: now also ready for outdoor use

Rittal has rounded off its AX range of compact enclosures with its newly developed plastic enclosures. Its new mounting functions make rapid expansion possible and provide a greater scope for installation using smart technology.

Jul 9, 2020

Solutions for the industrial transfor-mation – from IT rack to edge computing

For the first time ever, the Hanover Fair is being held as a purely digital forum, with Rittal as one of the ten premium partners of the “Digital Days” on...

Jun 2, 2020

“Top Employer” Friedhelm Loh Group

The judges were impressed by the Friedhelm Loh Group’s diverse concepts for “Lifelong Learning” to make employees fit for digitalization processes and Industry 4.0.

May 5, 2020

The world's fastest IT rack

Rittal proudly unveils its new VX IT rack system, an innovative modular system of variants for server and network racks. New IT infrastructures can now be assembled at unprecedented speed, from individual network racks to entire data centres.

Apr 27, 2020

Direct chip cooling

Rittal, one of the world’s leading system providers for industrial and IT infrastructure solutions, and ZutaCore, experts in processor and liquid cooling, deliver innovative solutions for high-performance cooling and other computing-intensive scenarios...

Feb 10, 2020

Friedhelm Loh Group wins innovation prize with ONCITE

Friedhelm Loh Group wins first place in the "Innovation Champions Award 2020". The prize-winning solution ONCITE is the world’s first real-time, data-sovereign, AI-based edge cloud data centre.

Dec 19, 2019

5G at Rittal: New mobile communications standard enters production

Rittal was one of the first German industry companies to be allocated the 5G frequency. Pilot projects in the areas of production monitoring and analysis have already been drawn up.

Dec 19, 2019

Innovations with tradition: Friedhelm Loh Group Seniors’ Club visits the Rittershausen plant

The autumn event of the FLG Seniors’ Club was attended by more than 170 former employees, demonstrating the strong ties they still have with their employer. As well as spending time reminiscing, they also enjoyed a guided tour of the...

Dec 18, 2019

“You have lived and written history”

For Prof. Friedhelm Loh, the annual celebrations to mark employee anniversaries are a calendar highlight. The three-hour event honours employees who are celebrating 10, 25, 40 or even 50 years with an FLG company. It also honours the top...

Dec 10, 2019

“The Power of Data”: The latest edition of the be top magazine

Read more about the Gaia-X digital project and other solutions for the challenges of digitalisation in the new edition of be top – either as a print version or online.

Dec 9, 2019

Record donation for the Rittal Cup: Kicking for Charity

The Rittal Cup 2019 raised a record €10,400 for good causes.

Dec 4, 2019

What’s on the trend list for 2020?

Rittal has identified escalating data volumes, a secure European cloud, the rapid modernisation of data centres and rising energy consumption as the key IT/data centre trends for 2020.

Nov 27, 2019

Rittal presents awards to its channel partners

The winners come from Belgium, Italy and Poland • Summit: 50 partners from EMEA discuss the latest trends and challenges in partner/customer lifetime values and edge computing

Nov 25, 2019

Conversion tool for compact enclosures AX and small enclosures KX

The new AX and KX series offer countless advantages for users. Rittal offers a variety of practical tools to help them convert their applications to the new series as easily as possible.

Oct 9, 2019

The Friedhelm Loh Group supports Limburg-based IoTOs startup

Alongside German Edge Cloud, the startup IoTOS has now also joined the group. The Friedhelm Loh Group known recently announced the 100% takeover

Aug 29, 2019

Make cooling units IoT-compatible with ease

The ability of machines and systems to communicate with one another is a basic requirement for Industry 4.0. Rittal now offers a special adaptor for integrating existing Blue e series cooling units into condition monitoring and IoT systems,...