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The companies

A shared determination for
success.
A shared determination for success is
what drives the target-focused, qualified
collaboration between an enthusiastic
workforce and a management team committed
to success.
It is no coincidence that the companies in
the Friedhelm Loh Group share an extraordinary
dynamism. We do everything possible
to convince our customers of our credentials,
with state-of-the-art technology,
exemplary service, and global logistical
expertise. This includes providing qualified
advice on innovative, customised problem-solving, as well as
uncompromisingly improving on our exemplary quality standards
in all processes.
Our relentless exploration of new avenues enables us to build on
our international leadership in many areas of the company, and tap
into new, technologically pioneering segments. We are grateful to
customers who challenge us to become ever more innovative and
competitive, and who appreciate our commitment and achievements.
A workforce of almost 11,500 in Germany and abroad is enthusiastically
dedicated to knowledge leadership, progress, competitive
growth, and therefore a successful future.
This determination for success has created a lively, open and exemplary
corporate culture. Our corporate principles are committed to
upholding high ethical, social and eco-friendly standards in awareness
of our commercial responsibilities.
We aim to inspire your enthusiasm for a shared future between
customers, suppliers and employees.
We invite you to join us on this journey!
Friedhelm Loh
Owner and CEO
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The companies
Contents
Foreword 3
Contents 4
The F.L.G.
Corporate structure 4
Prospects 6
Balance sheet 8
Employers 10
Social responsibility 12
Loh Academy 14
Global Player 16
Quality 18
Environmental protection 20
Corporate principles 22
The companies
Rittal International Stiftung & Co. KG
Rittal 24
Eplan Software & Service 48
Mind8 56
Lometal International Stiftung & Co. KG
Stahlo 64
LKH 80
Friedhelm Loh Group
Loh Services 90
Loh Academy 94
Loh Finance 98
Loh Insurance 100
Addresses and international companies
F.L.G. addresses Germany 102
F.L.G. international companies 104
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We generate growth through innovation ...
Development of sales and workforce within the
Friedhelm Loh Group since 1974 to date
sales, international
sales projection, international (Plan 2011)
number of workforce, international
74 75 80 85 90 95 00 05 10 11
Last revised: 31 October 2011
... and offer prospects
for a successful future.
For our customers, we make the impossible a reality. The creativity
of our employees knows no bounds. Thanks to them, we have
registered over a thousand patents in the past few years, leading
to new products that revolutionise the market, significantly improve
our customers’ competitiveness, and offer unprecedented technical
solutions.
Our openness to constant change means that the companies in
the Friedhelm Loh Group are recognised as leading players in their
respective industries, as inventors, and as highly competent,
competitive producers. Short decision-making paths and
internationally transparent management information systems support
the universal drive to rapidly transform and create.
With our steely determination not just to take part, but to win, we have
more than 60 successful subsidiaries worldwide. In order to ensure
that we retain our attractiveness to our customers, we are investing
in research and development, as well as in super-efficient production
systems. A new, national site concept has made us even better-placed
to meet our customers’ needs. Faster – better – worldwide.
The Friedhelm Loh Group has outstanding prospects, thanks to
the expert knowledge of its workforce, its size and internationalism,
its capital strength, and its exceptional flexibility as a family-owned
company.
POWER AND VISION!
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We invest in growing markets ...
Balance sheet for the Friedhelm Loh Group 2010
Assets
Liabilities
Other assets
Fixed assets
Payable to banks
Other payables
Other liabilities
Receivables
Inventories
Reserves
Equity
Assets EUR million %
Fixed assets 254 26.1
Current assets
Inventories 161 16.5
Receivables 278 28.6
Other assets 280 28.8
Balance sheet total 973 100.0
Liabilities EUR million %
Equity 375 38.6
Reserves 179 18.4
Payable to banks 85 8.7
Other payables 319 32.8
Other liabilities 15 1.5
Balance sheet total 973 100.0
... and remain on track
for international success.
As a group, we have emerged stronger from the crisis, thanks to our
highly qualified and committed workforce and continuous adaptation.
In order to improve the Group’s value-added chain still further
and be able to utilise synergies even more effectively, we will continue
to pursue and expand our site concept in Germany. Whenever
opportunities arise to strategically strengthen the Friedhelm Loh
Group via company takeovers, we will seize them. We will continue
to proactively explore new markets and to surprise our customers
with innovative, technologically pioneering products.
We identify new trends in the international markets and build them
into our strategy planning. China, for example, has become the
most important market for investment goods in the electrical and
electronics industry. Mindful of this fact, we will be investing
heavily in our Rittal plant in China so that we can continue to
satisfy the demands of the fast-paced Chinese market with highcalibre
solutions. You will find us wherever our customers are!
The Friedhelm Loh Group is now active worldwide with 14
production sites, more than 60 international subsidiaries and 40
agencies. The owner-operated company group employs 11,500
people and generated revenues of about € 2.1 billion in 2011.
POWER AND VISION!
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We create jobs ...
... for a secure future.
In keeping with this motto, since 1961 the success of our group
has been documented not only by its history, corporate culture and
dedication, but also primarily by facts that speak for themselves. For
example, a study by Manager magazine ranked the Friedhelm Loh
Foundation in 80th place in its list of the world's top market leaders.
A workforce of around 11,500 people in 11 German companies and
more than 60 international subsidiaries shares our commitment to
success. The Friedhelm Loh Group is a global player, and recognises
that growth can only be achieved through innovation and a
consistent focus on international customers and markets. For this
reason, our products are manufactured in almost every continent, by
people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, and sold in well
over 100 countries. We uphold our corporate principles and embrace
everyone in our commitment to our goals.
Through our growth and open corporate culture, we make an
important contribution to social security and inspire a sense of
community. This includes training young people, as well as encouraging
employees in all professions to extend their qualifications.
In Germany alone, we have sent some 300 trainees on their way to
a successful future. We invest in our employees and inspire them
to explore new opportunities, both personal and professional, in
a growing company. The future belongs to those with knowledge
and vision, who are willing to implement them with hard work and
courage!
POWER AND VISION!
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We accept responsibility ...
... for a worthwhile future.
“We are aware of our responsibility to the environment and society
in which we live.” This corporate principle translates into an obligation
that we take very seriously, both within and outside of the
Friedhelm Loh Group.
We live this responsibility to our employees. For example, the
F.L.G. has pioneered forward-thinking company pension schemes.
This nationwide scheme encourages employees to plan for their
old age, something which many people do not think of until it’s
too late. Each year the Group’s companies distribute a generous
amount in voluntary benefits to employees, and promote their
quality of life with a wide range of measures.
The charitable Rittal Foundation is
dedicated to projects outside of the
Friedhelm Loh Group, providing
financial assistance to social and cultural institutions in the vicinity
of Rittal's sites in Germany as well as internationally. Friedhelm
Loh set up the charity in 2011 as part of the celebrations to mark
Rittal's 50th birthday, and got it off to a flying start with a donation
of five million euros.
Taking responsibility.
POWER AND VISION!
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The Loh Academy...
... cornerstone of our success.
Knowledge – ability – action: These are the cornerstones of a
successful future for the Friedhelm Loh Group.
Mindful of this fact, one of our corporate principles is:
“We recognise the correlation between skills and knowledge
development, motivation and company success. To that end, we
encourage and sponsor our staff in training and further education
and to share in the overall company success.”
In 2002, this conviction drove us to establish the Loh Academy as
the central organisation for training and knowledge management,
offering individual qualifications-building to F.L.G. employees.
The activities of the Loh Academy are consistently aligned with the
corporate strategy. This allows us to systematically identify and
foster the skills and potential of our employees from an early stage.
The Loh Academy is therefore a major contributor to our broad
potential for knowledge and action. Modern tools and effective
teaching methods prepare our employees for future challenges,
creating the requirements for attractive careers.
In this way, the Loh Academy makes an important contribution to
our corporate success and safeguards our shared future!
More knowledge, ability and action.
POWER AND VISION!
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Your local ...
... global player.
Our companies are strongly rooted in their local communities. We
feel a close connection with the people in the regions where we
operate, make a major contribution to their social security, and
promote community life in a variety of ways.
Our philosophy combines a down-to-earth approach with a
cosmopolitan flair. The Friedhelm Loh Group is a global payer,
mindful of the fact that growth in the world’s markets is achieved
through innovations coupled with an international customer focus.
Based on this, we have established more than 60 subsidiaries outside
of Germany which have gone on to become very successful.
Many of our products are manufactured globally and successfully
sold in more than 100 countries around the world. Numerous highprofile
and extremely successful global players from a wide range
of industries are among our enthusiastic customers. For many, we
are global single-source suppliers. We master this challenge with
an international network of production sites and logistics centres.
Faster – better – worldwide.
POWER AND VISION!
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Uncompromising quality ...
... from the very beginning.
From raw material to finished high-tech product. A continuously
audited quality management management system satisfies even
the most demanding requirements at all levels.
For this reason, our products undergo laboratory testing until they
are truly perfect. Quality assurance at every stage of project
planning, development and production provides the basis for our
globally recognised product standards.
For many years, the uniform global quality management system
ISO 9001 has been applied as standard by the
Group’s companies. The individual companies also have product
and industry-specific approvals and certifications appropriate to
their specific market segments or customer requirements.
Recognised, certified quality – worldwide.
POWER AND VISION!
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Environmental protection out of conviction ...
... for a vital environment.
Active environmental protection and the ecological orientation of
our production and distribution structures are firmly anchored in our
corporate principles. By acting consistently and investing in stateof-the-art
technologies to preserve valuable resources, environmental
protection is part of everyday life in the Friedhelm Loh Group.
With six combined heat and power plants and three photovoltaic
plants, the Friedhelm Loh Group has made a successful entry into
renewable energies, which now supply a major part of the thermal
energy demand in our production sites. The total energy consumption
per product and of the buildings has been continuously
reduced. In this way, the Friedhelm Loh Group makes an important
contribution to reducing CO 2
emissions in Europe.
An integrated management system, comprising
all the relevant areas such as quality, environmental
protection, industrial safety and health
protection, ensures the lasting success of this responsible commitment
by the Friedhelm Loh group. The results are truly impressive:
Among other things, all of Rittal’s national and international
production sites and German delivery centres are certified to
EN ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. Additionally, Rittal has joined
forces with around 200 industrial companies in the Umweltallianz
Hessen (Hesse Environmental Alliance), an initiative dedicated to
the shared goal of preserving an intact environment for generations
to come.
Permanently boosting energy efficiency.
POWER AND VISION!
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The company principles
1. The capability and cooperation of our staff harnessed to their goal
focused motivation is a key asset of our company.
2. We recognise the correlation between skills and knowledge development,
motivation and company success. To that end, we encourage
and sponsor our staff in training and further education and to
share in the overall company success.
3. We view our customers as partners who determine the success of
the company:
• We must satisfy our customers’ wishes and help to solve their
problems for they are the guarantors of our future.
• Our products and services must offer clear benefits to our
customers in particular with regard to quality, technical capability,
range and availability.
4. We must be quicker and better than the competition and we must
prove this to our customers on a daily basis.
5. Our inspiration and creativity result in our competitive advantage.
We must, therefore, continually strive to generate ideas and initiatives
that can translate into effective implementation.
6. Perfect mastery of our daily business secures our existence and
positions us to meet the challenges of the future.
7. Our goal is to develop long term and meaningful relationships on a
partnership basis with our suppliers. This requires a strategic outlook
based on competitive focused quality, delivery service, price
and cooperative problem solving.
8. We focus all of our energies on cost effective designing, developing
and delivery of products, system solutions and services in a
professional and timely manner.
9. We are aware of our responsibility to the environment and society in
which we live. We want, therefore, to take part in shaping and
improving it.
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“Rittal – The System.
Faster – better – worldwide.”
Today, Rittal is a leading global supplier of enclosure
technology, power distribution systems,
climate control and IT infrastructure with a comprehensive
range of services. The Rittal headquarters
in Herborn, Germany, are the melting pot
for invaluable impetuses from every part of
the Rittal world. Here, our highly qualified teams
continuously develop new product, system and
service solutions for the world’s markets, both for
today and for the future.
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Systematic product
solutions.
“Rittal – The System.
Faster – better – worldwide.”
Everything we do centres around the benefits
to you. For you, we have developed a perfectly
coordinated system platform that unites innovative
products, pioneering engineering solutions
and comprehensive service. We plan and implement
your infrastructure, ensure reliable power
distribution, boost energy efficiency through
innovative climate control, and develop complete
data centres.
Faster
• System solutions from a single partner
• The perfect interplay between development,
engineering, products and service
• A single point of contact, thanks to processoptimised
system consulting
Better
• Innovative strength secures competitive
advantages
• Cost savings with proven energy efficiency
• Certified quality in management, production
and environmental protection
Worldwide
• Over 60 subsidiaries, more than 250 service
partners and over 1,000 service engineers
worldwide
• Country-specific expertise from Rittal industry
experts
• International approvals provide peace of mind
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Future-safe, because
everything fits together.
Be it automation, communications or power
supply technology, Rittal offers enclosures and
housings to suit virtually all requirement profiles in
modern industrial applications. All from a single
source, all in top quality. Perfect, cost-effective
solutions to suit every application.
Faster – better – worldwide.
• Faster: Our comprehensive approach to
engineering ensures a high level of cost
efficiency
• Better: Future-safe thanks to modular TS 8
system architecture; enclosure configurations
may be adapted at any time to suit changing
requirements
• Worldwide: A uniform global standard,
guaranteed by international approvals
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Reliability is our speciality.
The requirements placed on modern power
distribution systems are constantly growing. For
this reason, more and more users are insisting
on the security of internationally recognised and
approved power distribution components.
“Rittal – The System.” offers innovative enclosure
and busbar systems conforming with the
relevant regulations. Tested by independent
experts, and proven a million times over.
Faster – better – worldwide.
• Faster: Secure assembly and simple
engineering
• Better: Flexible adaptation to the given
application, and ingeniously simple
mounting technology
• Worldwide: Suitable for global use in
accordance with IEC standards and
UL approval
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Cool solutions – Hot property.
“Rittal – The System.” guarantees comprehensive
process control protection with the minimum possible
energy consumption. Modern cooling units
with high levels of efficiency and perfect interface
technology, together with liquid cooling concepts,
offer fresh perspectives for the correct cooling
of electronic components, which is crucial for the
availability and reliability of machinery and
IT technology.
Faster – better – worldwide.
• Faster: With comprehensive engineering
support, “Rittal – The System.” secures a
decisive competitive advantage
• Better: Precise dimensioning and energyefficient
innovations set global standards in efficient
climate control solutions
• Worldwide: With more than 250 service
partners and over 1,000 service engineers,
Rittal is at your side around the globe
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Systems innovations for
your IT infrastructure.
Data centres are highly complex systems: Software,
hardware and IT infrastructure must work
together efficiently in order to supply the user
with inexpensive, reliable IT services. The IT
infrastructure must be fail-proof and expandable.
It must guarantee a high level of availability
coupled with low energy consumption. It must
meet a wide range of requirements from various
different sectors. Above all, these include powerful
climate control, reliable power distribution,
and comprehensive monitoring. With “Rittal – The
System.” we have therefore created a platform
that satisfies these requirements while at the
same time minimising complexity and reducing
the number of interfaces. “Rittal – The System.”
guarantees everything from a single source,
with one point of contact who is familiar with the
specific requirements of your industry.
Faster – better – worldwide.
• Faster: One point of contact for all requirements,
from the component through to the
finished data centre
• Better: Significant, measurable improvement
in energy efficiency, e.g. up to 45% energy
saving with Rittal IT cooling
• Worldwide: Consistent global compatibility
ensures lasting planning confidence
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Solutions from industry,
for industry.
Rittal operates a professional sector management
system, concentrating on established markets
such as mechanical engineering, information
technology and transport technology.
Rittal also selectively targets future sectors such
as renewable energies and electromobility.
Through our close, face-to-face contacts with
customers, we devise creative solutions based
on the modular system platform “Rittal – The
System.” in order to boost energy efficiency, for
example. Our regular exchanges with leading
industry representatives enable Rittal to identify
future trends early on.
Our product development teams pick up on these
trends and develop innovations in collaboration
with customers, before positioning them on the
market.
Industries:
• Automotive
• Railway technology
• Electromobility
• Renewable energies
• Airports
• Information technology
• Maritime applications
• Mechanical engineering
• Food and luxury goods industry
• Public contracts
• Telecommunications
• Transport technology
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“Test the Best” –
Rittal quality management
transcends national borders.
Consistent quality management ensures that
Rittal’s products, services and internal processes
are continuously improved. Over 1,500
global patents and more than 300 registered
designs bear testimony to the fact that we
experience quality as a customer benefit.
The implementation of our quality philosophy is
confirmed by the large number of national and
international approvals (e.g. to CSA, VDE, GS,
UL/CUL) and by the accreditation of our quality
laboratory by the German Accreditation Body
(DAkkS GmbH), CSA, and Underwriters Laboratories
UL. The Rittal quality management system
is certified by the Swiss certification company
Schweizer Gesellschaft zur Zertifizierung von
Managementsystemen mbH (SQS). Our unfailing
emphasis on quality is confirmed in annual audits
by independent institutions and by numerous
customers. In order to ensure that this high standard
of quality reaches our customers, Rittal’s
products undergo comprehensive electrical,
mechanical, surface finish, material, dimensional
accuracy, software, climate and eco-friendliness
testing at our laboratories.
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The peace of mind of
knowing you are being
looked after. Worldwide.
“You needn’t worry about a thing. We take care
of everything.” Rittal International Service is
there to ensure this pleasant feeling of security
and availability. We are on a worldwide mission
to ensure that every aspect of our products is
exactly as it should be: Perfect.
Rittal’s added value begins with the quality of our
products, and extends throughout every phase
of the process, from planning and commissioning,
right through to support and servicing once
the system is up and running. Our comprehensive
“Rittal – The System.” service is available
worldwide. This means that our products and
services are there for you at all times, active,
committed and with a local presence.
Rittal International Service:
• Assembly and installation
• Inspection, maintenance and repairs
• Spare parts and training
• Individual, flexible service contracts
• More than 250 service partners,
1,000 service engineers and more
than 3,000 service contracts
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Close to our customers.
Worldwide.
Rittal Headquarter Herborn, Germany
Rittal RGS Rittershausen, Germany
Wherever in the world our enclosure and case
solutions, power distribution systems, system
climate control and IT infrastructure are used,
we are close at hand. As a global player, Rittal
combines its extensive network capabilities with
personal, solution-oriented support.
Rittal RSC Rennerod, Germany
Rittal CSM, UK
Rittal RSB Burbach, Germany
Rittal Vienna, Austria
Each day, 11 production sites, more than 60 subsidiaries
and 40 agents on five continents offer
the very highest levels of customer service. On a
global production space of 210,000 m², we
manufacture more than 16,000 enclosures a day,
and more than 230,000 cooling units a year. In
Germany alone, 7 sales and logistics centres
offer unlimited service. In Europe, we promise to
deliver within 48 hours! Internationally, we have
some 90 warehouses with 95,000 pallet locations
and warehousing space in excess of 160,000 m 2 .
Take advantage of our Rittal immediate delivery
programme anywhere in the world, and
in addition to quality and service, benefit from
our intelligent logistics concept which ensures
ultimate delivery capabilities.
Rittal Urbana, USA
Rittal K.K., Japan
• 11 production sites
• 64 subsidiaries
• 40 agents worldwide
• 7 distribution and logistics centres in Germany
• More than 80 warehousing sites
Rittal China
Rittal India
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Awards
Fairness, progressive attitudes, and technically
competent employees make the Friedhelm Loh
Group an innovative and successful employer, as
documented by a clutch of awards.
Employees & training
• Top employer five years in succession
• Awarded the Fair Company quality seal
• Hermann Schmidt Prize for Innovative
Vocational Training
• Prize-winner in the “Skills Germany”
vocational competition
Commitment to the environment
• Climate protection prize from the Hessian
Environment Ministry
• International Bionic Award
• Best energy efficiency project for
spray-finishing plants in Rittershausen
Innovativeness
• Axia Award in the category “Innovation culture -
success factor for SMEs”
• Diesel Medal (also known as the “Inventors'
Oscar”) in the category “Most Successful
Innovation”
• Rhineland-Palatinate Innovation Award two
years in succession
• Innovation award from “Initiative Mittelstand”
(German Mid-Sized Companies Initiative) in the
“Green IT” category
• Siemens Award: Supplier of the Year
• Henkel Innovation Prize
• Best Product Award for flexible climate control
• Marketing Award for the “Fascinating Future”
campaign
• VDI Best Practice Award
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EPLAN
Efficient engineering.
These days, to manufacture cost-effectively, your
product development processes must be highly
efficient. This is where Eplan Software & Service
comes into its own. As solution providers, we
have been developing engineering solutions to
accelerate the product development process for
more than 25 years. Customized PDM and PLM
concepts plus variant management and product
configuration combine to boost our customers'
efficiency. As well as our own CAx solutions,
we successfully sell products from Autodesk,
and create integrative connections between the
disciplines.
We focus on data consistency, from project
planning through to production and assembly,
with the aim of achieving greater automation,
standardisation and reuse. In this way, we are
instrumental in helping to optimise the critical
factors of time, cost, quality and complexity in
your product development process. A full range
of consulting services, combined with customising
and training, will ensure a rapid return
on your investment, true to our motto: Efficient
engineering.
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Services:
Worldwide – for greater
productivity.
Excellent, customer-centric service is our top
priority: Some 80,000 users receive the exact
practical support they need from Eplan, across
all continents. We offer a range of services such as
training, support hotline, consultancy, implementation
and customising, all at the very highest quality
standards.
Additional, innovative Eplan services such as
process analyses, ROI analyses and the creation
of individual consulting concepts help to maximise
productivity throughout the entire workflow
for companies worldwide, to allow efficient, effective
product development.
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Revolution:
Functional engineering.
As innovation leaders, we have teamed up with
our sister company Mind8 to develop design
techniques that will revolutionise engineering.
This led to the creation of the unique technology
behind the Eplan Engineering Centre (EEC),
defined by the terms mechatronic and modular.
This technology provides the basis for a new,
highly efficient, functional approach to engineering
that allows you to save money while boosting
quality to the max.
The interdisciplinary Eplan platform is characterised
by standardisation, integration and absolute
data consistency. With Eplan Electric P8
(electrical engineering), Eplan Fluid (fluid engineering),
Eplan PPE (EI&C technology) and
Eplan Pro Panel (enclosure assembly), all facets
of engineering operate on a uniform database.
What is more, the openness of the Eplan
platform ensures integration into other system
landscapes and provides access to more than
250,000 component and equipment data from
various component manufacturers via
Eplan Data Portal in order to accelerate the
engineering process.
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Intelligent solutions
for variant management.
Streamlining processes, keeping the product
portfolio manageable, controlling the proliferation
of variants; these are currently some of the main
concerns of most companies in the mechanical
and plant engineering sector. Many cite
the unresolved challenge of achieving consistent
integration of the technical and commercial
world. Additionally, companies face the challenge
of evolving from a mechanically-oriented
company into a company with mechatronic
products and corresponding processes. Mind8
accompanies customers through this change
process, which gradually leads to an increased
modularity, standardisation and reuse.
This in turn releases resources for additional
innovations.
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Holistic process design –
integrated IT solutions.
Together with our customers, we formulate specifications
of the target processes and product
models, and find the optimum levers with which
to control and permanently reduce internal
complexity. For integrated IT support, we digitally
emulate the structures of the product portfolio
and relevant control knowledge, and link it to
other information. This allows us to link the technical
and commercial worlds together.
Consequently, mechatronic variant management
from Mind8 not only reduces the complexity of
products, but also the complexity of internal processes:
Mind8 creates consistency on the basis
of standard IT solutions (ERP, CRM, PDM, CAx),
so that known, predefined variants pass through
the organisation in a completely automated
fashion. This facilitates consistent configurations,
from sales through to commissioning.
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A quantum leap forward
in variant management.
The holistic Mind8 solutions owe their success to
a combination of many years of experience in the
area of modularisation, reuse and mecha tronics
in mechanical and plant engineering, coupled
with an in-depth knowledge of standard market
IT systems and their strengths and weaknesses.
Leading component manufacturers and key players
in the automotive industry, machine tool and
plant engineering are already putting their faith in
Mind8’s consultancy services. They have streamlined
and optimised their product portfolio, and
successfully implemented integrated configuration
solutions for anything from small system
assemblies, to the project planning of complex
production systems.
Stuttgart-based Mind8 GmbH & Co. KG, was
founded in late 2000. Since early 2004, Mind8
has collaborated with Eplan Software & Service,
and became a member of the Friedhelm Loh
Group, with more than 11,500 employees worldwide,
in 2007.
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A powerful
steel service centre.
As one of the largest independent steel service
centres in Germany, we offer a complete
steel service with high-end products, quality
and logistics at our Dillenburg and Gera sites.
Providing customers with qualified advice is our
main priority.
Our technical application consultants are experts
at finding the right steel quality for your precise
requirements. We work with the full range of SAP
information and communications technology,
including the SAP automotive module. Certified
to DIN ISO/TS 16949, we deliver the quality
standards and flexibility you demand.
Our particular strengths include many years of
experience in the steel market, and direct access
to all the world’s major steel manufacturers.
Because we are efficiently incorporated into
a powerful purchasing and logistical alliance, we
fulfil complex requirements in next to no time via
a series of coordinated processes.
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The very best service
for our customers.
Stahlo’s philosophy centres around providing
good, customer-centric service in all areas. Our
experts collaborate on an interdisciplinary basis
to ensure that their expertise accompanies you
every step of the way, from the selection of materials,
to the design phase, through to on-time
delivery. We provide your entire project coordination
from a single source.
Our delivery range includes:
• Slitted coils
• Cut-to-size sheets
• Standard sheets
• Blanks
• Contoured blanks
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Technical application
consulting.
The highly qualified technical application consultants
at Rittal's Steel Service Centre will help
you to identify the correct steel for your individual
application and maximise potential savings. We
can draw on many years of expertise across a
wide range of industries, from the automotive
industry, to the construction sector, through to
mechanical engineering.
Material experts
Choosing the correct composition, optimum
machinability and appropriate surface properties
calls for specialist expertise. There are currently
more than 3,500 different types of steel on the
market, each of which offers further variations
in terms of physical, chemical and ecological
properties. There is a specific steel quality to suit
any given product, be it an enclosure, breadslicing
machine or motor vehicle.
Find your individual steel quality fast
If you want more efficient, faster, and more transparent
advice, our revamped technical application
consulting service should be your first port
of call. The Steel Service Center from Stahlo will
help you to identify the perfect steel quality for
your requirements in next to no time.
No case too complex
• Consulting even at the planning and
development phase
• Potential savings from selecting the
correct steel quality
• Material analyses
• Material training
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Intelligent steel solutions
for optimised production.
Our proximity to the German market and to the
markets of neighbouring European countries,
thanks to our sites in Dillenburg and Gera, is the
best prerequisite for optimised, integrated logistical
concepts. The intelligent, specific stocking
of materials and products in proximity to our
customers is an important parameter with regard
to cost optimisation, flexibility and speed, for
just-in-time delivery. We slot into your workflow
with perfect steel logistics, and help to ensure
reliable, optimised production processes.
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The right technology
for your success.
Modern production technology, combined cut-towidth/cut-to-length
plants, slitting plants and
shearing centres ensure perfect quality,
enhanced productivity and maximum process
reliability.
Our plant in Gera is home to one of the largest
and most modern blank cutting plants in Europe.
Equipped with a 10,000 Mpa press and a work
table of 4,750 x 2,750 mm, the plant processes
40 t coils into trapezoids, lozenges and large O5
blanks suitable for use as an outer skin. At the
same time, we take care of tool management
and tool storage. Your press capacity is optimised
because you are able to start metalworking
directly in the first process stage, and you benefit
from reduced capital tie-up in your production
(lean production) and reduced scrap handling.
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Uncompromising quality
in all processes.
Stringent quality assurance measures throughout
every stage of the process chain are self-evident
for us, and in everyone’s interest. With certification
to DIN ISO/TS 16949, continuous improvements
are systematically integrated into all
operations.
Our quality management system is based on
clear process operations that are transparent
and logical to all employees. From the moment
goods are delivered, our uncompromising
chemical and mechanical testing ensures a high
standard of quality in all the materials used. Continuous
monitoring subsequently accompanies
the entire production process; various control
devices allow uninterrupted material tracking.
With a broad range of input materials and
customer-specific stocking, you can rely on the
smooth transfer and incorporation of the required
material into your production process at any time.
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Processing steel
straight from the line.
Put our performance to the test and see
for yourself what benefits working with
Stahlo can bring:
• Many years of experience in the international
steel market
• Technical application consulting even at the
planning and development phase
• Global, independent procurement expertise
• Processing of high- to ultra-strength qualities
with up to 1,450 MPa tensile strength
• Production of O5 automotive outer skins
• Targeted stocking of materials and continuous
delivery availability
• State-of-the-art plant technology
• JIT delivery directly into your production
process
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Experience is our strength.
For more than 20 years, we have been synonymous
with innovative product solutions made
from plastic. A broad customer base from the
electrical engineering sector, automotive industry,
medical technology, general industry and
construction trade trust in the expertise of our
company. In order to illustrate the enormous range
of possibilities in plastics processing, here are just
a few industry-specific product examples:
• Electrical engineering:
Fans, enclosure trim panels, power
distribution components, white and brown
goods, assembly plates
• Automotive:
Chassis components, door module mounting
parts, electrical and electronic components,
under-the-hood applications
• Industry:
Coils, end walls (packaging), enclosures and
functional parts for a wide range of applications
• Construction:
Facing panels
• Medical technology:
Moulded parts for respiratory equipment and
dental applications
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Customer satisfaction
through powerful,
high-quality solutions.
We see ourselves as cooperation partners to our
customers by providing powerful, customised,
innovative and cost-effective complete solutions.
LKH will accompany and support you throughout
every stage of the value-added chain, from
the initial product idea, to tool manufacturing and
production, through to the EOP (End of Production).
By collaborating closely with our raw materials
suppliers, we selectively match the required
material properties to the production techniques
used (e.g. customer-specific production cells) to
create optimum solutions for your company.
Because we believe that reliability and quality
are the foundation of any successful partnership,
we consistently maintain the quality standards
ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 throughout all
our processes and operations.
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Our motto:
“Full-Service” throughout the
entire product lifecycle.
As innovative plastic specialists with extensive
development expertise, we help to drive your
success. Even at the predevelopment stage, we
will support you with advice, planning, concept
development and rapid prototyping. Throughout
the entire development phase, you can rely on
us for project management, component configuration,
design and tool development, as well as
component and process validation.
Our range of intensive preproduction services at
our ultra-modern LKH high-tech production
facility includes the following:
• Injection moulding (precision parts,
2-component parts, hybrids)
• SMC parts/hot-pressing
• Module assembly
• JIT deliveries (international)
• SAP R/3
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We make more out of plastic.
LKH is a member of the globally successful
Friedhelm Loh Group that employs more than
11,500 people worldwide.
As a leading German specialist, LKH develops
and manufactures customised components,
system assemblies and finished products from
plastic, using injection moulding and hot-pressing
techniques (sheet and bulk moulding).
Because we work closely together with our
customers, they tap into our extensive material
and technological expertise. We translate this
into tangible customer benefits with our integrated
approach to project management.
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Service is our strength –
Customer satisfaction is our
goal.
As a Shared Service Center to the Friedhelm Loh
Group, the following central functions are concentrated
at Loh Services in Haiger.
• Human resources
• Information technology and organisation
• Controlling
• Accounting
• Security, energy, environment, building
A team of almost 300 qualified and motivated
employees manages these tasks on behalf of
all companies in the Group. By supporting and
advising our colleagues at national and international
locations on the efficient completion of their
day-to-day business, we play a vital role in helping
the company to achieve its goals.
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Learning and creating
prospects for a successful,
shared future.
The knowledge and skills of our workforce are
pivotal to the success of our group of companies.
The education and training of our employees is
therefore particularly important.
Every career begins with solid training. With this
in mind, every year the F.L.G. offers numerous
young people a successful start to their careers
in a variety of professions. As well as practical
vocational training, the F.L.G. firmly believes in
linking theory and practice. The first step in this
process is the “LehrePlus” (Apprenticeship Plus)
scheme, which allows apprentices to complete
their vocational training and college qualifications
at the same time. The F.L.G. is also one of
the co-initiators of “StudiumPlus” (Degree Plus),
the successful dual course which combines a
degree course at a technical university with a
practical vocational qualification.
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Training is a vital resource.
Since its foundation in 2002, the Loh Academy
has attracted more than 25,000 enthusiastic participants,
thanks to its comprehensive range of
training courses.
The Loh Academy provides employees and
managers at the F.L.G with a carefully tailored
range of training and development courses in the
areas of methodology, values, personal development,
and social and leadership skills.
Alongside its regular curriculum, the Loh
Academy also collaborates with managers and
technical experts to devise customised, targetspecific
solutions for the training and development
of individual employees and entire departments,
and sees them through to a successful
conclusion.
The “Forum” series of events at the Loh Academy
provides a platform for the exchange of
ideas and innovative solutions, and in this way
contributes to the transfer of knowledge within
the Group.
The teaching methods are equally innovative.
As well as a comprehensive range of e-learning
courses, all training measures are also devised
with a view to blended learning.
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Investing in success.
Above all, the successful implementation of an
investment project requires secure and stable
financing. We want to help our customers to concentrate
effectively on their core business. With
this in mind, Loh Finance are reliable partners for
the financing business.
By working together with some of Germany’s leading
finance and lease companies, Loh Finance
develops individually tailored leasing and financing
solutions for products in the Friedhelm Loh
Group, providing an investment basis to safeguard
a company’s future viability and facilitate
optimum positioning in the relevant markets.
Our customers will benefit from the decisive
benefits of powerful, individual and secure financial
planning, designed to protect liquidity while
ensuring maximum flexibility.
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Competent
risk management.
Successful companies rely on confident decisionmaking.
The management of company risks must
therefore be placed in reliable hands. Our collaboration
with Loh Insurance gives our customers
the confidence and freedom to act successfully.
Thanks to many years of experience, Loh Insurance
has the requisite expertise to offer individual
insurance solutions with leading industrial insurance
companies for all company departments at
the very best conditions. This offer also extends
to companies outside of the F.L.G. The on-going
optimisation of all insurance packages is something
we do as a matter of course, as well as taking
care of our customers’ day-to-day insurance
transactions.
To support our customers, including those with
international activities, we draw on the world’s
most powerful network of independent insurance
brokers.
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F.L.G. addresses in Germany
Friedhelm Loh Stiftung & Co. KG
Rudolf Loh Straße 1
D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-0
Fax +49(0)2773 924-3129
E-Mail: info@friedhelmlohgroup.com
www.friedhelmlohgroup.com
RITTAL
GmbH & Co. KG
Auf dem Stützelberg
D-35745 Herborn
Phone +49(0)2772 505-0
Fax +49(0)2772 505-2319
E-Mail: info@rittal.de
www.rittal.com
EPLAN Software & Service
GmbH & Co. KG
An der alten Ziegelei 2
D-40789 Monheim
Phone +49(0)2173 3964-0
Fax +49(0)2173 3964-25
E-Mail: info@eplan.de
www.eplan.de
Loh Services GmbH & Co. KG
Rudolf Loh Straße 1
D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-0
Fax +49(0)2773 924-3596
E-Mail: info@lohservices.de
www.lohservices.de
Loh Academy
Rudolf Loh Straße 1
D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-3501
Fax +49(0)2773 924-70100
E-Mail: info@lohacademy.de
www.lohacademy.de
MIND8 GmbH & Co. KG
Gropiusplatz 10
D-70563 Stuttgart
Phone +49(0)711 89536-0
Fax +49(0)711 89536-199
E-Mail: info@mind8.com
www.mind8.com
Loh Finance
Rudolf Loh Straße 1
D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-3525
Fax +49(0)2773 924-3539
E-Mail: info@lohfinance.de
www.lohfinance.de
Loh Insurance
Rudolf Loh Straße 1
D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-3530
Fax +49(0)2773 924-73530
E-Mail: info@lohinsurance.de
STAHLO
Stahlservice GmbH & Co. KG
Kasseler Straße 27
D-35683 Dillenburg
Phone +49(0)2771 302-0
Fax +49(0)2771 302-6914
E-Mail: info@stahlo.de
www.stahlo.de
LKH Kunststoffwerk
GmbH & Co. KG
Auf der Birke 2
56412 Heiligenroth
Phone +49(0)2602 99942-0
Fax +49(0)2602 99942-8888
E-Mail: info@lkh-kunststoff.de
www.lkh-kunststoff.de
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F.L.G. international companies
Argentina
Rittal S.A.
Australia
Rittal Australia
Eplan Competence
Center Malaysia/SEA
Austria
Wien Zentrale
Rittal GmbH
Eplan Software &
Service GmbH
Belarus
Rittal UAB
Belgium
Rittal NV/SA
Eplan Belgie NV/SA
Bolivia
Hiller Electric S.A.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
SYS Company d.o.o.
Brazil
Rittal Sistemas
Eletromecânicos Ltda.
Eplan Brasil Ltda.
Bulgaria
Rittal Eood
Rittbul
Canada
Rittal Systems Ltd.
Eplan Canada
Chile
Rittal Ltda.
China
Rittal Electro-
Mechanical Technology
(Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Eplan Software &
Service
Colombia
Rittal Ltda.
Costa Rica
Electribodegas Intek,
S.A.
Croatia
Rittal d.o.o.
Omiko d.o.o.
Czech Republic
Rittal Czech s.r.o.
Eplan Engineering
CZ s.r.o.
Denmark
Rittal A/S
Eplan Software &
Service A/S
Dubai/U.A.E.
Rittal Middle East FZE
El Salvador
Intek el Salvador, S.A.
DE C.V.
Estonia
Rittal UAB
Finland
Rittal Oy
Eplan Software &
Service ab
France
Rittal SAS
Eplan France
Efirack S.A.S.
France-East
Sermes S.A.
Great Britain
Rittal Ltd.
Eplan Competence
Centre
Greece
Rittal EPE
Eplan Hellas
Guatemala
Intek Guatemala S.A.
Germany
Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
Eplan
Software & Service
GmbH & Co. KG
Honduras
Intek Honduras S.A.
DE C.V.
Hongkong
Rittal Limited
Hungary
Rittal Kereskedelmi Kft.
Eplan Software &
Service GmbH Hungaria
Iceland
Smith & Norland
India
Rittal India Pvt. Ltd.
Eplan Division
Indonesia
PT. Rittal Indonesia
Ireland
Rittal Ltd.
Israel
Rittal Enclosure
Systems Ltd.
Italy
Rittal S.p.A.
Kelvin S.r.l.
Eplan Italia S.r.l.
Japan
Rittal K.K.
Hino Systech
Corporation
Kazakhstan
Rittal UAB
Exor KZ
Kosovo
Exor Branch Kosova
Latvia
Rittal UAB
Lithuania
Rittal UAB
Eplan C.I.S. & Baltic
Luxembourg
D.M.E. s.a.r.l.
Macedonia
Siskon System
Engineering
Exor Emi d.o.o.
Malaysia
Rittal Systems Sdn
Bhd
Malaysia/SEA
Eplan Competence
Center Malaysia/SEA
Mexico
Headquarters/L.A.
Rittal S.A. de C.V.–
Eplan Profit Center
Morocco
Npone Sarl
Netherlands
Rittal BV
Cito Benelux B.V.
Division Eplan
Nicaragua
Intek Nicaragua S.A.
New Zealand
Rittal
New Zealand
Norway
Rittal AS
Eplan Software &
Service
Peru
Rittal S.A.C.
Philippines
Enclosure Systems
Specialists INC.
Poland
Rittal Sp. z o.o.
Ab-Micro Sp. Z o.o.
Portugal
Rittal-Sistemas
Elélctricos e
Electrónicos, Lda.
M&M-Engenharia
Industrial, Lda.
Romania
Rittal Sisteme SRL
Eplan Software &
Service Romania
Russia
Rittal OOO
Eplan Software &
Service, CC Russia
Saudi Arabia
A. Abunayyan Electric
Corp.
Serbia
Vesimpex d.o.o.
Exor ESI d.o.o.
Singapore
Rittal Pte. Ltd.
Slovakia
Rittal s.r.o.
Eplan Engineering
s.r.o.
Slovenia
Rittal prodaja
stikalnih omar d.o.o.
Exor ETI d.o.o.
South Africa
Rittal Pty. Ltd.
BLM Software &
Service (Pty) Ltd.
South Korea
Rittal Co. Ltd.
Eplan Competence
Center
Spain
Rittal Disprel S.A.
Eplan Espana S.A.
Sweden
Rittal Scandinavian AB
Eplan Software &
Service AB
Switzerland
Rittal AG
Rittal SA
Eplan Software &
Service AG
Taiwan
Rittal Systems Taiwan
Ltd.
Eumax Autom. Corp.
Thailand
Rittal Ltd.
Turkey
Rittal Pano
Sistemleri Tic. Ltd. Sti.
Ukraine
Rittal Tov
Electron
Infocom Ltd.
USA
Rittal Corporation
Eplan Software &
Service LLC
Venezuela
Emi Equipos y
Sistemas C.A.
United Arab Emirates
Dynamic FZC
Vietnam
Rittal Limited
Liability Company
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Friedhelm Loh Group
Rudolf Loh Straße 1 · D-35708 Haiger
Phone +49(0)2773 924-0 · Fax +49(0)2773 924-3129
E-Mail: info@friedhelm-loh-group.com
www.friedhelm-loh-group.de
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