Industry Electronic Packaging Website www.schroff.de Founder Gunther Schroff Number of employees 760 (November 10, 2008) | Area served Worldwide Founded 1962 | |
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Type Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) | ||
Schroff GmbH is a German manufacturer of electronic packaging products. Schroff products include cabinets, housings, chassis and related components for multiple markets such as telecommunications, data centers and traffic management. Schroff GmbH is headquartered in Straubenhardt near Pforzheim, and was founded in 1962 by Gunther Schroff. It is now part of the UK-based company Pentair. Pentair employs 30,000 people worldwide of which about 1,500 are part of the Schroff Group.
Contents
- History
- Development
- Production and Competence Centers
- Schroff Locations
- Production
- Sales and Integration Centers
- Markets
- Product Range
- Education
- References
The company runs in accordance with the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards and is certified to OSHAS 18001. Schroff is one of the largest employers in the Karlsruhe/Pforzheim region.
History
In the early years Schroff only manufactured power supplies. By the mid-1960s the Schroff Europac Rack was the outstanding product of the 19 inch division. Rapid acceptance of Schroff electronic packaging products in the major electronics markets of the U.S. and Japan made Schroff the standard for electronic design. Through its participation in international standardization groups such as the IEC, Schroff was the pioneer of 19-inch cabinets, and also for the standard dimensions of the rack unit (RU) and division unit (TE). Since 1994, Schroff has been part of British conglomerate Pentair.
Development
A large portion of the products that Schroff manufactures are customer-specific. This led to the creation of high-quality integration and manufacturing centers specifically to address customized products. Groups such as Front Panel Express, were created work with extremely short lead times. Well over 100 engineers in Straubenhardt are dedicated to developing customer specific solutions for large-scale global projects as well as custom projects.
Production and Competence Centers
The main work of the Straubenhardt facility is administration, development, metal processing, special tool manufacture, painting, plating, the manufacture and assembly of electronics components.
Schroff Locations
In addition to production in Straubenhardt, Schroff has other production facilities in France and Poland as well as sales and integration centers worldwide.
Production
As of November 2007
Sales and Integration Centers
Other manufacturing and solution centers owned by Pentair in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, China, India and Poland.
Markets
Schroff is one of the most important manufacturers in the market. Schroff, with its cabinets, cases and racks is established in the following markets:
Product Range
Education
Since the late 1960s, Schroff has invested in the education and training of its employees for development of team skills, presentation skills, and product knowledge. More than 30 trainees are currently employed by Schroff. Trained professionals are the following