Rittal celebrates one millionth VX25 – and its employees

2021 is a triple milestone for Rittal. This year, the company is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its founding, the 75th birthday of owner Prof Friedhelm Loh – and now also the one millionth VX25 enclosure has been produced!

On the 16 August this year, the landmark 1,000,000th VX25 rolled off the assembly line, production of which would not have been possible “without the hard work and dedication of the 1240 employees, at the Ritterhausen site”, states the company.

Loh and representatives from the company’s management team honoured this achievement with a commemorative ceremony, on the same production floor where the VX25 is manufactured day after day, also marking the dedication and contribution of so many Rittal employees, including the VX25 design engineers, product managers and production technicians.

VX25 enclosure system success

“How can we make the best even better?” That was the question Rittal asked itself as a starting point for the development of the VX25 enclosure system, it adds. “Three years after its initial market launch, Rittal is proud to advise that the VX25 is used by industrial and IT customers all over the world – in settings such as all automobile manufacturers, as well as in data centres for IT giants such as Facebook and Amazon, cruise liners, wind turbines and in several remote locations.

Loh told the employees attending the ceremony: “This was all only possible with your contributions, For that I cannot thank you enough. We have always been the global technology leader and the VX25 enclosure has sent out yet another signal to the world market. Our customers were absolutely astounded and we have now been demonstrating excellence in enclosure manufacturing over four product generations.”

Global factory construction

Since its initial success, Rittal has gone on to build factories in China, India, Brazil, America and England, with Loh commenting: “It is amazing when we look at all the places where these enclosures are manufactured today, across the world, Rittal manufactures several thousand large enclosures every day.”

He identified one of Rittal’s greatest strengths as being its readiness to diversify from general trends within industry and look to be innovators, which places them at the forefront of development within industry. This is shown by the expansion of Rittal’s portfolio over the years. Since the initial conception of large enclosure, Rittal has gone on to be successful in areas including climate control, power distribution and subsequently IT infrastructure.

Beyond belief

In Ritterhausen Germany, Rittal has also become the largest employer in the region. “It cannot be taken for granted that a company will develop in this way for 60 years. It is a gift. It is an unbelievable success story and ample reason to celebrate,” said Loh as he concluded his address.

Markus Asch, CEO of Rittal International, went on to emphasise the important role that the VX25 plays in Rittal’s portfolio: “The large enclosure is the essence of Rittal and an expression of our expertise.” Available in thousands of configuration variants, it is said to meet 90% of all customer requirements worldwide.

Together with Norbert Peter, vice president of operations in Germany and the plant manager in Ritterhausen, he presented a gilded enclosure key and a commemorative certificate to all the employees, in recognition of their hard work and dedication.