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nVent Schroff GmbH
Company typeGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Subsidiary
IndustryElectronic housing
Founded1962; 63 years ago (1962)
FounderGunther Schroff
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mustafa Karabuz, Volker Haag
ProductsElectrical cabinets, housings, chassis and related components
Number of employees
650 (2018)
ParentnVent Electric (nVent)
Websiteschroff.nvent.com

Schroff is a German manufacturer of electrical and electronic cabinets, housings devices and associated components. Its products include cabinets, housings, chassis and related components for multiple markets such as telecommunications, data centers and traffic management.

Schroff was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Straubenhardt near Pforzheim. It has been part of the Irish registered company nVent Electric (nVent) since 2018 after its previous owner British Pentair was split into two companies. nVent employs 9,000 people worldwide of which about 1,500 are part of the Schroff brand.

The company operates in accordance with the ISO 9001 standards and is certified to OHSAS 18001.[1] and ISO 14001[2][3] Schroff is one of the largest employers in the Karlsruhe/Pforzheim region.

History

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Schroff was founded in 1962 by Gunther Schroff.[4] In the early years Schroff only manufactured power supplies.

By the mid-1960s the Schroff Europac Rack was the main product of the 19 inch division. Rapid acceptance of Schroff electronic housing 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 pioneer of 19-inch racks, and also for the standard dimensions of the rack unit (RU) and division unit (TE).

Schroff was part of British conglomerate Pentair from 1994 until 2018. On April 30, 2018 Pentair split into two companies, and Schroff became part of the British nVent electric company.[citation needed]

Locations

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The main work of the Straubenhardt facility is administration, development, metal processing, special tool manufacture, painting, plating, the manufacture and assembly of electronics components.

In addition to production in Straubenhardt, Schroff has other production facilities in France and Poland as well as sales and integration centers worldwide.

Production

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Company Location Number of employees Production Area
Schroff GmbH Straubenhardt, Germany ca. 800 49.000 m²
Schroff SAS Betschdorf, France ca. 320 20.000 m²
Pentair Poland Sp. z o.o. Dzierżoniów, Poland ca. 96 9.500 m²

As of June 2018

Sales and Integration Centers

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  • Schroff UK Ltd. in England
  • Schroff Scandinavia AB in Sweden and Finland
  • Schroff S.R.L. in Italy
  • Schroff GmbH/S.p.z.o.o. in Warsaw, Poland
  • Hoffman Schroff Pte. Ltd. in Singapore
  • Schroff K.K. in Yokohama, Japan.

Other manufacturing and solution centers owned by Pentair in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, China, India and Poland.

Products

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Schroff, creates cabinets, cases and racks for industries including telecommunications, data and network technology, defense technology, aviation, railway, and traffic technology. Products include:

  • Industrial, electronic, networking, and server cabinets for indoor and outdoor applications
  • 19" table and tower cases, 19" racks, and enclosures, wall cases
  • Front panels, plug-in modules, subracks and printed circuit boards
  • Power supplies for measurement and control technology
  • Climate control such as 19" fan trays, 19" blowers, filtered fans, heaters, heat exchangers, cooling devices
  • Racks and systems such as AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, MicroTCA, CompactPCI, VMEbus, VME64x bus and disk drive units
  • Backplanes, test adapters, and power strips for electronics industry

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ISO 9001 Certificate" (PDF). TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH. 2009-06-29.
  2. ^ "ISO 14001 Certificate" (PDF). TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH. 2009-04-08.
  3. ^ "OHSAS Certificate" (PDF). TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH. 2011-03-25.
  4. ^ "Company Profile: Who we are, What we do!" (PDF). Schroff GmbH. August 2009.