Rittal

On May 17th we visited Rittal Company in Songdo.

Rittal Company is located nearby Incheon university and at the first two workers showed the video introducing company to us. We can know how they have grown successfully in the market and what they have as a vision ,making productions. After watching it, they explained us about the enclosures which is essential part of machinery and the related system and then we entered the inner side of plant. It was quite well ordering, and products are organized with the most efficient way. The enclosure seemed simple, but every process needed so much delicate efforts and they cared so much of maintaining the qualities. They said it’s important to protect enclosures from any damage, exterior conditions. The precision was the keyword. And it was impressed that employees are properly informed of safety procedures. There were many posters all over the factory about safety rules.

Rittal is a German company headquartered in Herborn. The company manufactures electrical enclosures for use in industrial settings. Founded in 1961, Rittal is a subsidiary of the Friedhelm Loh Group. The name Rittal is derived from the places where the company was founded – Rittershausen in Dietzhölztal.

Furthermore, Rittal manufactures now in 13 plants, 3 continents. Among them the Rittalshausen plant has the largest area, 45,000 m². They usually one size of enclosures in Europe and they provide the standard(TS 8).

TS 8 enclosure, which can also be used as an IT rack. The Rittal portfolio also includes a wide range of enclosure types, from small cases and compact enclosures, through to entire enclosure systems. Director Marc Kim said that especially the customers in Korea have various demand. So they also give the service to customize.

Director Marc Kim and the Human Resource Manager answered many questions regarding job application and qualification. They said English capacity is crucial, since they communicate with coworkers in English and they prefer people with experience, because they are not affordable as if conglomerates invest the new employees and especially the students in college of liberal arts have rare opportunities, that we can apply for marketing or human resources department. So before applying we must build up as much experience as we can. At the end the manager gave us one tip, to get SAP certificate. It’s used in a lot of foreign companies.