Dieter Heyde

Rittal GmbH & Co. KG manufactures enclosures, cabinets, boxes and electronic packaging. It supplies enclosure and housing technology products which include enclosure, mechanical and electrical interior equipment, climate control as well as computer-aided monitoring equipment. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Herborn, Germany.

EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG has been developing engineering solutions for more than 25 years. As a subsidiary of Rittal within the Friedhelm Loh conglomerate, they are synonymous with continuous development, innovation, longevity and secure investment. Seven German offices and a presence in over 50 countries across the globe stand for a professional consultant service is close at hand. More than 19,500 customers of all sizes from a broad range of industries, are using their solutions every day and are opening up new dimensions in engineering. EPLAN speeds up product development processes based on integrated systems. Across all disciplines like mechanics, fluid and automation engineering. Along all phases of the product life cycle beginning with planning, design, then manufacturing to maintenance. They develop perfectly customized PLM concepts based on state of the art CAx and PDM solution developed by EPLAN and Autodesk®. They are able to secure maximum engineering productivity for customer's company by providing a broad range of services like process analysis, ROI observations, implementation concepts, consultations and training. EPLAN even provides the fitting responses in direction mechatronics. All core processes of the product development can be depicted by using functional engineering. Higher efficiency in product development processes can be reached by building product structures, managing variants and configuring the product. (EEC), the EPLAN Engineering Center provides an appropriate integration platform to achieve this.