On 1 April 2022, Jochen Trautmann became the new Managing Director of Rittal Automation Systems at the international market leader and industrial enclosure specialist Rittal, headquartered in Herborn, Germany.
Over the past 20 years, Jochen Trautmann (55) has held top management positions at various mid-sized enterprises, last serving as the CEO of WOMA GmbH. Mr. Trautmann took up his post as Managing Director of Rittal Automation Systems on 1 April 2022. With this move, Rittal further expands its machine expertise as the competence centre for automation solutions: “We are very pleased to have gained Mr. Trautmann as an experienced top manager for Rittal Automation Systems. He possesses outstanding expertise in establishing and expanding the global market penetration with complex products, in particular in the American and Asian markets,” affirms Markus Asch, Rittal CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of the globally successful family enterprise.
Rittal Automation Systems is a powerful automation solution partner for industrial customers in the panel building and switchgear manufacturing sectors, and also in the mechanical engineering industry. Its portfolio encompasses automation solutions ranging from fully-automated laser machining centres to fully automated wire processing machines, and even manual tools.
To support customers in further automating their processes, Rittal Automation Systems acquired two companies on 1 January 2022, Ehrt Maschinenbau GmbH from Rheinbreitbach (Germany) and Alfra GmbH from Hockenheim (Germany), so that their combined expertise may be pooled in a single competence centre. Ehrt Maschinenbau GmbH is a worldwide market leader for punching and bending machines designed to process flat material, such as busbars and profiles. For more than 100 years, Alfra GmbH has been setting standards in the production of electrical equipment and tools for metalworking and also develops application solutions for magnet and lifting technology.
“As the market leader for enclosure and systems technology, Rittal enjoys an excellent reputation,” asserts Trautmann: “I am looking forward to this opportunity to build up the automation competence centre with Rittal Automation Systems.”