# Schroff GmbH

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 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. and ISO 14001 Schroff is one of the largest employers in the Karlsruhe/Pforzheim region.

## History

Schroff was founded in 1962 by Gunther Schroff. 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 company.

## Locations

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

| 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

* 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

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