home to a 105-acre campus with more than
500,000 square feet of production and
storage space that allows the company to
service the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin
America.
About 700 combined employees are on staff
across those facilities, with about 500
working inUrbana.
Rittal produces products that are targeted to
industrial and information technology
customers. Their flagship products are
metallic enclosures that serve to protect and
also have the capability to cool internal
electrical systems and components. Many of
the products sold by Rittal can be seen right
on the factory floor and data centers, and
offer protection for the electronics that
residewithin the enclosures.
This broad base industrial customer base
includes oil/gas, automotive, and food and
beverage industries.
Some clients have special applications that
call for Rittal to produce customizedwork to
meet their needs, but Benson said the
company also produces “a large amount” of
standard business via thousands of products
that are kept in stock on a regular basis. Those
items run the gamut from metal enclosures
and IT racks for servers to climate-control
products that are paired with a rack or an
enclosure to help a customer’s equipment stay
properlymaintained inharsh environments.
Other Rittal subsidiaries are strategically
placed worldwide, which allows them to
provide product on a regional basis. The U.S.
location is responsible for maintaining the
supply for their customers across North
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