From a garage to a 1.3 Billion euros distribution company

The German Rutronik is one of Europe's leading broadline distributor of electronical components. Now the company celebrates its 50th year in business.

Helmut Rudel founded Rutronik in 1973 in Ispringen, near Pforzheim, Germany. The expertise of the independent familyowned company lies in the distribution of semiconductors, passive and electromechanical components, embedded boards, storage and displays, as well as wireless products. The distributor's customers drive high-growth future markets around Industry 4.0, Inustrial IoT, Future Mobility, and Energy & Power.

In the 1970s, color television became increasingly popular in Germany, especially because of the 1972 Olympic Games and the Soccer World Cup in 1974. Exactly in the period between these two major sporting events, in 1973, Helmut Rudel founded Rutronik, which was specialized on the distribution of passive components. Rutronik is now one of Europe's largest electronics distribution companies and generated sales of 1.28 billion euros in 2022. Worldwide, the family-owned company now employs more than 1,900 people in over 80 offices.

- We are happy and proud to celebrate our 50th anniversary in the electronics industry this year, said Thomas Rudel, CEO and chairman of the board at Rutronik. From a small family business that I founded in a double garage in Ispringen in the early 1970s with great

Ultrafast current sensing

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) is developing a new ultra-fast response current sensing technology. This technology is ideal for high frequency applications and will allow for smaller, more efficient electrical systems. AKM demonstrated the new technology for the first time in 9-11 May 2023 at PCIM Europe.

To further optimize efficiency and packaging size of high frequency applications, Asahi Kasei Microdevices is developing a new current sensing technology featuring an ultra-fast response time. Utilizing this technology substantially increases the switching frequency of power supply systems, such as ACDC and DC-DC converters, contributing to the overall size reduction of electrical systems. It is ideal for high frequency control in applications using silicon carbide (SiC) or gallium support of my wife, we have become a leading distribution company for electronic components within 50 years, added Helmut Rudel, founder and president of Rutronik (pictured left). nitride (GaN) switching devices, as well as for the overcurrent protection of electrical systems. In the future, Asahi Kasei Microdevices is aiming to utilize this technology in automotive applications, such as on-board chargers and DC-DC converters.

More than 40,000 customers benefit from the diverse product portfolio of leading manufacturers, technical support, individual logistics solutions, and inhouse research and development (R&D). Rutronik has established design centers in Singapore and Lithuania specifically for its own R&D activities. With Rutronik System Solutions, the distributor is transforming itself into a system provider with unique, partly patented system solutions consisting of hardware and software to shape fast-moving innovation cycles in the industrial environment. With proof-of-concepts, Rutronik System Solutions significantly accelerates the pre-development phases of its customers to shorten the time-to-market of their new applications.

Asahi Kasei Microdevices will showcase the new technology for the first time in a demonstration showing the ultra-fast measurement of a triangular current wave at PCIM Europe.

In addition, the company showcased an AC servomotor control demonstrator utilizing a coreless current sensor IC with a sigma-delta digital output, as well as the CZ375x, a coreless current sensor IC of the Currentier product line with a high current capability up to 100 Ampere root mean square (Arms).

Asiantuntemuksemme on sinun etusi

50 vuoden aikana meistä on tullut yksi Euroopan suurimmista elektroniikkakomponenttien jälleenmyyjistä ja luotettava kumppanisi maailman johtavien valmistajien valikoimassa. Yhdessä oman tutkimus- ja kehitystoimintamme sekä laitteistoista ja ohjelmistoista koostuvien patentoitujen järjestelmäratkaisujemme kanssa onnistut pysymään sovelluksessasi askeleen edellä.

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„ Näytöt ja monitorit

„ Tietotallennustekniikat

„ Langattomat teknologiat

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