Success without frontiers.

The world is getting smaller, Rutronik is getting bigger.

An expanding business.

As we all know, globalization is making the world ever smaller. By contrast, the challenges facing a business operating on the international stage are growing steadily. We have been meeting those ever-changing challenges with great success for over 35 years. Much has changed since our business was founded: Entirely new applications such as LED lighting, renewable energy and Smart Metering play a key role in electronic component distribution.

Rutronik has changed as the market has changed; from a oneman business into the third-largest distributor in Europe, with a workforce of over 1,200 people. And we are continuing to grow. We now offer our customers not only components, but also tailored solutions, logistics concepts and technical support – in Europe and worldwide.

Grow with us.

Thomas Rudel
CEO

Helmut Rudel
President

: Total number of employees

: Trend in European sales, 1994 – 2010

Milestones in the company’s history

1973	Founding of Rutronik Passive Bauelemente (passive components) and Silec Aktive Bauelemente (active components)
1980	Acquisition of joint venture Silec/RSC-Halbleiter GmbH
1991	Establishment of sales offices in France and the Czech Republic
1994	Acquisition of BIT-Electronic AG; entry into Displays and Systems market; establishment of sales offices in Great Britain and Spain
1996	Acquisition of Discomp GmbH
1997	Acquisition of Dimacel Composants in France
	founding of subsidiaries in Switzerland and Austria
	and establishment of sales offices in Poland and Belgium
1999	Acquisition of CED Ditronic in Germany
	and IEC Distribution S. A. in France
2000	Establishment of a branch office in the Netherlands
	and founding of subsidiaries in Hungary and Poland
2001	Acquisition of TTS in Ireland
2002	Establishment of sales offices in Denmark, Bulgaria and Romania
2004	Founding of Rutronik Italia S.r.l.
	establishment of branch offices in Russia and Lithuania
2005	Founding of Rutronik Nordic AB in Sweden.
	Founding of Rutronik Ltd in Great Britain.
	Establishment of sales offices in Norway, Finland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Portugal
	expansion of sales organization in Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands
2007	Establishment of sales offices in Estonia and Serbia
2008	Establishment of sales office in Mexico and creation of a sales cooperation agreement in Turkey.
	Founding of RUSOL GmbH & Co. KG
2011	Foundation of Rutronik Asia HK Ltd. and Rutronik Electronics SZ Ltd.
	Establishment of sales offices in China, Hongkong and Taiwan

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