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Schroff GmbH

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German electronic cabinet manufacturer

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1962Founded1
  • HeadquartersStraubenhardt1
  • Websiteschroff.nvent.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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.2

The story

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 electric company.

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Products and brands

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

As of June 2018

Sales and Integration Centers

Schroff UK Ltd. in England

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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

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Timeline

  1. 1962Founded Founded1

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