Success without frontiers.
The world is getting smaller, Rutronik is getting bigger.
- Thomas Rudel
- Total number of employees
- Trend in European sales, 1994 – 2010
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 1,300 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 | Helmut Rudel |
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 |
