Partner in Industrial Connectivity
Smart Industrial Connectivity: Electrification, automation, digitalisation, electrical connectivity and renewable energies – markets in which Weidmüller feels right at home. The family-owned company established in 1850 has production facilities and distributors in over 80 countries. As a global player in electric connection technology, Weidmüller achieved a turnover of almost one billion euros in the 2024 financial year with around 5,700 employees worldwide - around 2,000 of whom work at the company's headquarters in Detmold, in the heart of East Westphalia-Lippe, Germany.
SMART CABINET BUILDING is an initiative of the companies Weidmüller, Komax, Zuken, Armbruster Engineering and nVent Hoffmann. The offer combines the competencies of the four project partners to support customers from a wide range of industries in optimizing their processes. It includes the provision of manual, assisted and fully automated solutions as well as comprehensive services for control cabinet building.
The aim is to provide integrated solutions for current and future challenges in the area of cabinet building by networking technology and expertise across all process steps
Leading the field now and in the future
As a pioneer and market leader in the field of automated wire processing, the Komax Group provides its customers with innovative and sustainable solutions for any situation that calls for precise contact connections. The Komax Group manufactures series and customer-specific machinery for various industries, catering for every degree of automation and customization. Its range of quality tools, test systems, and intelligent networking solutions complete the portfolio, and ensure safe and efficient production.
The Komax Group employs over 3400 people worldwide and provides sales and service support in over 60 countries through subsidiaries and independent agents.
Cabinet building in particular, with its still high ratio of manual activities, offers very promising approaches here. This ranges from component selection to the pre-assembly of wire harnesses, equipment and housings, right through to assisted final assembly and testing prior to commissioning
Engineering solutions for control cabinet building
With its E3.series suite of E-CAD software applications, Zuken has been a trendsetter for production-related engineering in the fields of electrical engineering, automation and control cabinet engineering. Zuken's software solutions enable a seamless flow of information from circuit and cable diagram to digitally controlled control cabinet manufacturing according to the concept of a digital twin.
Through the cooperation in the 'Smart Cabinet Building' initiative, we want to make our contribution to developing substantial optimization potential in building electrical cabinets including their interconnects based on the digital twin.
The assistance system for manual production
The core is to build up a secure parts supply and a controlled assembly. With our ELAM system, we strengthen the shopfloor level through assistance systems and process monitoring.
The combination of fully automated solutions and digital assistance systems that guide the employee during manual installation, as well as controlling and monitoring the tools being used, are the key factors for success in practice.
Sustainable increase in productivity in modern switchgear construction
STEINHAUER GmbH has been part of the nVent family since 2015. With contemporary and innovative solutions, we meet the challenges of modern switchgear construction of today and tomorrow. Our focus is on modern automation systems that guarantee our partners maximum productivity, precision and flexibility.
At nVent, we believe that safer systems make for a safer world. We connect and protect our customers with innovative electrical solutions. This is what more than 9000 employees at more than 130 locations worldwide have stood for over 75 years.
Steinhauer has been automating control cabinet manufacturers for decades. We are very pleased to be able to use our experience in making control cabinet manufacturers competitive and more efficient with the other partners and solutions of Smart Cabinet Building.
