Rittal
Karl-Ulrich Köhler becomes new CEO
Change in the management of Rittal: On July 1, 2016, owner Friedhelm Loh appointed manager Dr. Karl-Ulrich Köhler as CEO of the Rittal International Foundation and Chairman of the Management Board of Rittal GmbH & Co.
Dr. Karl-Ulrich Köhler will thus assume responsibility for all business units of the global system provider for control and switchgear engineering and the approximately 10,000 employees of the largest company in the Friedhelm Loh Group. The 59-year-old, who holds a doctorate in engineering, has been CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel Europe and a member of the Board of Tata Steel Limited in India since 2010. Dr. Köhler was previously responsible for various functions in the steel division of ThyssenKrupp. Until 2009, he was responsible for ThyssenKrupp Steel and a member of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG.
"Thanks to his engineering training, his management experience in larger corporate structures and his knowledge of international markets, Dr. Köhler is well qualified for this new challenging task. Thanks to his 10 years on the Friedhelm Loh Group's Advisory Board, he knows Rittal and has been able to acquire a great deal of company-specific knowledge," says Friedhelm Loh, owner of the family-owned company. Köhler will leave the Friedhelm Loh Group's Advisory Board when he joins the Rittal Management Board.
Rittal was founded in 1961 and is the largest company in the owner-managed Friedhelm Loh Group. The Group employs over 11,500 people and achieved a turnover of around 2.2 billion euros in 2014.
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