Rittal Australia is pleased to announce a new national distribution partnership with APS Industrial, a specialist electrical industrial and automation equipment distributor of market‐leading, globally recognised brands.

APS Industrial, a new locally owned and managed independent company combines the world’s best electrical brands in automation, power distribution and switchgear, motor control, enclosures, connectivity, industrial communications, and wiring solutions. The new Group has acquired Ramelec and HiTech – two well established Australian distributors with an established national footprint.

Rittal ANZ Managing Director Michael Mallia said “Our existing partnership with Ramelec is strengthened with APS’s high profile, well respected, and experienced leadership team. The synergies that existed between Rittal and Ramelec’s product ranges are further enhanced with the addition of the Siemens Industrial Automation product portfolio that APS brings, this new group is sure to become a major force in the Australian electrical landscape.”

APS Industrial is headquartered in Melbourne and in addition, has a national network of offices in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane supported by strategic local stockholdings and expert technical and application knowledge.