Rohde & Schwarz Messgerätebau

Rohde & Schwarz Messgerätebau GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1941
Seat	Memmingen , Germany
management	Jürgen Steigmüller, managing director and plant manager
Number of employees	1,400 (FY 2018/19)
sales	805 million EUR (FY 2015/16)
Website	www.memmingen.rohde-schwarz.com

The Rohde & Schwarz test and measurement equipment GmbH (abbreviation: R & S MB ) is a subsidiary of the electronics multinational corporation Rohde & Schwarz . The Memmingen location is the group's largest manufacturing plant and is certified according to the quality management standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9000ff), NATO ( AQAP 2110) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA aviation approvals). A turnover of 805 million euros was achieved in the 2015/16 financial year . 1400 employees manufacture a large part of the Group's products on an area of 57,000 m². Rohde & Schwarz Messgerätebau is the largest private employer in the Memmingen area.

In addition to manufacturing its own products, the Memmingen plant offers customers manufacturing services for electronics production.

In addition to production, there are planning, construction and development departments to support the production start-up , optimization of production processes and the creation of automatic test systems.

There is also a service point that provides services on measuring devices for German and international customers. There is also a the German Calibration Service (DKD) accredited calibration laboratory that those used in the production measuring equipment calibrated and equipment of customers and adjusted.

history

The company was founded in 1941 and was based in Kempten for a short time. Production in Memmingen started in 1944. Production was located on Augsburger Strasse in rented rooms in the building of the former Günzburger knitwear factory. This production facility no longer exists today, but has been replaced by a residential building.

In 1960 production was expanded and the company moved into the purchased building of the former Kosmos cigarette factory on Riedbachstrasse, where the company is still located today.

In 1988 a new hall for assembly production was opened, which was called Factory of the Future and was the most modern plant in Europe for electronics production. In addition to the latest assembly machines and soldering systems, the special thing was the material flow. The required components were automatically transported from a central warehouse to the workplaces of the employees. Thanks to ongoing investments, production is still state-of-the-art.

Due to the boom in the mobile communications sector, production was expanded again in 2000. In the additional part of the plant, products from the areas of measurement technology and radio technology are manufactured. Following the expansion of the production area, a new company restaurant was opened in 2001, in which 750 lunches can be served.

In 2005 the production capacities in the field of radio communication, monitoring and location technology were expanded and a large logistics center was opened, from which customers are supplied directly.

In honor of the company's founders Lothar Rohde and Hermann Schwarz , the city of Memmingen renamed the former Tabakstrasse to Rohde-und-Schwarz-Strasse in 2006.

Production processes

Rohde & Schwarz in Memmingen

Microelectronics manufacturing
Fully automatic PCB assembly and manual rest assembly
Soldering the printed circuit boards using reflow soldering , wave soldering or dip soldering
Automatic optical inspection and x-ray inspection of the circuit boards
Adjustment of the assemblies and electrical assembly testing
Device assembly
Device adjustment and final inspection of the finished devices
Packing and shipping

Manufactured products

Measurement technology: signal generators , signal analyzers , spectrum analyzers , network analyzers , power meters, test systems for mobile radio
Radio communication systems: radio devices for civil and military aviation, trunked radio systems , mobile and stationary radio devices for professional users
Radio technology: measurement and operating technology for radio and television
Monitoring and location technology: radio receivers , radio direction finders , radio location devices , antennas

Awards

Bavarian Quality Award, 2010
Factory of the Year, Outstanding Small Series Production 2015 category

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d special supplement of the Memminger Zeitung from April 18, 2005
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d company presentation for visitors
↑ ^a ^b http://www.memmingen.de/389.html?&cHash=5b238cb4bd&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=475
^ Memminger Zeitung; March 28, 2009; New department at Rohde & Schwarz
^ Memminger Zeitung; June 9, 2000; Rohde & Schwarz expands site
^ Memminger Zeitung; April 12, 2001; Rohde & Schwarz builds new company restaurant
^ Memminger Zeitung; April 11, 2005; A billion dollar festival in Memmingen; Rohde & Schwarz celebrates record sales and new plant 4

47.975911 10.193092Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 33.3 " N , 10 ° 11 ′ 35.1" E

[Sonderbeilage_der_Memminger_Zeitung-1] special supplement of the Memminger Zeitung from April 18, 2005

[Firmenpräsentation-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d company presentation for visitors

[Rohde-und-Schwarz-Straße_eingeweiht-3] ttp://www.memmingen.de/389.html?&cHash=5b238cb4bd&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=475

[4] Memminger Zeitung; March 28, 2009; New department at Rohde & Schwarz

[5] Memminger Zeitung; June 9, 2000; Rohde & Schwarz expands site

[6] Memminger Zeitung; April 12, 2001; Rohde & Schwarz builds new company restaurant

[7] Memminger Zeitung; April 11, 2005; A billion dollar festival in Memmingen; Rohde & Schwarz celebrates record sales and new plant 4