Berg, July 15, 2025 – Together with 200 guests from around the world, the RAFI Group – originally founded as the “Institut für Elektrotechnik, Optik & Mechanik” on November 15, 1900 – celebrated its anniversary at Inselhalle Lindau. As part of the Future Impact Symposium held under the slogan “Zeitgeist. Megatrends. Courage.” on July 10, …

In 1898, Johann Josef Keller and Jakob Knappich laid the cornerstone for an acetylene gas plant for street lighting. Some 127 years later, KUKA is helping to shape the future of industrial work on a global scale. Together with RAFI, the international automation group with headquarters in Augsburg develops and manufactures control componen…

What began with the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony on May 2, 2023 will be completed with the official opening on May 16, 2025: the construction and commissioning of the new RAFI factory in Bad Waldsee. It is great success for the RAFI Group, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Dr. Lothar Seybold, CEO of the RAFI Group…

From the idea to the solution and the design of the finished product, the development of electronics needs one thing above all: competent support. It doesn't matter whether it's prototypes, complete devices or electronic assemblies, the highest quality must always be ensured. This is what distinguishes customised software and hardware dev…

An LED board consists of a carrier material equipped with electronic elements and LEDs. In addition, there is a tinned copper surface for the solder connection. The shapes of the boards can be completely different. They can be a cluster, a strip, a ribbon or a square matrix.

Pushbuttons are used, among other things, to establish an electrical connection between a device and a power source on one side or to disconnect this connection and contact - either temporarily or permanently - on the other side.