The essential facts of R&S
Headquarters in Sissach, Switzerland
As a Swiss-based company, we embody typical Swiss attributes such as quality, punctuality and reliability.
Global workforce with 700+ employees
Our reputation as a leading power products manufacturer is built on the high level of knowledge of our ambitious teams.
150 million CHF in revenue
R&S is a company that has global plans and worldwide ambitions. We’re continuously striving to achieve more.
Worldwide operations
We are a power products provider to 50+ partners across 75+ countries and run 8 manufacturing sites and 10 sales offices.
200 years of experience
The R&S companies have a combined experience of more than 200 years in the energy distribution business.The key moments in the R&S history
2020
R&S overhauls its branding and its position to bring the subsidiary companies closer together and to strengthen the Group’s range. The added strapline ‘We guarantee energy’ is synonymous with the Group’s new promise to its customers.
2017
The Group defines its new vision with the strapline ‘We are a leading provider of high-class electrical infrastructure products in key markets around the globe’.
2016
R&S increases its international reach with Tesar, a well-known transformers manufacturer operating in Italy, Poland and the Middle East. Founded in 1979 in Arezzo, the company adds innovative cast resin and instrument transformers to the R&S portfolio.
2015
R&S further enhances its transformer portfolio with the acquisition of ZREW. The Polish company, founded 1956 in Łódź, provides high-class power transformers.
2014
SERW, a Czech manufacturer of medium-voltage and high-voltage switches, is acquired. The company was founded in 1993 as a spin-off from the ŠKODA factory in Plzeň.
2012
The acquisition of Rauscher & Stoecklin sets the first milestone of today’s R&S Group. The company focuses on distribution transformers, industrial electrical connectors, railway electrification products, distribution boards and electric switch / control systems. Founded in 1919 in Sissach, the Swiss company is also R&S’ headquarters.
The waymakers behind R&S
Markus Laesser
CEO
Rolf Fluri
CTO
Matthias Weibel
CFO
Axel Kirchner
COO
Stefan Vegh
Managing Director R&S Rauscher & Stoecklin
Grzegorz Sołtysiak
Managing Director R&S ZREW
Matteo Angiolini
Managing Director Tesar
Pavel Dynda
Managing Director SERW