MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- R&M
(Reichle & De-Massari AG) the globally active Swiss
developer and supplier of cabling systems for high-end network
infrastructures, recently expanded to the U.S. market
and invites journalists, bloggers and industry analysts to its
open house in Milpitas, Calif. on
March 2 for an introduction to the
company and to its new product, Netscale. R&M Co-Owner
Martin Reichle and
CEO Michel Riva will
provide an overview of the company and its North American
expansion. R&M partner companies Prysmian, Duraline, and
USConec, will present trends in the fiber market, cleaning up the
"bird's nest," and MTP® connector advantages vs. MPO. Finally,
R&M will provide a tour of its refreshed facility and a demo of
its flagship products:
- Netscale, which will be formally introduced to the
North American market at the open house, is the world's
highest-density fiber cable management solution, and the first to
feature integrated intelligent infrastructure management
functionality. Designed as an ultra-high density platform that
utilizes the smallest diameter uniboot patch cord for minimal
cabling bulk, this solution boasts up to 67 percent higher density
than its competitors and promises to eliminate a host of cable
management problems that plague data centers today.
- Anaconda, a high capacity fiber distribution system designed to
meet the demands of the modern data center environment. The
system offers unparalleled flexibility to accommodate today's major
termination techniques and high fiber count cables.
Date: Thursday, March 2,
2017
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: R&M North American Headquarters, 840 Yosemite
Way, Milpitas, CA
95035 (Map)
Registration: Please RSVP by registering here.
Agenda:
- 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: "Global introduction to R&M,"
Martin Reichle, Co-Owner and
Michel Riva, CEO, R&M
- 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: "Trends in the Fiber Market,"
Chris Isetts, National Sales
Manager, Prysmian
- 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. "Air Blown Fiber – Clean up the Bird's
Nest," Bob Parrish, Regional Sales
Manager Communications MFG, Duraline
- 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: "MTP®
connector advantages vs. MPO," Ron
Erskine, Sales Manager, Americas, USConec
- 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Tour the R&M U.S.
production, service and training facilities, and experience the
R&M way of creating connectivity solutions
Before or after the briefing, individual interviews with R&M
co-owner Martin Reichle and CEO
Michel Riva and can be arranged upon
request, based on availability.
Following the briefing, reporters and industry analysts are
welcome to stay for additional product demos by R&M and its
partners.
R&M looks forward to meeting and building a relationship
with journalists, bloggers and analysts at this exciting time of
expansion in North America.
About R&M
Reichle & De-Massari
AG (R&M) is an independent Swiss family business with more
than 50 years of experience in the optical fiber and copper cabling
market. R&M develops and manufactures connectivity solutions in
several factories in Switzerland,
Poland, Dubai, Bulgaria, India, and the USA.
R&M solutions deliver forward-looking system designs, to
ensure that networks are fit for the future and that investments
remain sound in the long term. We serve with our connectivity
solutions three market segments: data centers, LAN cabling and
public networks.
R&M is one of the top three players in Europe and the Middle East. The company is represented by its
own marketing organizations in over 30 countries, and since 2016 in
the USA where we purchased REALM
Communications.
In 2016 R&M recorded sales of CHF 226
million. R&M currently generates 76 percent of its sales
abroad. More than five percent of sales are invested in research
and development each year.
R&M is one of the 500 largest companies in Switzerland and has over 1,000 employees. Here
in the USA we are currently 75
people but growing fast. The company is wholly owned by the Reichle
family which is represented actively in the Board of Directors by
Martin and Peter Reichle.
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