Knurr AG is one of the leaders in rack and enclosure technologies for the IT and telecom markets, and its acquisition will strengthen Emerson Network Power's capability and global position, it is claimed:
Knurr joins with Emerson Network Power's industry-leading Liebert in rack solutions, mission-critical cooling, and systems integration for data centre and telecom sites. As power density and damaging heat levels have grown significantly in these applications, Emerson Network Power now delivers, it says, the broadest portfolio of technologies - surpassing previously available capabilities - to solve critical cooling issues at the room, rack, or chip level.
Knurr will integrate with Emerson:
In data centres, Emerson was thought to be the first to the market with cooling solutions for extreme density applications with its Liebert XD cooling platform. Now it is taking proven technologies from room-level applications and integrating them into the rack. Knurr's broad platform of rack systems will integrate Emerson's cooling and power management technologies, helping customers solve problems in new and existing installations and giving data center managers more flexibility in facility design.
"The rack is fast becoming a critical product on the data centre floor, serving as a platform for integrating power, cooling, and information technologies," said David N. Farr, Emerson chairman, chief executive officer and president. "The addition of Knurr's market-leading products and technologies supports our strategy to make the Liebert Adaptive Architecture the desired standard for IT facilities."
Knurr also designs flexible, cost-effective enclosure platforms for the telecom industry, and is serving major telecom customers with innovative liquid rack-cooling systems and Advanced TCA (a)- compliant, extreme-density cabinets. These cabinets contain sophisticated power and cooling technologies, making it possible to deploy the next generation of wireless telecom technologies.
Emerson Network Power is currently the largest supplier of power for remote telecom equipment. The cabinet-level solutions acquired with Marconi's power business will be further bolstered by adding Knurr's enclosure capabilities. Together they make Emerson's DC Power solutions even more competitive as carriers continue to invest in next-generation wireless technologies and deploy broadband networks.
"With Knurr, we further strengthen Emerson Network Power's competitive advantage," said Ed Feeney, Emerson senior vice president, "helping customers solve power, cooling, and monitoring problems for IT or telecom sites and delivering ready-to-deploy rack and enclosure solutions - whether one cabinet or an entire global enterprise."
Knurr, headquartered outside of Munich in Arnstorf, Germany, with sales in 2005 of approximately EUR 128m, has manufacturing facilities in a number of countries in Europe, as well as in the US and South America, and has a sales and marketing presence in 35 countries.
'Excited':
"We are excited about the global opportunities and the synergies created by alignment with Emerson and with Emerson Network Power's leading power and precision cooling technologies," said Oliver Gosemann, chief executive officer of Knurr. "We have worked hard to earn a reputation for quality and innovation. By coupling our capabilities with Emerson, we can offer customers so much more and we think customers are going to be excited about what's ahead."
More about Knurr AG:
Knurr designs, produces and integrates standardized and customized rack systems, enclosures, backplanes, thermal management and power supply systems, applied components and functional furnishing systems. Knurr develops and produces PDUs and socket strips internally, which enables each customer-specific requirement to be implemented. Go to: www.knuerr.com.
(a) AdvancedTCA is a new series of industry standard specifications for next generation carrier grade communications equipment.