A wider scope of activities with the takeover

With the completed takeover of the Italian brake manufacturer Ostelectric at the start of the year, Ringspann has simultaneously achieved two important milestones of its overall strategy. Firstly, it means that the business group continues to pursue its strategy of internationalisation, and secondly, it rounds off its portfolio in the field of industrial brake technology. This means that, in addition to freewheels, shaft-hub-connections, overload and shaft clutches and mechanical remote control systems, purchasers of drive components will now also be able to find all common industrial brake models at Ringspann – including the suitable control systems. While the Bad Homburg company has been offering an ever-growing selection of stopping, control and holding brakes in different designs for braking torques ranging from 0.5 to 325,000 Nm for more than 40 years, this latest takeover means it is now expanding its range of industrial brakes. Ostelectric not only possesses a high degree of engineering and manufacturing expertise in the field of electro-hydraulic drum and disc brakes, it specifically belongs to an established circle of manufacturers of electro-hydraulic lifting devices, which are among the most important functional elements of these brake types. In the field of electro-hydraulic disc brakes, the Ringspann’s industrial brake range now spans braking forces ranging from 200 to 19,900 Nm, while the selection of electro-hydraulic drum brakes now offers 230 to 7,200 Nm of braking torque. The takeover agreement envisages keeping the production site Limbiate at Milan’s doorstep, while transferring the wide-ranging brake expertise of the Italian manufacturer to the Ringspann headquarters in Bad Homburg. This process will be led by the previous owner of Ostelectric, Roberto Casini.