Rittal Australia has announced it has signed a national distribution partnership with APS Industrial.

APS Industrial is a new, locally owned and managed independent company that combines the world’s best electrical brands in automation, power distribution and switchgear, motor control, enclosures, connectivity, industrial communications and wiring solutions.

The company, which is based in Melbourne and has a national network of offices in Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane, has acquired Australian distributors Ramelec and HiTech.

“Our existing partnership with Ramelec is strengthened with APS’s high profile, well respected and experienced leadership team. The synergies that existed between Rittal and Ramelec’s product ranges are further enhanced with the addition of the Siemens Industrial Automation product portfolio that APS brings. This new group is sure to become a major force in the Australian electrical landscape,” says Rittal ANZ managing director Michael Mallia.