R&M Increases Production of Fiber Optic Cables
R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, is expanding its production capacities at the cable plant in D??ín, Czech Republic. By the end of 2022, R&M will be investing several million Swiss francs in new production facilities for fiber optic cables.
The plant has been working at maximum capacity since it was taken over by R&M in 2018. “As expected, the high demand for fiber optic cabling is continuing. This is why we are expanding and optimizing our cable production,” says Andreas Rüsseler, CMO at R&M.
Telecom, Internet and cloud industries are continuing to invest more in the expansion of fiber optic networks. The 5G ecosystem is also growing. 5G expansion requires tightly meshed fiber optic networks between antennas, core networks and edge data centers. Other growth markets that require new, high-performance FO networks are: smart cities, smart buildings, smart mobility, health care and automated factories.
R&M integrated the cable plant in D??ín into the Group in 2018 to expand its portfolio of network and connection technology.
Proprietary cable plant makes R&M independent
“Our own cable plant with more than 50 experienced specialists makes us independent and responsive. Together with our fiber optic plants in Switzerland and abroad, any fiber optic assemblies, special assemblies or project-related complete packages for medium and large network rollouts can be offered from a single source,” emphasizes Andreas Rüsseler. In the future, the plant will operate in three shifts in order to further boost production capacity and quickly meet increased demand.
In addition to standard fiber optic cables, R&M also supplies customer-specific designs with special cable structures as well as entire data center network infrastructures for cloud, colocation and edge applications. At the same time, R&M supplies the telecommunications, mobile communications and 5G market, metro networks and Internet exchanges with fiber optic cables. Other sales markets include solutions for the access network, Fiber to the Home connections (FTTH), local data networks (LAN) and FO-based solutions for building automation.
R&M also supports the evolution of buildings into smart buildings. The cabling program is designed for All-over-IP building automation. It ranges from the building entry point (BEP) through structured cabling systems and digital-ceiling infrastructure to Single Pair Ethernet for the Internet of Things.