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Last month, RENA celebrated its 40th anniversary. All employees of RENA were invited to a full day of fun and festivities at our site in Zundert. The day consisted of several workshops, during which all colleagues got the chance to get to know each other even better.

As RENA, we want to explain to you what makes us unique. In order to provide that insight, we have created a video series in which we display our capabilities. Every couple of months we will release a new video or blog that gives you an insight on our USP’s from an Operations point of view. In this first video, our Business Development Manager Ebian Tempelaars will tell you more about the benefits of using potting for your lighting or electronics. This is critical in for example Harsh and Hazardous applications or solutions that need longer lifetimes.

The entire electronics market is currently struggling with component shortages. Our new Operations Manager Mark Verhoeven and his team ensure that this limits the impact to customers as much as possible. Nevertheless, we are curious about the reasons behind the problem and the outlook of the situation. You can read more about it in this interview.

Do you want to prepare yourself for the Single Lighting Regulation, but missed our webinar? Don’t worry, you can see the recording in this post.

From September 1st, all light sources sold in the EU must meet the new requirements for the well-known CE mark. These so-called Ecodesign regulations are mandatory for almost all light sources sold in the EU. RENA will work with you to ensure that your product is ready for these new regulations.

The artwork "White Noise" by Giny Vos shines again along the A10 highway in Amsterdam. The light artwork was first switched on 11 years ago, but the lights went out in 2018. The abstract starry sky has now been restored, with technology from RENA.

We often say: RENA has a one-stop-shop concept with many benefits for the customer. But what does it actually mean and what does it mean for our customers? Our general manager Jochem Winkelman is happy to tell you more about it.

Friday, October 23, we delivered the first products for our customer Saint Gobain Solutions. 500 Thermostats and 40 Wifi Relays are finished by our manufacturing department, enabling this first delivery to reach the customer on time. The first series will be used in a renovation project.

From a printed circuit board with LEDs to a fully assembled and certified luminaire; at RENA we make it all. There are plenty of steps to follow when we go from product idea to LED solution, such as choosing the perfect LED. Our LED Systems Architect Huub Borel and Business Development Manager Ebian Tempelaars will tell you more in this interview.

This summer, RENA was reunited under one roof. The entire company is now located on the Dock'75 business park in Zundert. A well-known location for many customers and suppliers, because our production and assembly units have been housed here for some time. Now Engineering, Sales, the Customer Service Center and specialized work cells such as our potting, coating and explosion-proof departments, are also housed under the same roof.

These are exceptional times. The COVID-19 pandemic affects us all; we are facing a huge challenge together.

While old-fashioned High-Pressure Sodium lamps are still the most favourable choice of many growers, LED lamps gradually become more widely used in horticulture. Obviously because of the energy savings, yet also because reduced radiated heat, enabling new applications in indoor and multilayer grow houses.

Why does an iPhone show defects after two years, while the display of a professional vacuum packaging machine easily lasts a decade? Electronics has two trends in development; one group with a shorter lifespan that creates a replacement market, and the group that is intended to last; focusing on longevity and reliability. RENA focuses on the second group, also referred to as embedded electronics.

The future of electronics production has started a long time ago, and increasingly takes place in our own country. New and progressive technologies create the possibility to answer to the corporate and consumer side quickly, affordably and innovatively.

To insiders, RENA is an established name in the world of lighting and electronics. But the general public doesn’t always know what they do. Time to shine a light on the company’s rich history and show what happens behind the doors of the Zundert-based enterprise.

See, do and experience technology! That’s Game On, the major technology event that will be held in Breda on May 20 and 21. During this event, more than 1300 students from Brabant experience what it is like to work in technology.

On the 20^th and 21^st of May, you’ll find RENA at Game On, a technology event for students in secondary school. By allowing them to come into contact with technology, we are promoting our wonderful profession to the techies of the future.

We are proud to introduce our new career site! Here you’ll find our newest job openings, videos, news and more info about working at RENA Electronica; a fast growing, family type of business with traditional values.

With this website, we give potential colleagues a good impression of who we are as an employer and what kind of colleagues we are searching for. The question to you is: will you fit right in and grow with us?

Inleiding bericht: Our partner Pharos Architectural Controls writes about the Amsterdam Streetcolour Project we worked on in collaboration with Marco de Boer Primo Exposures. Continue to read the article.

You are kindly invited on behalf of RENA Electronica to visit the LED Event 2018, on Wednesday November the 28^th at congress centre 1931 in ‘De Brabanthallen’ Den Bosch.

The LED Event is the place where technical managers, developers and lighting designers can take a peek at the latest innovations in LED technology. 

In Amsterdam, you'll find a high tech LED lighting system hanging above the Reguliersdwarsstraat and its alleys. The familiar view of the street has been preserved; the system was installed in the existing nostalgic fixtures. The color of the LED lighting adapts to the social situation and was developed by RENA Electronica, commissioned by our partner Primo Exposures.

We are aware of playing a key role in creating the future. We enable our clients and stakeholders in our ecosystem by offering them customized cutting edge lighting and electronics solutions. We take responsibility to envision what is ahead, and share it. At the heart of our innovation, we anticipate possible futures. Watch the kick-off video for what we call our innovation program Vision Ahead!

Waar RENA Electronica 35 jaar geleden nog alle onderdelen van producten met de hand samenstelde, werkt de Zundertse leverancier van elektronica en ledverlichting nu als een van de eerste in de wereld met de nieuwste machines en productietechnologieën van producent ASM Assembly Systems uit München.

By choosing for a partnership and focusing on co-creation, Rena does help her customers to distinguish themselves in their market. This requires expertise, flexibility and quality. As suppliers are an evenly important link in the production chain we choose to enter into partnerships with them as well. Delivering on time, thinking ahead in time and cooperation, that is what we expect from our suppliers. So that we can deliver a high quality product together.

We decided to work with ASM as strategic partner to convert our factory in quick steps into a smart SMT factory for our high mix, low volume applications. Watch more in this video!

Als trotse sponsor feliciteren wij De Uitvindfabriek met haar 1e verjaardag! In hun oude snoepfabriek in Breda beleef je fantastische avonturen, kan je genieten van een gave speelfilm en kan je je eigen uitvindingen bouwen. Uitvindingen doen zit in ons DNA, dus stimuleren wij graag initiatieven die kinderen met techniek laten kennismaken en die ze leren om ermee aan de slag te gaan.

HR-manager Janice van Gastel: “When you have a practical or theoretical skill set as a student or starter, you’ve hit the jackpot.”

Click here to read the full (Dutch) article on Regio in Bedrijf, about how RENA gives students an inside look of the company and encourages them to get the best out of their careers. The opportunities at RENA are endless.

Our products are developed and produced by colleagues from over 15 different countries. A melting pot that keeps on growing. They have one thing that keeps them together: the 'RENA glue'. Our products are made in Holland, but we want to add that they are made by people from all over the world.

We've made a 360-movie resulting in a virtual tour through our factory, which premiered at the Light+Building Fair in Frankfurt last month. Many visitors to our booth have enjoyed it and now it's available for you to watch it as well!

We take on a special place in the world of electronics. We are a family type of company and that is shown in the way we approach our clients, which leans more towards a colleague relationship, rather than a customer relationship.
Learn about our corporate culture in this video!

Technology leader ASM has built an open and global network of reference factories with its SMT Smart Network, whose members work with ASM's experts to develop better processes for the smart SMT factory.

At Rena we consider the quality and environmental policy (as well as the need for safety, health and wellbeing) as an integral part of our operational management.

Our drive is to be fast, flexible and accessible. A one stop shop where we welcome clients for high end solutions within the field of lighting and electronics. Learn about our corporate values in this video!

During the Electronics & Applications 2017 fair on 1st of June Jack van Daal from RENA Electronica has given a peek inside of the process RENA is going through in her way to set up a Smart Factory. RENA is investing money and time to adjust the production facility to be able to serve their customers cheaper, better and faster.

Rena participated in Electronics & Applications 2017 exhibition from 30th May until 1st June in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Watch photos of our booth and the presentation of Jack van Daal, Business Development Manager of Industrial Electronics. Jack talked about Rena's transformation to a smart factory.

The new general managers (Jochem Winkelman and Erwin Dolmans) of RENA Electronica are accomodating the company for further growth in line with its customer base and its investors' ambition. Applying the two-in-a-box principle Jochem and Erwin are together leading the company.

For over 3 decades we serve our relations in the embedded Electronics market from design till ready to use products. We can realize the solution for your idea or problem based on years of experience and knowledge.

Watch our latest film about Embedded Electronics.

Read the (Dutch) article about our rapid growth and our plans to realise that growth, published on RegioInBedrijf: http://bit.ly/2pcFB0b

On Monday May 1st. we received the keys for our brand new production facility located in a renovated business complex in Zundert (Industrieweg 15a-15b). The increased demand of our (new) customers and the relatively large size of our overall systems led to this expansion.

Rena transforms into a Smart Factory to produce high quality, flexible, innovative products with as little resources as possible.

Jochem Winkelman talks about this during the seminar 'Future of electronics production of the Benelux' on thursday June 1st in Jaarbeurs Utrecht, at the Electronics & Applications 2017 exhibition.

Exhibition period:
Tuesday 30th May – Thursday 1st June 2017
Time: 09.30-17.30 hours

Free registration for this exhibition at http://bit.ly/2rpECac.

You are kindly invited to visit Electronics & Applications 2017. The exhibition and conference will take place from May 30 until June 1 at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, Netherlands and RENA Electronica will be present. Come and visit our booth. We will talk you through our customized capabilities in engineering and manufacturing of custom electronic control panels, software, communication and user interface.

RENA and its new production line feature in a 3-page article by Keith Bryant. Have a look at the article yourself and see the superb equipment we have these days!

Read article online or as a pdf.

Click here to read the article (in Dutch) about the visit that the city council of Zundert made to our company on November 1st.

A LED lighting congress and fair with the presence of RENA Electronica, on December 1st. in The Netherlands.

At our booth we will talk to you about our customized capabilities in OEM LED-engines, ODM LED-fixtures and turnkey specials. Some of our latest technologies and building blocks will be shown at the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch.

A very impressive piece of art, designed and developed by Studio Roosegaarde was revealed end of August at the renewed Departure Hall 3 of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. While you are walking from the check-in counter to security control you experience a special 3D effect, created with the idea in mind of "feet on the ground, head in the sky".

Dutch bicycle manufacturer Royal Gazelle has developed an electric bicycle representing the latest innovations on various aspects like the frame, the wheels and the lights. Our factory proudly features in the 'making of' documentary video!

A sunny day in Zundert on which RENA welcomed customers and suppliers for a guided tour around our facilities. The official opening of the new Smart Factory added to the joyful atmosphere, supported by Stefan Techau of ASM and Maurits van der Laken of PartnerTec.

Read an article (in Dutch) in regional paper Brabants Nieuwsblad with general manager Liz Zwerver and director of finance Jochem Winkelman about our growth:

Article (pdf)

(translation of a Dutch article that you can find here)

Lighting specialist Hortilux develops a.o. sustainable and efficient LED lighting for greenhouse horticulture. They turned to RENA Electronica for the production and assembly of 3 new innovative luminaires.

This means a considerable expansion of production capacity and employment at the company in Zundert.

Read the interview (in Dutch) with our Sales and Marketing Director Erwin Dolmans, about Rena's shiny history and bright future: http://bit.ly/1tczshF 

On June 24 and 25, we will welcome customers, suppliers, employees and their family and everyone in the Zundert area who would like to have a look at the RENA facilities.

We are really proud of what we have achieved and look forward to showcasing a Dutch enterprise that adds value in the lighting and electronics market with an engineering department and manufacturing all under one roof. 

Over the past year a team of specialists at Rena has worked hard to obtain the ISO-14001 certficate.

This week the formal audit will take place to see if the inventory of environmental aspects, our internal processes and our future environmental strategy meet all criteria.

New equipment has been moved into our Ambachten 1 facility in support increasing production activities. Staffing of the new production lines is in full swing with a team of 15 joining our company very soon.

The 2016 Light+Building Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, was an interesting fair for us. It became clear that now is the time for lighting controls.

Again a lot of interest in our Bits2Power system was shown. Fully potted solutions for outdoor applications, drivers and ATEX-required areas were quite popular as well. Our mechanisation investments and increased assembly facilities opened opportunities we previously had to let go by.

Designed by system integrator and installer Alewijnse Marine, the RENA Bits2Power lighting control system is traveling the world inside super yachts built by Oceanco. Three Dutch companies working proudly together and delivering top quality products.

Last month at the IPM in Essen a new LED product line was introduced by Hortilux. This complete LED product line is developed based on Hortilux’ expertise and many years of experience in the lighting technology sector. The HORTILED® product line comprises three LED fixtures, each designed for a specific horticultural application.

A successfull first entry at LightBuilding two years ago will have a succession with this years' event at the Frankfurter Messe. RENA has been assigned an exhibition space in hall 4.0. The show starts early this year on March 13th. and will be open until Friday 18th.

Please come over and enjoy our hospitality. We will show you our latest innovations in technology and manufacturing.

On January 1, 1981, our company was officially launched as RENA Electronica B.V. by its founder René Geerts. This means we are celibrating our 35th anniversary and are really proud to have established many interesting projects and products over this dynamic period of time.

"How it is made" and "how do we do it" at Rena can now be viewed online! Watch our new Rena company videos and discover how fast, flexible and reliable we organize our daily practise.

See the set up of our engineering department and quality assurance. Or have a look at our manufacturing facilities in Zundert, the Netherlands. Throughout our website you will see various films appear or you can go directly to the Rena channel on YouTube.

The company Rena is growing steadily with the result that we have passed the threshold for a Works Council (Ondernemingsraad - OR).

This new entity in the organisation will be launched on April 1st, 2016.
Meanwhile a committee of volunteers has been installed to prepare elections and a proper setup of the Rena works council.

Built in the Netherlands by Amels Shipyard the superyacht "5501" from the LE199 series was named "Event" and launched in 2013.

This 60 meter yacht is sailing the world with Bits2Power lighting controls and interior lighting, developed and made by Rena.

The Electrotechnical fair 2015 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, will be held from September 29 to October 2. Rena will be present at booth 10B 045.

Meet us there and we will have a look at business opportunities that we have in common.

Due to the increased activities we have extended our manufacturing possibilities at the Ambachten in Zundert with the rental of another facility nearby.

The site will be operational soon and is meanwhile being equipped and staffed.

Rena Electronica traditionally sponsors the annual famous flower parade ("bloemencorso" in Dutch) in its home town Zundert. Several customers have joined us and watched the beautiful floats pass by in this competition between local neighbourhoods and neighbouring villages.

This year's flower parade was fully dedicated to Vincent van Gogh, who was born in Zundert (in the house located left on the picture) and died exactly 125 years ago. The theme therefore: Flowers of Inspiration. For an impression of the parade have a look at www.corsozundert.nl.

(photo made by Erwin Martens)

Royal Gazelle has built a new Innovation & Production facility in their home base Dieren, The Netherlands. To celebrate this a fully new, intelligent e-Bike concept has been developed over the past months with their latest technological innovations.

The official opening of the research site and the official presentation of the e-Bike was done on September 3, 2015 by our royal highness King Willem-Alexander.

The "bicycle chain" concept was conceived and designed by Atelier Lek from Rotterdam and offered to municipalities along a new fast speed cycle track in the region of Arnhem, the Netherlands.

The luminaire was developed and manufactured by Lightronics in Waalwijk and Rena in Zundert has produced the coloured LED-units and the individual electronic controls.

Over the past months Ziut has installed all of it and the sights of it are remarkable, both in daylight as well as during nighttime.