Schurter

Schurter is a Swiss multinational technology company headquartered in Lucerne and focused on components and systems for electrical power management, protection, connectivity, control, and user interaction. Its products are primarily intended for original-equipment manufacturers and industrial customers rather than direct-to-consumer markets. The company serves applications in sectors where reliable power entry, circuit protection, electromagnetic compatibility, switching, indication, and human-machine interfaces are important. Heinrich Schurter founded the business in 1933 as a limited partnership. The company later changed its legal form, becoming a stock corporation in 1949. Schurter Holding AG was established in Lucerne in 1990 and remains the holding structure for the wider group. The business has subsequently developed from a component manufacturer into a multinational industrial group with activities spanning product development, manufacturing, distribution, and customer-specific engineering. Schurter's portfolio includes fuses and other circuit-protection devices, connectors and power-entry modules, switches, electromagnetic-compatibility products, and solutions related to energy and lighting. It also develops human-machine interface solutions, including customer-specific interfaces that combine mechanical, electrical, and user-input functions. This combination of standard products and engineered solutions allows Schurter to participate in equipment platforms rather than only supplying isolated components. The group operates through 17 companies in 14 countries, with eight of those companies having their own production facilities, according to the cited company description. Its international footprint supports customers across industrial electronics and other demanding applications, including railway-related equipment. Schurter's positioning is built around dependable and safe power supply, clean electrical performance, compact integration, and ease of use. In 2024, Schurter entered a strategic technology partnership with CAP-XX, an Australian supercapacitor manufacturer listed on the London Stock Exchange. The arrangement extended Schurter's offering into supercapacitor technology, with the new product line becoming available to customers in February 2025. This move broadened the company's energy-related portfolio beyond its established protection, connection, switching, and interface categories. As of the cited reference material, Schurter employed approximately 1,500 people worldwide. Lars Brickenkamp became chief executive officer of Schurter Holding AG in December 2023. The company remains active as a privately held Swiss industrial group, with its business centered on engineered electronic components and systems for professional and industrial use.

Schurter was established in 1933 by Heinrich Schurter as a limited partnership in Switzerland. Its original development was connected to the manufacture of electrical and electronic components, a field in which dependable protection and power-control parts are essential to the safe operation of equipment. In 1949, the business was converted into a stock corporation, formalizing its corporate structure as it continued to develop. The company later created Schurter Holding AG in Lucerne in 1990. The holding company provided the basis for the international group structure that characterizes Schurter today. Rather than remaining a narrowly focused local supplier, Schurter expanded its activities across product development, manufacturing, distribution, and technical services. The group now comprises 17 companies in 14 countries, including eight companies with their own production sites. Over time, Schurter broadened its portfolio across several related areas of industrial electronics. Circuit protection became one of its central fields, complemented by connectors, power-entry products, switches, and electromagnetic-compatibility solutions. The company also developed energy and lighting solutions for railway applications. In parallel, it built capabilities in human-machine interfaces, working with customers to design and manufacture interfaces adapted to particular equipment, operating environments, and user requirements. This portfolio reflects a broader strategy of supplying systems and engineered subsystems rather than only individual catalog components. Schurter describes its purpose in terms of ensuring a clean and safe supply of power and making equipment easier to use. Its customers therefore include manufacturers that need reliable electrical protection, controlled power entry, signal or user input, and compliance with demanding technical requirements. A significant recent expansion occurred in 2024, when Schurter established a strategic technology partnership with CAP-XX, an Australian manufacturer of supercapacitors. The partnership brought supercapacitor technology into Schurter's product range and extended the company's presence in energy-storage-related applications. The resulting products were made available to customers in February 2025. As described in the cited reference material, Schurter employs approximately 1,500 people in 14 countries. Lars Brickenkamp became chief executive officer of Schurter Holding AG in December 2023. The company remains an active Swiss industrial group, with its principal identity based on professional electronic components, application engineering, and international support for equipment manufacturers.

• 2025

  Supercapacitor products become available

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  The new supercapacitor product line became available to Schurter customers in February.

• 2024

  Expansion into supercapacitor technology

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Schurter entered a strategic technology partnership with CAP-XX to add supercapacitor technology to its offering.

• 2023

  Lars Brickenkamp appointed chief executive

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Lars Brickenkamp became CEO of Schurter Holding AG in December.

• 1990

  Schurter Holding AG established

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Schurter Holding AG was founded in Lucerne, providing the holding structure for the modern group.

• 1949

  Conversion to a stock corporation

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  The company changed its legal form and became a stock corporation.

• 1933

  Company founded

  [1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Heinrich Schurter founded Schurter as a limited partnership in Switzerland.

A Swiss industrial electronics partner focused on safe, reliable, and clean power management, circuit protection, connectivity, switching, EMC control, and customer-specific human-machine interfaces.

• Electrical protection

  Circuit protection devices

  Schurter's circuit-protection portfolio is designed to help protect electrical and electronic equipment from overcurrent and related faults. These products support safer equipment design and are used as part of power-distribution and power-entry architectures in professional and industrial applications.

• Connectivity and power entry

  Connectors and power-entry modules

  The company supplies connectors and power-entry solutions that allow equipment to receive, route, and manage electrical power. These products are intended for integration into manufactured equipment where dependable mechanical connection, electrical performance, and protection are required.

• Controls

  Switches

  Schurter switches provide physical control functions for electronic and electrical equipment. They form part of the company's broader focus on making equipment controllable and easier to use, alongside interface and indication products.

• Electromagnetic compatibility

  EMC products

  Schurter's EMC offering addresses electromagnetic compatibility requirements in electronic equipment. Such components help manage interference and support reliable operation and compliance in systems exposed to demanding electrical environments.

• Human-machine interfaces

  Human-machine interface solutions

  Schurter designs and manufactures human-machine interface solutions in collaboration with customers. These are application-oriented systems that connect users with equipment through controls, input surfaces, and related interface functions, with the final design adapted to the customer's product and operating context.

• Railway electronics

  Railway energy and lighting solutions

  The group provides energy and lighting solutions for railway applications. These offerings extend Schurter's component expertise into transport equipment, where electrical reliability, robust integration, and application-specific engineering are important.

• Energy storage · 2025

  Supercapacitors

  Through its technology partnership with CAP-XX, Schurter added supercapacitor products to its portfolio. The line represents an expansion into energy-storage-related technology and became available to customers in February 2025.

• 2024

  Partner with CAP-XX to enter supercapacitorsStrategy

  Background

  Schurter sought to extend its established electrical-component portfolio into supercapacitor technology and related energy applications.

  Action taken

  The company formed a strategic technology partnership with CAP-XX, an Australian supercapacitor manufacturer listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  Aftermath

  The partnership led to a Schurter supercapacitor product line that became available to customers in February 2025.

  Source

• 2025

  Schurter makes new supercapacitor product line available[1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  The supercapacitor products associated with the CAP-XX technology partnership became available to Schurter customers in February 2025.

• 2024

  Schurter enters supercapacitor technology partnership with CAP-XX[1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Schurter expanded its energy-related portfolio through a strategic technology partnership with CAP-XX, an Australian supercapacitor manufacturer listed on the London Stock Exchange.

• 2023

  Lars Brickenkamp becomes CEO of Schurter Holding AG[1]Schurteren.wikipedia.org

  Leadership change

  Lars Brickenkamp assumed the chief executive role at Schurter Holding AG in December 2023.

1. 1Schurteren.wikipedia.org