In October, our company participated in the IDEB 2023 trade fair in Bratislava.  The fair started on 3. 10. 2023 with the opening ceremony and lasted until 5. 10. 2023. We had our own stand at the fair, where many visitors from the public came to see. We were also visited by many partners, and even the Slovak Minister of Defence honoured us with his visit.

On Wednesday 4. 10. 2023, Ray Service held a banquet where partners were invited. The banquet talked about various topics and included a great banquet that everyone enjoyed very much.

On Thursday 5. 10. 2023 our stand was visited by other visitors.

IDEB DEFENCE & SECURITY is a trade fair held in Bratislava and is a unique platform for the presentation of products and services for defence, security and rescue forces. The fair presents innovations and modern defence approaches, with a significant participation of representatives of security ministries and foreign delegations.

September is the month when the traditional ABR sports day takes place, which is intended for employees of Altech, BD Sensors and Ray Service. It is an event full of sports, fun and good mood, where colleagues from various departments of all the mentioned companies can measure their strength in disciplines such as petanque, beach volleyball, darts, ping pong, tennis, floorball, badminton or even in a knowledge quiz. The ABR Sports Day is also an opportunity to make new contacts and strengthen team spirit.

This popular event takes place in the “Sportpark Rybníček” in the Old Town and starts in the afternoon with the opening ceremony and the division of participants into teams. Individual disciplines take place simultaneously at various sports venues in the complex. During the day, refreshments are provided for all participants, and after the end of the competitions, the results are announced and prizes for the best teams and individuals are awarded.

However, the ABR Sports Day does not end with the announcement of the results, but continues with an evening program that includes live music, dance and free entertainment. The ABR Sports Day is an event that offers not only sports activities, but also a pleasant social environment where employees of Altech, BD Sensors and Ray Service can enjoy their time together and take a break from everyday work. We are still full of experiences and we are looking forward to the next year.

Our company Ray Service participates in the creation of the new project Region 2047. The aim is to retain young talents in the region and raise the level of vocational training. By 2047, the Region wants to build a campus for high school students to engage in research and production in collaboration with local companies.

Other founders are Aircraft Industries, ALTECH, BD SENSORS, COLORLAK, Česká zbrojovka, KOVOKON Popovice, MESIT holding, Rudolf Jelínek, Slovácké strojírny and also 5M. This project is also supported by the mayors of Uherské Hradiště, Staré Město, Kunovice and Uherský Brod.

And what did Petr Gabriel, the owner of Ray Service, have to say about it?
“Our initiative was launched in 2022. Even then, we said to ourselves that we wanted to give back to the region what it has given us. This is where we were able to live and build successful businesses, now we are ready to provide our experience and do something for the next generation. And because we are working with a development vision for the next 25 years, the name Region 2047 was created,”

The Pétanque tournament has been a part of the Slovácké léto festival for the fourteenth time. However, this year, for the first time as the Ray Service Sahara Open, it was included in the company event called the Genuine Family Day with Ray Service at Slovácké léto. With a full-day program for children and parents organized by our company, as well as a benefit for Míra’s rehabilitation and a better life, we started the collection for Míra from Březolupy right at Ray Service, and the whole event culminated in an evening concert at Masaryk Square. We raised 36,762 CZK, and Ray Service doubled this amount to a beautiful 73,524 CZK.

The Pétanque tournament was fully booked, and a total of 20 teams, including 4 representing Ray Service, competed. Our team, the Sharks, confidently stood on the highest podium and won the gold medal, with only one loss throughout the tournament.

Meanwhile, at the Ray Service booth, technology lessons were taking place in the Technology Truck mobile classroom. Children were making bracelets from conductors, the youngest ones had their faces painted according to their wishes or were coloring pages, and parents compared their technical skills with their children by using electronic construction kits from Bofin.

On Tuesday, June 20, the Solemn Ceremony for the 30th anniversary of the Czech Republic was held at Prague Castle. “Democracy is a fragile flower that we must take care of to make it last,” the president stated in his speech. The ceremony also featured a toast with the highest state representatives. The toast was given by the President Petr Pavel and the chairman of the Jagello 2000 association, Zbyněk Pavlačík. We were privileged to participate and become a partner in this exceptional event.

Ray Service considers the compliance with ethical principles to be the key element of success in all activities. For these purposes, we have published this Code of Conduct containing binding rules and principles of our business, which we require all our employees to follow.
As part of our responsible business attitude, Ray Service selects its business partners carefully. We expect all our business partners to abide by the rules and principles laid down in the Code of Conduct for Business Partners. The document focuses mainly on the following areas:

• Compliance with ethical principles and the applicable legislation;
• Unconditional respect for human rights and labour law provisions;
• Ensuring fair competition and fair market practices;
• Promoting sustainable development and environmental protection;
• Integration of the defined rules and principles into the business practice of the business partner and the implementation of an effective detection system regarding
• any breaches of the stipulated rules and processes which enables finding an adequate solution and rectification of the situation.

The acceptance of the Code of Conduct for Business Partners is a necessary precondition for any contractual agreements between Ray Service and its partners.
The Code of Conduct for Business Partners is available for download here.

The Forbes magazine included 3G Holding, the owner of Ray Service, in the list of 199 largest family companies in the Czech Republic.

After more than 25 years of existence, thanks to our employees and partners,
Ray Service (as the most important company of the holding) placed in 122nd place in this ranking.

Read here: https://forbes.cz/lists/nejvetsi-rodinne-firmy-2023/3g-holding/

We have developed a completely autonomous and very durable system for measuring and displaying physical quantities.

Based on a very specific assignment, we have developed an Anemometer set for measuring and graphically displaying the values of basic climatic variables. Thanks to the universal concept, this system can also be modified to measure and display more or less any physical quantity that can be sensed by a sensor with analog or digital output. The system is completely autonomous and very resistant to environmental stress. It can find use in a wide range of industrial and MIL applications.

Meet AGATHA – Absolutely Grandicious Automat for Testing of High-tech Assemblies. Our colleagues from the R&D department have developed the AGATHA intelligent test device. The test equipment can test complex electronics. Thanks to automated testing, test outputs are several times faster than with standard testing. In addition, AGATHA offers variability in testing technology, easy test operation and can process all electronic signals or anything that can be converted into electrical quantities using sensors and sensors. Despite the larger dimensions of the test equipment, AGATHA is mobile.

Benefits of the AGATHA test equipment:

• automation of test procedures
• acceleration of test outputs
• execution of preselected activities based on measured values
• variability of testing technique
• easy operation of the test
• enables functional tests

Ray Service has joined the Whistleblowing project (in the Czech Republic under the name of a whistleblowing platform called NNTB). NNTB serves as an anonymous hotline, helping employees and the public to confide in the obstacles they encounter during work or cooperation. We undertake to investigate all such notifications and to rectify such objectionable situations.

There are several possible uses of the platform. Usually, employees or the public can send suggestions for improvements or use NNTB to notify us of issues that affect them or even their colleagues. That can include workplace bullying (mobbing, bossing, staffing, sexual harassment, etc.), discrimination, unpleasant work atmosphere, non-compliance with occupational health and safety and company regulations or guidelines, theft, fraud, property or reputation damage, damage to colleagues’ property, mental health issues (depression, anxiety, burnout, etc.), or even physical violence.

You can send us suggestions via this link: https://www.upozorneni.nntb.cz/en-gb/create

You can also use the mobile app NENECH TO BÝT powered by FaceUp available on Google Play and the App Store to communicate. The access code for submitting a suggestion is: 03sjepcgqm

How does NNTB work?

NNTB is anonymous if the whistleblower choses so by ticking the button in the notification form. Your messages go directly to the person responsible for solving such cases who take care of solving the matter. The advantage of NNTB is that you do not have to create an account but we are still able to respond to your anonymous request without any problems and actively deal with the issue.

At Ray Service, we have long-term cooperation with customers such as Boeing, General Dynamics, and Rheinmetall. In order to satisfy the high demands of our customers, we are continuously innovating and pushing the boundaries of the technologies used. As part of Industry 4.0 and the related digitization of production, we were also one of the first to start using the unique technology of interactive models. Virtual mock-ups, which guarantee 100% accuracy in the production of cable harnesses, allow us to work with even the most demanding customers in the aerospace and defense industries.

We would like to thank our employees, business partners, and families, and friends for their support. We wish you a magical Christmas and lots of health, happiness, and success in both your personal and professional life in the upcoming year 2023. Watch this year’s Ray Service story and PF wishes in the video.

http://www.rayservice.com/pf/2023

We stand on the threshold of major projects in the field of the defense industry, air defense systems, helicopters, and fighter aircraft. Globally, we are developing cooperation in this area with all the top players on the market, and the outlook for the next ten years is more than interesting.

These are the reasons why we need to grow and that is why we are building a new modern four-story building, which will have an automated warehouse with directly connected areas for production preparation, production areas, and offices for development and engineering.

The new building will complement the existing buildings in the Ray Service area and directly connect to the surrounding development, where it will be connected to these buildings on the 1^st-floor level. The concentration of all objects into one common unit is an economical and logical solution given the requirements and needs. The new building will offer work to approximately seventy people. It will be various professions, from workers in the field of development, engineering, and project management, through production mechanics and storekeepers to quality controllers.

The new Ray Service building will meet today’s demanding energy and environmental standards. The opening of the building is planned for the middle of next year.

This year’s Nato Days brings many novelties. One of them is the record representation of 22 countries. Exceptional will be the longest program of dynamic demonstrations where will be displayed about a hundred aircraft and a thousand pieces of ground technology, for example, TITUS and Pandur armored vehicles, to which we supplied fire protection equipment, complete cabling, and control boxes.

Furthermore, for the first time in the wider region of Central and Eastern Europe, the most modern Swedish tactical multi-role aircraft Gripen E. We are honored to be part of this spectacular event, the biggest security show in Europe.

On 10 May 2022 Ray Service and Rheinmetall signed two major contracts worth over €60 Million for the deliveries of electronical and electrical systems for the Lynx IFV. The contracts covers control systems, cable harnesses and lighting systems for the second phase of the Hungarian Lynx KF41 program of the Hungarian Army, worth more than €30 Million. Another package of around €30 Million is a fix pre-contract for the deliveries of Lynx IFV to the Slovak Army once Rheinmetall will be awarded in ongoing tender.

“Rheinmetall has great interest in real partnership with the Slovak defence industries and is experienced with the integration of local companies into the global supply chain. In fact, by signing this contract, the integration of Slovak industry into the Lynx supply chain has already started,” states John Abunassar, CEO of Rheinmetall Vehicle Systems Division.

Ray Service components and systems for the Hungarian Defence Forces will be produced in their facility in Skalica, Slovakia and then exported to Hungary. Ray Service will thus benefit from integration into the Lynx supply chain prior to the actual IFV tender evaluation in Slovakia.

“Besides we are already having an extensive cooperation with Ray Service for our activities in Germany and the UK, I’m happy that we can extend our cooperation to Slovakia and Hungary and hopefully other countries – like the Czech Republic – in the future,” adds Oliver Mittesldorf, Executive Vice President Sales Tactical Vehicles at Rheinmetall. Rheinmetall is competing for the modernization of the Slovak Infantry Fighting Vehicle and is therefore looking to expand the defence industry network in Slovakia.

“We are very glad to finalize our common work with Rheinmetall on the IFV Lynx, that included R&D, know-how transfer and lot of prototyping works, which has now payed off in biggest contract in company history. This will allow us to make further large investments into our facility in Skalica and will secure and generate workload for more than 60 people over next 5 years. On top of this we already started our process of VG96927 certification which will allow us to enter further global projects of Rheinmetall” states Igor Hrabovec – Managing Director Ray Service Slovakia. “With this giant leap we will build up real competence centre in Slovakia.” says Jakub Gabriel, CEO Ray Service.

Frank Ohle – Rheinmetall Senior Vice President Purchase – adds: “Ray Service offers a state of the art production line and is a flexible partner that allows us to adapt perfectly to local requirements. The cooperation with Ray Service is only the first step for us to establish a local production network in Slovakia.”

The strategic cooperation ensures region-wide support from Ray Service for Rheinmetall’s innovative Lynx IFV platform. Ray Service contributes to Lynx and other Rheinmetall programmes through the supply of vitally crucial electro and electro-mechanic systems, as well as the localization of third-party equipment including NBC systems, fire extinguishing systems, turret drive systems and tracks and road wheels.

Based in Stare Mesto, Czech Republic and Zilina, Slovakia Ray Service started working with Rheinmetall in 2011.

“Lynx is the IFV of the 21st century and just on the beginning of its life cycle. Besides defining standards for survivability, mobility and lethality, it is the only medium weight combat system that offers real growth potential. Meeting the demands of the modern battlefield Lynx is the logical choice for the Army and a huge opportunity for domestic industrial development and growth,” says Frank Ohle, “Over the past 10 years, Ray Service has been an unfailingly reliable partner, delivering outstanding results time and time again. Their commitment to innovation makes them the perfect supplier for our innovative portfolio, and we look forward to deepening our relationship through this new strategic cooperation agreement.”

About Rheinmetall
Headquartered in Düsseldorf, the publicly traded Rheinmetall AG is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to the twin modern imperatives of mobility and security. Founded in 1889 Rheinmetall is one of the world’s leading suppliers of military systems and equipment. The group’s 26,000-strong global workforce generated sales of €5.875 billion in 2020.

About Ray Service

Ray Service is an international innovative manufacturer of cable harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, electronic equipment and cable components as well as distributor and integrator of such products and systems. More than 25 year of experience and intensive development have resulted in a strong, modern enterprise, a reliable and sought-after partner on an international level.

We showcase a unique Multispectral stationary camouflage system at the IDEB trade fair. This system includes a group of products designed to mask mobile and stationary objects in the static phase in the visible, infrared (near, middle, far), and microwave areas.

Camouflage nets have a modular structure, which enables the operator to achieve the required size by using different configurations.

They are delivered in three basic designs (summer, winter, desert), supplemented with a number of special alternatives. A complete set includes anchoring hardware, deforming, and supporting elements according to its size and purpose of use.

Principle of camouflage effect:

• visual region – three-dimensional assembly of the leaf structure,
• infrared region – reduction of thermal contrast to a background using a material with low thermal capacity and efficient assembly of the cover textile
• microwave region – absorption and diffusion of an incidence wave to a background level
• protection of the vehicle and the crew against overheating due to sunlight. Ability to reduce temperature by up to 8 degrees Celsius. Increasing crew protection and improving the working environment.

We are excited to present a new generation of LEMO’s High Power connectors.

New connectors combine the robust, light and compact M series bodies with new state-of-the-art gold-plated high power contacts. They were developed to meet the most demanding environmental conditions and mission-critical solutions. They satisfy the most stringent connection requirements for High Power distribution of electronic devices and electric drive vehicles.

Accommodating cables from 10 mm² (AWG8) to 50 mm² (AWG 1), LEMO´s High Power connectors come in various unipole and multipole configurations for single and threephase requirements.

Reliable, safe, light weight, vibration-proof, rugged and fully waterproof, these key features of the new M Series High Power connectors offer the most comprehensive interconnection solution suitable for:

• robotics,
• motorsport,
• defense industry
• aerospace industry and drones.

Handling up to 430A rated current, the high-performance connectors offer the highest power through the smallest shell size connector on the market.

Please find attached technical specification.

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) and Rheinmetall have jointly awarded a contract worth over £10m to Renvale Ltd to supply CAN-Node electro-mechanical boxes for the British Army’s new Boxer vehicles.

Renvale is working closely with Ray Service, a.s., who has supplied components for other international Boxer programmes. Ray Service is supporting Renvale with upskilling and technology transfer, and has recently begun production for prototype components ahead of the Boxer UK programme.

Read the full press release (PDF).

On 18 August 2021 RayService and Rheinmetall signed a contract for the production of electrical components in Slovakia. The contract covers cables and harnesses for the Lynx KF41 program of the Hungarian Army, worth more than four Million Euro for the first batch until 2022. Follow-on orders are expected. Hungary has ordered 218 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles by Rheinmetall that will be produced in Germany and Hungary.

The strategic cooperation ensures region-wide support from RayService for Rheinmetall’s innovative Lynx IFV platform. RayService contributes to Lynx and other Rheinmetall programmes through the supply of vitally important cable harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, and external lighting systems, as well as the localization of third-party equipment including NBC systems, fire extinguishing systems, turret drive systems and tracks and road wheels.

Based in Staré Mesto, Czech Republic and Zilina, Slovakia RayService started working with Rheinmetall in 2011.

Read the full press release (PDF).

At Ray Service we recognize that you, our customers, partners and others who visit the Ray Service website, value your privacy. As in some cases we require your personal data which we further process, we carefully protect the personal data and handle this data in full compliance with the applicable legislation. By means of this notification, we hereby inform you on the processing of your personal data.

Personal data controller and contact data

The personal data controller is Ray Service, a.s., Commercial registration no.: 277 56 203, registered office at Huštěnovská 2022, 686 03 Staré Město, Czech Republic, incorporated in the Commercial Register kept by the Regional Court in Brno, section B, file 5165 (hereinafter “Ray Service” or “we”).

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail at info@rayservice.com or in writing at Huštěnovská 2022, 686 03 Staré Město, Czech Republic.

Basic information

On 25 May 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, publicly known as GDPR, entered into force. It regulates the obligations of the controller of personal data (Ray Service), but also the rights that the subjects of personal data (you as a customer, visitor, etc.) have. These rights and obligations relate to personal data which means any information through which you can be directly or indirectly identified (e.g. your name, surname, birthdate, email address, etc.). In some cases, we use other companies to handle personal data – they are helping in processing and other operations. These are the so-called processors of personal data.

Processed data and the scope of processing

In order to be able to effectively carry out our business and communicate with you, we often need to obtain some personal data from you. These are, for example:

• your name and surname,
• phone number and email,
• CV, job title, etc.

The information we request from you varies depending on the position from which you are providing them. They will be different if you are acting towards us as a business partner, as a visitor of our company or as a job seeker. We do not process any sensitive data, such as health, race or biometric ones.

Reason and purpose and legal basis for the processing of personal data

The main reason for processing your personal data is, in particular, the efficient performance of our business activities and communication with you. We process your personal data only to the extent necessary to achieve such purposes and we regularly check whether they are still relevant and up to date.

Under the rules of the GDPR, if the controller wishes to process personal data, he must always process it on the grounds of a legal basis. At Ray Service, when processing personal data, we always verify the existence of a legal basis. This can be, for example, the performance of a contract if your personal data are necessary for e.g. concluding a contract or fulfilling a contractual relationship, or our legitimate interest in e.g. processing CVs of individual job seekers or sending newsletters to our customers. If this legal reason ceases to exist and there is no other, your personal data will be deleted.

In case you refuse to provide us with data for any reason, we may not be able to continue to effectively communicate with you or cooperate in other ways.

Processors and recipients of personal data

For maximum efficiency of our activities, but also for the security of your personal data, we cooperate with some processors and recipients in the following areas:

• providers of information systems, databases and IT services,
• providers of marketing and communication services,
• intermediaries in sending newsletters,
• contractual partners, etc.

If we are about to transfer your personal data to countries outside the EU, each transfer is based on an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards to ensure maximum security.

Period of the processing of personal data

The period of processing your personal data varies depending on the purpose for which we process it. However, they are always processed for the period required for the contract, period for which you consent lasts, or which is specified in applicable legal provisions, or our internal regulation. If you are interested in the specific period for which we store your particular data, do not hesitate to contact us via email on info@rayservice.com.

Sending newsletters

If you received a newsletter from us and you are interested in the details, you will find the necessary information below:

You have received the newsletter from us if you are our customer. Thus, we can send you offers for products or services similar to those we have already provided to you – this is our legitimate interest. We use your email address as long as you are our customer, or for the period of 24 months. You can cancel the sending at any time just by clicking on the cancellation option in your inbox or via e-mail.

Use of cookies

On our websites we may use cookies. Cookies are small text files stored in users’ computers for use to improve user comfort, to recognise repeated visits, evaluate visit statistics (while ensuring anonymity), and personalise content and advertisements so that Ray Service can improve website content. Cookies do not identify individual users (they cannot recognise e.g. your name, password, etc.) and do not influence files or computer settings. If you do not want the Ray Service website to use cookies, you can block or limit them in your web browser. Please note that if you do so, website browsing options may be partially or fully limited.

Inquiry list

If you have used our online catalogue and sent us an inquiry, we will process following personal data: name and surname, phone number, email, job title and other data that will be included in your demand. The legal reason for such processing is the performance of the contract. We will process this personal data for a period of 1 year, unless business cooperation is initiated – then it will be as long as our cooperation lasts.

Job seekers

If you are interested in a job position in our company Ray Service, we will process following personal data: name and surname, phone number, email and other information contained in the CV you sent. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest in organizing a selection procedure. We will process your personal data as long as the specific selection procedure lasts. After the procedure it is also possible we will ask you for your consent to keep your CV for any other possible job offers. In this case, we will keep the CV for a maximum period of 6 months and then it will be deleted. You can also withdraw your consent at any time during this period.

Rights of data subjects

With regard to the processing of your personal data, you may assert the following rights with us:

• to ask for confirmation as to whether or not your data are processed, and if yes, we will provide you more information on the processing of data;
• to request corrections to personal data if they are incorrect or missing;
• to withdraw consent to the processing personal data;
• to object to the processing of personal data;
• to request limitations to the processing of personal data in the case the you question data accuracy or if we do not need the specific personal data for processing purposes but you need the data to determine, assert or defend of legal claims, or if you have already contested the processing of personal data;
• to ask for the transfer of your personal data (the right to data portability);
• to request the deletion of your personal data if we do not need the specific personal data for processing purposes, if you withdraw your consent, or if you contested the processing of personal data and there is no legitimate grounds for saving this data.

To facilitate exercising rights with us, you can request form templates via email sent to info@rayservice.com.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

You also have the right to lodge a complaint regarding processing your data. The complaint may be submitted to the Office for the Protection of Personal Data, Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00 Praha 7. For more information, visit the website www.uoou.cz.

These updated rules are effective from 1. 8. 2021

Rheinmetall and Ray Service sign LYNX IFV strategic co-operation agreement

Rheinmetall, the manufacturer of the LYNX infantry fighting vehicle in contention for the Czech Republic’s ongoing IFV renewal programme, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Czech company Ray Service for current and future LYNX projects. The decade-long cooperation between the German and Czech companies has entered into a new phase expected to secure up to 50 jobs over the next five years.

The strategic cooperation agreement ensures region-wide support from Ray Service for Rheinmetall’s innovative LYNX IFV platform. Ray Service contributes to LYNX programmes through the supply of vitally important cable harnesses, electromechanical assemblies, and external lighting systems, as well as the supply of third-party equipment including Beth-El’s NBC system, Kidde Deugra’s fire extinguishing system, and tracks and road wheels from Defence Service Tracks.

Based in Staré Město, Ray Service started working with Rheinmetall in 2011. The company will support Rheinmetall through local content approaches in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

“Taking our cooperation with Rheinmetall to the next level is fantastic news for Ray Service,” says Jakub Gabriel, Managing Director of Ray Service. “Working on the incredible LYNX platform has been an extremely rewarding experience, providing us with excellent challenges and opportunities for knowledge-sharing and research. Our new strategic cooperation with Rheinmetall for domestic and export projects will secure up to 50 jobs over the coming years while improving our R&D capabilities and opening up global export opportunities”.

Rheinmetall’s LYNX is a leading contender for the renewal of the Czech Republic’s IFV fleet with 210 next-generation vehicles. A fully modular platform, the LYNX can switch quickly between various battlefield and peace-keeping functions thanks to its high inherent degree of adaptability and flexibility. In 2020, the LYNX was chosen by the Hungarian Armed Forces for a similar IFV fleet renewal programme.

“LYNX is not only a lethal, modular vehicle for the modern battlefield and therefore the right choice for the Army, but also a huge opportunity for domestic industrial development and economic growth,” says Oliver Mittelsdorf, Senior Vice President Sales at Rheinmetall Defence. “Over the past 10 years, Ray Service have been an unfailingly reliable partner, delivering outstanding results time and time again. Their commitment to innovation makes them the perfect supplier for the LYNX, and we look forward to deepening our relationship through this new strategic cooperation agreement.”

Rheinmetall’s commitment to the localization of production includes a pledge to use Czech components for more 40% of the LYNX KF41 if it wins the IFV tender. Other Czech LYNX suppliers would include MEOPTA, Česká zbrojovka and VOP CZ. The LYNX’s crucial Lance 2.0 turret system would meanwhile be built at Rheinmetall’s production plant in the Ústí nad Labem region, where it employs more than a thousand people.

About Rheinmetall

Headquartered in Düsseldorf, the publicly traded Rheinmetall AG is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to the twin modern imperatives of mobility and security. Founded in 1889, the group today consists of two operational components: Rheinmetall Defence and Rheinmetall Automotive. One of the world’s leading suppliers of military systems and equipment, Rheinmetall’s Defence arm comprises three divisions: Vehicle Systems, Electronic Solutions and Weapon and Ammunition. The group’s 26,000-strong global workforce generated sales last year of $6.9 billion.

The year 2020 was absolutely crazy for all of us. We would like to thank our partners for your favor and our employees for your hard work and wish you all good health, happiness and success in 2021 both personally and professionally. We sincerely look forward to spending more time with you next year.

Experience this year through our Raybot’s eyes and light up Christmas with Ray Service. Please click here.

See the video (including English subtitles) below or visit the official YouTube channel of the Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.

More in Czech language: Víme, co máme. Obrana spouští unikátní kampaň na podporu domácích firem

In Staré Město, on 1 August 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen,

we would like to hereby inform you that Ray Services, a.s., with the registered office at Staré Město, Huštěnovská 2022, post code 68603, ID: 277 56 203, incorporated in the Commercial Register kept by the Regional Court in Brno, file reference B 5165 (“Divided Company”), as the divided company, and 3G Real Estate, s.r.o., with the registered office at Panská 895/6, Nové Město, 110 00 Prague 1, ID: 087 93 131, incorporated in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, file reference C 325392 (“Successor Company 1”) and 3G Investment, s.r.o., with the registered office at Panská 895/6, Nové Město, 110 00 Prague 1, ID: 087 92 917, incorporated in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court in Prague, file reference C 325390 (“Successor Company 2”), (Successor Company 1 and Successor Company 2 hereinafter collectively as “Successor Companies”), as successor companies, finished, within the meaning of the provisions of Section 14 et seq., Section 250 et seq., Section 280 et seq., Section 290 et seq. and Section 314 et seq. and related provisions of Act No. 125/2008 Coll., on transformations of commercial companies and cooperatives, as amended (“Act on Transformations”) the division of the Divided Company in the form of spin-off of a designated part of its business assets by merger with the Successor Companies (“Spin-off by Merger”).

In view of the aforementioned we would like to inform you that, as a result of the Spin-off by Merger, effective from 1 August 2020:

• (a) the designated part of the assets of the Divided Company specified in the provision of Article 1.1.1 and attachment No. 1 to the Spin-off by Merger project dated 29 May 2020 (“Spun-off Part of Assets 1”) passed onto Successor Company 1; and
• (b) the designated part of the assets of the Divided Company specified in the provision of Article 1.1.2 and attachment No. 2 to the Spin-off by Merger project dated 29 May 2020 (“Spun-off Part of Assets 2”) passed onto Successor Company 2;

the Divided Company has not been dissolved or wound-up and the Spin-off by Merger project is available in the collections of deeds of all participating companies by remote access through www.justice.cz.

By virtue of universal legal succession as per the relevant laws, Successor Company 1 directly entered into all hitherto valid and effective legal relations of the Divided Company concerning Spun-off Part of Assets 1. By virtue of universal legal succession as per the relevant laws, Successor Company 2 directly entered into all hitherto valid and effective legal relations of the Divided Company concerning Spun-off Part of Assets 2. All contractual documents and arrangements therefore remain valid and effective without any changes and restrictions and no new contracts or legal actions are required. 

If you require any additional information concerning the aforementioned Spin-off by Merger process, contact as any time.

For Ray Service, a.s.:

Ing. Petr Gabriel
Chairman of the Board of Directors

PDF document: ray_service_-_notice_of_spin-off_by_merger.pdf

What are the company’s precautions against the new coronavirus? What’s company director’s opinion on current situation? Read in Ekonomický deník.
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Original article (Czech language): ekonomickydenik.cz/ray-service-dezinfikuje-tovarnu-ozonem

Dear business partners,
we are still monitoring and reviewing current situation about virus COVID-19.

We will get in touch with you about further progress. Meanwhile, you can find our current statement in the pdf file below.

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We will be more than happy to meet you at the Ray Service stand 2.11 (hall P) at the largest trade fair in the fields of electrotechnics, electronics and IT in the Czech Republic – AMPER 2020.

The year 2019 was successful for the Ray Service company again. We would like to thank our partners and our employees and wish you good health, happiness and success in 2020 both personally and professionally.

Light up Christmas with Ray Service, please click here.

The Czech company Ray Service, a leading manufacturer of cable bundles and electromechanical assemblies, signed another major contract at the DSEI Trade Fair in London. It will localise manufacture of filter-ventilation systems (EPCS) for military vehicles in the Czech Republic in collaboration with the Israeli company Beth-El. By signing this contract Ray Service will gain new capabilities and increase the potential of Czech industry to be involved in the manufacture of infantry battle vehicles in response to a tender by the Czech Armed Forces. The contract signed with the Beth-El Company is complex; it does not only affect current selection tenders.

The company, which is based in Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště, has developed into a major supplier of not only cabling for ground vehicles, but also for the aviation industry and is also promoting itself as a supplier of complex solutions. This is why the Beth-El company chose Ray Service as its partner for manufacturing EPCS systems in the Czech Republic. The contract was signed within the terms of the official programme at the Czech stand at the DSEI Trade Fair by Jakub Gabriel, director of the Ray Service company and Jehudah Fehlauer, head of international sales and marketing at Beth-El Industries.

Press release:

• Ray Service signed a contract with Beth-El at DSEI 2019

More:

• CzechTrade: Czech company Ray Service signed the major contract with Israeli company Beth-El at DSEI in London
• Byznys noviny: Ray Service podepsal na veletrhu DSEI smlouvu s izraelskou firmou Beth-El (Czech language)

We are looking forward to your visit at the Ray Service stand H277 (hall 1) from 17th to 23rd June 2019.

The Ray Service company participated in this year’s Sodexo Employer of the year competition for the first time, mainly in category Employer of the region and celebrated an instant success. Bearing in mind the strength of the rivals, we are very proud to earn the 3rd place award in the Employer of the Zlín region category and even more proud to earn the 1st place in the Employer of the Slovácko region.

The main categories of the competition are evaluated based on the international methodology PwC Saratoa that compares not only aspects of rewarding and education of the employees but possibilities of the next career progress provided by the employer as well. Very important part is also played by the economic factors of the company so it can be taken as a comprehensive view of the company. Due to large differencies in these numbers, the organizers put companies into three groups, companies up to 500, up to 5000 and above 5000 employees.

We will be more than happy to meet you at the Ray Service stand 073 (hall P) at the International Defence and Security Technologies Fair IDET 2019.

You are cordially invited to the Ray Service stand (hall 1, stand 1175A) at Farnborough International Airshow 2018.

On 12 July 2018, General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) managers visited the Ray Service company in Staré Město, Czech Republic and met officials of the Staré Město town and the Zlín region and managers of the Zlín region companies.

Ray Service team is ready to welcome you at the stand no. 590 (hall 5A, aisle H) at Eurosatory 2018, Paris. Visit our stand and see the newly announced front and rear lighting box for military vehicles.

As of 25th of May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective. Ray Service has taken all necessary measures in order to ensure that its personal data processing is in compliance with the GDPR.

Privacy Policy

Ray Service announces its entry to the Slovakian market. On this occasion, we will be more than happy to meet you at our stand at the IDEB 2018 exhibition in Bratislava, Slovakia where Ray Service in cooperation with DST Defence Service Tracks and INTRACOM Defense Electronics presents defense technologies.

See our corporate video. Ray Service’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-W4QY-EGWf_8GcaUlIgSQ

We wish you good health, happiness and success in 2018 both personally and professionally.

Light up Christmas with Rayservice, please click here.

Ray Service  was announced as one of the top 7 companies in the Czech Republic in the finals of the 12th annual business competition Vodafone Company of the Year 2017 which was held on Wednesday, December 6th at Žofín in Prague. Every year the “Hospodarske noviny” newspaper arranges this prestigious award. Fourteen regional winners then proceed to the national final and the jury decides on the overall winner.

Visit our stand (4018) at Professional MotorSport World Expo 2017 which takes place in Cologne, Germany on 15–17 November 2017.

Although 75% of visitors are from Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium, a significant number of visitors travel from much further afield, meaning that typically there are visitors coming from around 50 countries, making this a truly international event.

Family-owned company Ray Service, a.s. has won the Vodafone Company of the Year 2017 Zlin Region award. “They participate in the development of defense technology, which helps to secure the Czech population,” said Martin Pudil, a member of the jury of Vodafone Czech Republic.

In the regional round, 10 companies were selected according to the financial indicators, in the next round the expert jury decided. There are 14 regional winners in the national final and the national jury will decide on the absolute winner. The regional winners will be presented to the jury on November 8, 2017, and the announcement of  the absolute winner will take place on December 6 in Zofin, Prague.

On a long-term basis the Ray Service company has been supporting students of technical universities in the development of cable harnesses and electronics for racing cars within the international Student Formula project. This in particular includes supervision of cable harnesses manufacturing, consultation of the technical solution, supplies of the necessary material and providing of the background.

• Czech Technical University in Prague – eForce FEE Prague Formula
• Brno University of Technology – TU Brno Racing
• Czech Technical University in Prague – CTU Cartech
• Wrocław University of Science and Technology – PWR Racing Team

Links:

• TU Brno Racing Dragon 7 in Czech television
• PWR Racing – making RT08

Dear business partners, we are pleased to inform you about Ray Service, a.s. participation at international trade fairs in 2017. Get the latest news about our company and learn more about our products. We will be delighted to welcome you at our stand.

Visit our stand (12-E22) at International Defence Exhibition and Conference – IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) on 19 – 23 February 2017.

Widely recognized as the most reliable and versatile series of VG95234 connectors available today, the CA Bayonet series delivers exceptional quality and performance – time and time again. Watch the 2 minute video to learn how this proven, versatile and high performance interconnect solution delivers the ultimate in shock and vibration protection for critical harsh environment applications.

On behalf of Ray Service Company we would like to thank you for your confidence in cooperation with our company during the past year. We are sure we can continue in being a reliable and competent partner in the following year as well.

We would like to use this opportunity to wish you good health, happiness and success in 2017, both personally and professionally.

Hope you have a wonderful holiday time and light up Christmas with Rayservice, please click here.

Our Motorsport Division was successfully introduced at the Barum Czech Rally Zlín 2016. Professionals in the field learnt about our comprehensive portfolio of services and the motorsport enthusiasts had the opportunity to have themselves immortalized on the podium in our photo corner. We also congratulate the ŠKODA factory team with Jan Kopecký / Pavel Dresler, who won the Barum Czech Rally Zlín and thus defended the title in the Czech Rally Championship and we are already looking forward to next year.

See all of the photos from our photo corner here.

In Kunovice, on the 14th June 2016, a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Ray Service, a.s. and the Swedish holding HANZA Group. The Swedish company included Ray Service into a loose group of companies that will work together. Customers thus have the option to order any product made of mechanical or electronic components as well as cable harnesses from a single company. The task of approximately 200 employees in Staré Město should be the production of cabling and the installation as well as testing of electromechanical assemblies.

Ray Service offers cylindrical connectors in accordance to MIL-DTL-38999 Series I, II, III. Custom production combines good value for money with short lead time.

Originally designed to meet the high performance needs of the aerospace industries & military applications, it is also now used in varied applications needing extremely reliable interconnections with high density contact arrangements in a miniature circular shell.

Our own private label of heat shrink tubing RAYTUBE has a very good value for money and we can offer them in a wide variety of colors and sizes. It provides outstanding electrical insulation, mechanical protection, sealing and strain relief. Temperature range till 135 °C and shrink ratio till 4:1.

Ray Service, a.s. – International Trade Fairs 2016

Powerfull Connections in 2016!

Ray Service a.s. presents technological capabilities in overbraiding cable harnesses. Braiding is one of the possible solutions to the protection harness. Braids are offered in a version based on polyester fibers and also in the design of tinned copper wires for EMC wiring harnesses.

Technology:

• braiding machine
• pre-installed braids

Features:

• increasing mechanical resistance
• cable protection
• harnessing
• EMC

Braiding machine
Technology of braiding machine is especially suitable for cable harnesses with complicated geometry. This solution provide EMC protection, mechanical resistance and easily harnessing. Braiding machines are equipped with up to 48 coils for sheath diameter range from 3 to 35 mm. The resulting braid provides good optical coverage.

We have a machine for braiding tinned copper wire for EMC protection of wiring harnesses with optical coverage > 90%.
In order to increase the mechanical properties of the cable harnesses we use material based on polyester fibers.

Available materials of the sheath:

• Nylon
• Nomex PAA MIL-C-572

Nylon

• temperature range -54 to +138 °C
• flame retardant UL94 V0
• use for industrial or automotive applications

Nomex PAA MIL-C-572

• temperature range -55 to +260 °C
• material certified for aerospace applications

Pre-instaled braids
RAY-101 is a braid made of tinned copper wire with a wire diameter of 0,1 or 0.13 mm for addressing EMI / EMC harness. RAY-101 comes preinstalled on a plastic carrier to maintain its circular shape. The wide range of offered diameters of the sheath ensures adaptation to different diameters of cable harnesses.
Polyester braids are a suitable alternative for increasing the mechanical strength of cable harness it could be used for bundling and mooring cables. The offer includes several types of braiding to the required parameters.

Polyester braid RF-PES meets the certification according to DIN 5510-2 (Class S4 / SRT2 / ST2) and EN / TS 45542-2 HL3 – use for railway applications.

Features:

• 0-halogen
• self-extinguishing
• flexibility even at low temperatures
• excellent chemical and physical properties
• operating temperature range -50 to +150 °C
• EMC

Raychem Rayrim is an extruded strip which is coated from inner side with heat activated adhesive. Manufactured from a Raychem radiation cross-linked polyolefin material, Rayrim is suitable for covering metal, wood and glass edges and for all-round protection. Flexibility of the product allows application to both internal and external radii, as well as straight edges.

Properties:

• reliable and durable protection of both direct and shaped edges
• shape memory
• adhesion to various types of materials

Dear business partners, we are happy to invite you to visit a booth of Ray Service company on the Elmia Subcontractor in Jönköping, from 10 to 13 November 2015 (Hall B, Booth 05:78).

Ray Service, a.s. fought its way through to the top 100 Czech companies in 2014. The aim of the CZECH TOP 100 competition nationwide is to identify, select, visualize as well as publicly celebrate and award Czech companies (registered in the Czech Republic), firms, businesses and enterprises from a wide range of economic activities that achieve excellent, exceptional or remarkable results. The system of evaluating and determining the “CZECH TOP 100” ranking applies specific knowledge from a wide range of selected experts. Therefore, nominations should be based on personal knowledge, experience or experience from the last twelve months, gained both during professional activities (primarily) as well as from private contacts with various economic operators.

The basic and only criterion of the final ranking is the frequency of nominations by individual respondents.

More information can be found at:

http://www.comenius.cz/vysledkova-listina-ceskych-100-nejlepsich-2014

In order to expand the strategic competencies in the area of mechanical and electromechanical assemblies and to acquire more contracts, the company headquarters were extended with new facilities in 2014. The company area was expanded by approximately 2000 m2, one-third of which is dedicated to the administration and engineering while the rest is for production as well as newly acquired technologies.

You may also reach the information about Ray Service through international DUNS number 495022598.

Read more.

Within catalogue (code) NATO system Ray Service company has obtained NCAGE code 4794G.

Read more.

During days from 14th to 15th of April, Ray Service, a.s. had been undertaken the audit according to requirements of Military Aviation Department of Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic.

Dear business partners,

let me inform you with pleasure that within a dynamic development of activities of the company RAY SERVICE, s.r.o., with its registered office in Staré Město, Huštěnovská 2022, 686 03, Czech Republic, identification number: 607 30 595, registered in the Companies Register at the Regional Court in Brno, section C, insert 17395, it arosed a need for a transition to a better corresponding legal form of a joint-stock company, and so it is coming on 28 July 2009 to a merger with the company RAVANELLO a.s. with its registered office in Staré Město, Huštěnovská 2022, 686 03, Czech Republic, identification number: 277 56 203, registered in the Companies Register at the Regional Court in Brno, section B, insert 5165, whereas the company RAY SERVICE, s.r.o. is the acquired company and the company RAVANELLO a.s. is the acquiring company (successor company).

Through the acquisition the company RAY SERVICE, s.r.o. is expiring on 27.07.2009 and its assets is transferring to the successor company RAVANELLO a.s., which becomes a universal legal successor of the company RAY SERVICE, s.r.o. As a result of the legal succession the company RAVANELLO a.s. enters into all contractual relations and other rights and obligations of the company RAY SERVICE, s.r.o.

At the same time the company RAVANELLO a.s. decided on the 13.07.2009 to change its trade firm to Ray Service, a.s. We expect the accomplishment of the change of the trade firm in the Companies Register within the next few days.

This announced change does not affect our partner and business connections and contracts at all.

The legal effects of the merger arise on 28.07.2009. We would like to ask you to address from that day all your correspondence (including the invoices) to the company Ray Service, a.s., ID no.: 277 56 203, Tax ID no.: CZ27756203, with its registered office in Staré Město, Huštěnovská 2022, 686 03, Czech Republic.

We are looking forward to our further cooperation!

Yours faithfully

Ing. Petr Gabriel