RuggedCom designs and manufactures Rugged communications equipment for harsh electrical and climatic environments. Founded by people with strong backgrounds in electric utility and industrial automation RuggedCom have a first hand understanding of the needs and issues faced by customers. This is reflected in RuggedCom’s industry leadership in pioneering technologies and products which offered the world’s first IEC 61850-3 compliant Ethernet switch suitable for use in electric utility substation environments, the world’s first IEEE 1613 Class 2 error free communications devices, the world’s fastest network fault recovery and the world’s first fully managed IP67 rated Ethernet switch.