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News Release from: Semikron
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2005
Centre network provides global coverage
Semikron has set up a unique network that brings together the expertise of nine of its solutions centres from each continent.
Semikron has set up a unique network that brings together the expertise of nine of its solutions centres from each continent in South Africa, the USA, France, the UK, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, India and Slovenia The new network will bring improvements in efficiency, quality of production and service
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We achieved strong growth in our power electronics assemblies business worldwide in 2004, and we now believe that we can double our sales globally within three years", said Paul Newman, Managing Director of the UK Solutions Centre in Hertford.
"The key to achieving this is to pool our resources, as appropriate, to meet our customers' needs".
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"Many projects today may be developed in one country, but then be transferred for manufacture and sale in one or more other countries around the world".
"These developments bring a need for common worldwide platforms, such as Semistack, which can be designed manufactured and supported efficiently".
The first standard Semistack solution platform developed by the network, the Semikube, is the result of 45 years of experience in the stack business.
Over five decades ago, Semikron started integrating semiconductors, capacitors, cooling management systems and drivers into assemblies called stacks.
Semistack, the term used to encompass all of Semikron's stack families, boasts more than 15,000 different designs, based on diodes, thyristors and IGBT modules, which have been successfully implemented in the industry.
These designs were developed in several Semikron solution centres, making Semikron the world leader in stack design and manufacturing.
The solution centres in the new network unify their resources in purchasing, development and service.
For example, the network enables Semikron to enhance the level of after-sales service that it offers to customers using Semikron products in a location other than the country in which it was developed and/or manufactured.
All of these facilities are becoming ever-more important to Semikron as it successfully diversifies into the most arduous applications, including elevators, wind, solar, electric vehicles, traction, welding and marine.
For example, 57% of globally installed power capacity in variable speed generators in wind-power applications is powered by Semikron.
The solutions centre network is built around a dedicated intranet, on which a comprehensive tool runs to assist in the assignation of almost every conceivable application to an application master, who can be located in any of the nine solutions centres.
Each application master has been chosen for his or her detailed knowledge of that particular application.
They can co-ordinate design projects and are responsible for publishing designs on the intranet to assist other engineers within the solutions centre network, and for co-ordinating and vetting inputs from other Semikron engineers.
The intranet also offers an online forum facility for engineers in the solutions centres.
These facilities combine to enable the application masters to offer detailed support to the network of solutions centres, allowing Semikron to provide global support coupled with local service.
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