Product category:
Power Supplies and Uninterruptible Power Supplies
News Release from: Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 30 March 2001
New power supply manufacturing facility
in Hungary
Artesyn Technologies has opened a new manufacturing facility in Hungary equipped with state-of-the-art manufacturing automation for production of AC/DC power supplies and wound magnetic components
Artesyn Technologies today opened a new, world-class, power supply manufacturing facility in Hungary The inauguration ceremony is being held just seven months after building work started on the first 10,700m2 phase of the purpose-designed premises, which says much for the quality of the project management and local construction teams
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new $7 million plant is equipped with state-of-the-art manufacturing automation for high-volume production of AC/DC power supplies and wound magnetic components, and represents a major investment in the region by Artesyn.
The company has also committed a further $4 million to fund significant expansion of the facility over the next few years, and plans to increase the workforce from 600 to 1,200 by the middle of 2003.
The new manufacturing facility is located in Tatabanya - about 60km from Budapest - and is served by a major trunk road with fast access to several large international airports, making it exceptionally well-positioned from a logistics point of view.
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Artesyn confidently expects the plant to help it accelerate order fulfilment throughout Europe, as well as provide key manufacturing support functions for the company's new Global Wireless Division, which is based in Vienna.
This business unit was established in March 2000 specifically to address the power needs of the rapidly-expanding wireless communications OEM market.
Characterised by the need for exceptionally highly engineered power solutions and offering very short windows of opportunity, this particular market can only properly be served by a power supply manufacturer operating the type of concurrent design and manufacturing processes that Artesyn has now put in place.
According to Joseph M.
O'Donnell, Artesyn's Chairman and CEO, "We took the strategic decision to invest heavily in Tatabanya for a variety of reasons.
Artesyn has operated a facility here for many years, and has grown to be a major employer in the area, with what is now a highly skilled workforce.
We have also built up a considerable rapport with local technical schools and colleges.
Both of these factors are vital to our growth plans, especially since this part of Europe is becoming extremely popular with many multinational companies, which all draw on the labour market.
Tatabanya is also a very important manufacturing location for Artesyn, which provides us with a springboard for accelerating delivery of low-cost AC/DC products to our customers throughout Europe.".
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