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Alpha Scientific Electronics
Ron Rumrill
1868 National Avenue
Hayward, CA 94545
E-Mail: rrumrill@alphascientific.com
Alpha Scientific Electronics is a world leader in the design, manufacturing, and testing of high current precision power supplies. Applications for these power supplies range from particle beam accelerators to battery charging to medical instrumentation.
They specialize in units above several kilowatts. Units that are typically larger than “off-the-shelf” standard power supplies. Their ability to customize the units to customer specifications insures them a unique position in the marketplace. They take pride in the fact that they will design and build your power supply exactly to your specifications, without trying to sell you their closest “standard” product.
Alpha Scientific Electronics was formed to meet the market needs of companies requiring non-standard, custom, precision power supplies. Their customer base has been the national laboratories, research universities as well as many commercial companies.
Company Profile - Founded: Spun off from Alpha Scientific in 1988
- Headquarters: Hayward, California
- Financing: ASE is a privately held company
- Markets: National laboratories, Military battery charging facilities, Commercial companies.
- Units Shipped: Over 1,100
- Total Installed Megawatts: Over 70
- Annual Sales: $2-5 million, profitable every year
History
Alpha Scientific Electronics was created from the former electronics division of Alpha Scientific, Inc in 1988. Prior to that, the older company, Alpha Scientific, Inc. manufactured complete power supply and electromagnet systems. The magnet division of Alpha Scientific has evolved into Alpha Magnetics. Their owners have been actively building power supplies for many years even prior to that. Since the early 1960's their owners have had key positions in both Spectromagnetics Industries, and Mekel Associates.
Enphase Energy
Martin Fornage
201 First Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
E-Mail: mfornage@enphaseenergy.com
Enphase's vision is to make solar simple and energy smart so everyone is empowered to create a zero energy footprint for themselves, their home and their business. Their mission is to build the world's finest networked energy system and revolutionize power generation on a global scale - one solar panel, one kilowatt hour at a time. By combining the power of solar energy and the proven advantages of communications technology, Enphase Energy products make solar power systems productive, reliable, smart and safe – increasing the energy harvest of solar panels by up to 25 percent. Enphase Energy, a privately-held company based in Northern California, is led by veterans from the solar, telecom, networking and software industries, and backed by leaders from throughout the solar power industry.
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Only Enphase Energy brings a system-based, high-tech approach to solar energy, leveraging expertise in semiconductor integration, power electronics and networking technologies to continually advance the performance, intelligence and reliability of solar energy systems. The Enphase System includes their revolutionary microinverter, groundbreaking data collection and transmission equipment, and powerful web-based analytics and management tools.
Enphase Energy partners include solar equipment distributors who understand and embrace the dramatic improvements that Enphase Microinverter Systems bring to solar power installations, and have invested their resources to promote this breakthrough solution for solar power conversion.
Inventronics
Marshall Miles
4701 SW 20th
Oklahoma City, OK 73128
E-Mail: marshall@inventronics-co.com
Web Site: www.inventronics-co.com
Headquartered in Hangzhou, China, Inventronics is a Sino-US world class enterprise specialized in the design, manufacture, marketing & sales of high power LED drivers and high power AC adapters.
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Their team is composed of veteran engineers and executive staff with over 10 years experience in the field. The founder and CEO of Inventronics, Dr. Gary Hua, is a renowned expert in the global power electronics arena. He received his Ph.D. from the Center for Power Electronics System (CPES) in Virginia Tech in 1994 & served as Research Associate and Scientist in CPES for 5 years, with over 60 papers published on international magazines and conference proceedings, and 17 US Patents awarded. Dr. Hua is a co-founder & former VP of Engineering of VPT Inc., which is now one of the largest military/aerospace power companies in the world. He is also the founder of Bel Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., now a wholly-owned affiliate of the NASDAQ-listed Bel Fuse Inc.
Employing proprietary cutting-edge circuit design and packaging technologies, their high power LED drivers feature ultra high efficiency (up to 94％), high power factor (0.99), high reliability, and long life. They are ideal for outdoor and industrial lighting applications including LED streetlights and tunnel lights. Their products comply with worldwide safety and EMC requirements and come with optional lightning proof (IEC-61000-4-5 Class 4) and waterproof (per IP67 standard) features.
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They have ISO90001 (Quality System) certified manufacturing facilities in Hangzhou, China. The production capacity in Hangzhou is about 200K per month. Quality, Innovation, and Service are our strong commitments to our customers.
Inventronics products are designed to power your world with magically optimized performance. Any inquiries on their products or custom design requirements are welcome!
Future Technology Worldwide
Fred Weber
16843 Kings Fairway Lane
Grand Blanc, MI 48439
E-Mail: fred.weber@ftwllc.net
Web Site: www.ftwllc.net
Future Technology Worldwide (FTW) is a Manufacturer’s Representative for High
Power Components and Products. FTW offers highly skilled sales and account
management with a strong technical background.
Primary Markets are Automotive, Alternative Energy, Military and Industrial
Future Technology Worldwide, LLC represents leading edge suppliers in INDUSTRIAL, AUTOMOTIVE & POWER PRODUCTS. Included products in this market are Power Supplies, DC-DC Converters, Modulating Controllers, Transformers, Inductors, Integrated Circuits, and Diodes. All of these companies have products that have a fundamental technical edge over their competition.
FTW Overview
- Founded by Fred Weber February 19, 2002
- Fred Weber:
- BSEE University of Evansville
- MBA University of Michigan
- Design Engineer for Delco Electronics (now Delphi E&S) 2 yrs
- Program Manager for Zenith 6 yrs
- Sales Engineering Manager for Cherry 9 yrs
- Covering a territory from Minnesota to Kentucky and from Iowa to Ohio.
Mission Statement
• Offer manufacturers the highest level of sales representation for business and market development in the Great Lakes territory. Offer a high level of practical experience, technical know-how, and a solid reputation for opening doors, and building relationships with engineering, purchasing, and management.
KEMET Electronics Corp.
John D. Prymak
PO Box 5928
Greenville, SC 29606
E-Mail: johnprymak@prymak.com
Web Site: www.prymak.com
KEMET Corporation, as we know it today, was officially formed on December 21, 1990. However, the history of KEMET actually began a long time ago.
Kemet Laboratories was established by Union Carbide Corporation in 1919 to purchase the Cooper Research Company of Cleveland, Ohio, which had invented a promising high-temperature alloy. The name "KEMET" is a blend of the words "chemical" and "metallurgy." KEMET's first product used this high-temperature alloy for grid wires in vacuum tubes. In 1930, the product line was expanded to include barium-aluminum alloy getters, an essential element in every vacuum tube.
KEMET's development of automatic machinery allowed production of high-quality getters in the huge quantities needed to match the rapid expansion of vacuum tube usage. In fact, it is estimated that over 80% of the vacuum tubes used by the Allies during World War II contained KEMET getters.
The business continued to grow and prosper until the early 1950's when Bell Telephone Laboratories invented the transistor. As the transistor began to displace vacuum tubes in electronics, the getter business stagnated. Fortunately for KEMET, Bell Laboratories had also invented the solid tantalum capacitor, which complemented the use of low-voltage transistors (semi-conductors) in electrical circuits. Since Union Carbide had experience in the fields of high-temperature metals and alloys, the solid tantalum capacitor was chosen as KEMET's "new product" to complement the getter product line and to provide the vehicle for future growth.
By 1962, the capacitor business had experienced very rapid growth. A new 50,000 square foot plant in Simpsonville, South Carolina, designed from inception as a capacitor production facility, started up in late 1963. By the late 1960's, KEMET was clearly established as a major U.S. capacitor producer, with the leading market share in solid tantalum capacitors. In order to expand KEMET's product scope and enable its continuing rapid growth, the decision was made to enter the multilayer ceramic capacitor business. The Cleveland Plant was phased out in early 1971, and all personnel and equipment were moved to South Carolina. The company expanded rapidly, adding plants in Mauldin, Greenwood, and Fountain Inn, South Carolina; Columbus, Georgia; Shelby, North Carolina; and Matamoros, Mexico, by the early 1980's.
In 1986, Union Carbide announced its decision to divest itself of businesses that no longer fit its strategic business plans. On April 1, 1987, the existing management group bought the company from Union Carbide Corporation and formed KEMET Electronics Corporation. While Union Carbide retained 50% of KEMET's stock, KEMET was now a stand-alone company with David E. Maguire as its President/CEO. On December 21, 1990, a group of investors including KEMET Senior Management and Citicorp Corporation purchased the balance of KEMET stock and formed the present-day KEMET Corporation. This sale ended all ties with Union Carbide Corporation. Mr. Maguire remained at the helm of KEMET Corporation until his retirement in 2003.
On October 21, 1992, KEMET Corporation completed its Initial Public Offering (IPO) by selling 4 million primary common shares at $10.00 per share. Proceeds from subsequent offerings in June 1993 and December 1999 raised additional equity to repay debt, redeem preferred stock, and fund continued capital expansion. The company's Board of Directors announced two-for-one stock splits in September 1995 and May 2000. KEMET stock, originally traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol KMET, is now traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM.
Also in the early 1990's, KEMET began consolidating its U.S. locations and relocating manufacturing operations to lower-cost facilities in Mexico and China in order to remain competitive in the rapidly changing global electronics industry. Over the next decade, new plants were added in Monterrey and Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, and in Suzhou, China.
Mr. Per-Olof Loof was named Chief Executive Officer on April 4, 2005. Under his leadership, the company acquired the tantalum business of EPCOS AG in April 2006, the Evox Rifa family of companies in April 2007, and Arcotronics in October 2007. These acquisitions strengthened KEMET's global position, particularly in Europe, in addition to expanding the company's product portfolio with additional capacitor types, broadening its technologies, and allowing the company to better service new and existing customers.
Today, KEMET maintains its Corporate headquarters and two Innovation Centers in the Upstate of South Carolina. Manufacturing facilities are located in Matamoros, Monterrey, and Ciudad Victoria Mexico; Suzhou, Nantong, and Anting-Shanghai, China; Sasso Marconi, Vergato, and Monghidoro, Italy; Weymouth and Towcester, England; Évora, Portugal; Suomussalmi, Finland; Granna, Sweden; Batam, Indonesia; Landsberg, Germany; and Kyustendil, Bulgaria. KEMET also owns two specialty electronics companies--FELCO in Chicago, Illinois, and Dectron in Farjestaden, Sweden. Sales offices and distribution centers are located around the world.
 KEMET capacitors--some smaller than a grain of salt--are fundamental components that store, filter, and regulate electrical energy and current flow. They are found in virtually all electronic applications and products used today, including those in the computer, telecommunication, automotive, military and aerospace, medical, industrial/instrumentation (including lighting), and consumer market segments. "High Reliability" (Hi-Rel) versions of KEMET capacitors have shared in every important military/aerospace effort from the first Telstar to Viking, the Apollo moon landing, the Patriot missile, and the Mir and International Space Stations. KEMET capacitors were also present in both the Pathfinder probe and the Sojourner rover during their historic exploration of Mars.
The product line now includes the world's most complete line of surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, aluminum (organic and electrolytic), film, and paper dielectrics. The company markets its capacitors to a large and diverse group of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and electronics distributors around the world. Production is measured in the billions of pieces per year.
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Nihal Kularatna
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240 Waikato
New Zealand
E-Mail: nihalkul@waikato.ac.nz
Web Site: www.waikato.ac.nz
At The University, Nihal Kularatna’s research team is actively involved in R & D in the
areas of power supply topologies and power conditioning. In particular, they
are currently investigating into the application of supercapacitor technology
in dc power supplies with a view to improve the end-to-end efficiency of
linear power supplies. Recently a US patent was granted for this work.
In addition to their R&D activity, they offer
(a) Power Electronics courses for the undergraduate and post graduate student
with specific reference to modern power management techniques
(b) Two post graduate courses
(i) Rechargeable batteries and their management
(ii) Surge protection of electronic equipment
(c) As a personal contribution, the candidates continue authoring books aimed
at the professional community on subjects such as circuit design, power
management and DC power supply design etc. These books are published by US
publishers such as CRC Press, FL and Elsevier-Newnes.
(d) They offer CPD type training to the industry via the Institution of
Professional Engineers, NZ (IPENZ)
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Maxim Integrated Products
Jim Templeton
1301 South Mo-Pac Expy
Bld 4, Suite B75
Austin, TX 78746
E-Mail: jim.templeton@maxim-ic.com
Web Site: www.maxim-ic.com
Maxim makes highly integrated, analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. With revenues of $1.92 billion (ending FY2010), they are one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies.
Reputation for Innovation
29 major product categories
Leader in process technologies—160 semiconductor processes
250 package types
Over 500 ASICs developed in collaboration with customers
Financial Strength
$1.92 billion revenue in FY2010
$3.45 billion in assets in Q3 FY2011
$918 million in cash in Q3 FY2011
23.8% of sales reinvested in R&D
A Fortune 1000 company
Listed on the NASDAQ 100, Russell 1000, and MSCI USA indices.
Milestones
| 1983 | Founded by Jack Gifford and IC industry experts
| 1985
| MAX600, first proprietary product to win industry award, starts 27 years of technical innovation
| 1987
| Company turns its first profit and remains profitable every year from then on
| 1993
| Annual sales revenue passes $100M
| 1994
| First acquisition adds technical expertise and the company's first wafer fab
| 2000
| Highly integrated systems on chips (SoCs) begin to displace single-function ICs
| 2005
| Company becomes a Fortune 1000 company
| 2007 to 2010
| Six acquisitions augment technical expertise and expand product offerings
| 2007 to 2010
| Wafer fab capacity expands by 60%
| 2007 to 2010
| 180nm process developed
| 2007 to 2010
| Company cements reputation for innovation with award-winning products
| 2008
| Chief Technical Office established, patents rise by 50% in next two years
| 2010
| Annual revenue reaches $2.2B
| 2010
| Company ships first analog product on 300mm wafer
| 2010
| NEDA names Maxim Supplier of the Year
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Acquisitions
| 1994 | Tektronix's Semiconductor Division in Beaverton, Oregon—brings a wafer fab and high-speed processes
| 2001
| Dallas Semiconductor—adds valuable expertise in digital design and an additional fab
| 2008
| Vitesse Storage—contributes SATA and SAS expander, enclosure-management, and baseboard-management products
| 2009
| Innova Card—augments Maxim's secure transaction product portfolio
| 2009
| Zilog Secure Trans—complements ultra-low-power IR microcontroller family with wireless microcontrollers, strengthens Maxim's position in the POS and ATM markets
| 2009
| Mobilygen—adds H.264 video compression technology to Maxim's portfolio
| 2010
| Teridian—establishes leadership in energy measurement and communications electronics for the smart-meter market
| 2010
| Phyworks—complements Maxim's optical transceiver portfolio, opens new opportunities for high-speed signal integrity products
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Tektronix Inc.
Jeff Yost
13975 SW
Karl Braun Drive
MS39-123
Beaverton, OR 97077
E-Mail: jeff.w.yost@tek.com
Web Site: www.tek.com
Tektronix is a leading supplier of test and measurement equipment.
Tektronix' globally implemented Quality Management System assures consistent quality in products and services no matter where you are in the world.
Their Quality Management System supports their business objectives of enabling their customers to design, build, deploy, and manage "Next Generation" global communications networks and internet technologies.
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"Tektronix is committed to providing products and services that consistently meet or exceed their customer's expectations, while continuously improving the effectiveness and efficiency of all aspects of the operation."
Whenever you view a web site, click a mouse, make a cell phone call, or turn on a TV you touch their work. As a world leader in test, measurement and monitoring technology, Tektronix enables their customers to do more than they ever have. Technical innovators of all kinds benefit from their products and expertise.
Their customers work in communications, computer, semiconductor, military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education, broadcast and other fields all over the globe. Their reputations and success depend on Tektronix’ passion for solving their most complex measurement problems. Tektronix helps them measure, analyze and test next generation devices to ensure accurate performance, reliability, and compatibility.
WUERTH ELEKTRONIK eiSos group GmbH & Co KG
Alexander Gerfer
Max-Eyth-Strasse 1
Waldenburg 74638
Germany
E-Mail: alexander.gerfer@we-online.de
Web Site: www.we-online.de
The Würth Elektronik group of companies, with headquarters in Niedernhall (Hohenlohe), Germany, has 6,500 employees worldwide and generated global sales of about € 563 million in 2010. With 16 production locations in four company areas worldwide, Würth Elektronik is one of the most successful companies of the Würth Group.
Würth Elektronik operates internationally with its four company areas in various markets:
Circuit Boards As the largest manufacturer of circuit boards in Europe, Würth Elektronik CBT (Circuit Board Technology) has specialized in prototypes and in small and medium-sized orders. Electronics developers can find here all the prevalent and many innovative circuit board technologies and system solutions, all from a single source. Last but not least, they can also speak here with expert specialists.
Intelligent Systems As a specialist in the development and production of system solutions in press-fit technology, for example central electrical systems, Würth Elektronik is a development partner for many commercial vehicle manufacturers. A project management team accompanies the business partners from the original product idea to series production.
Passive & Electromechanical Components Würth Elektronik is a manufacturer of passive components and electromechanical products and operates production plants in Germany, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the U.S., Mexico, Taiwan and China. 250 sales representatives worldwide make up a direct sales network that is unique in this industry.
Photovoltaics Würth Solar, a company within the Würth Elektronik group of companies, is a manufacturer of CIS photovoltaic modules and a provider of complete photovoltaic power systems. Due to their special aesthetics, GeneCIS modules from Würth Solar are perfect as building facade solutions for integration into challenging architectural projects. In Southern Europe and Germany, Würth Solar has already completed numerous solar power plants of up to 11 megawatts in open spaces.
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