privately held company headquartered in Liberty, SC, Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc. is a technology leader and manufacturer of high-quality capacitors used in demanding industrial, medical, and military/aerospace applications

The company got its start in 1909 when Octavio Blake, a young entrepreneur, ventured into business after graduating from Princeton University. He later merged his company with Dubilier Condenser and Radio Co., which was started in 1919 by William Dubilier.

Dubilier was a prolific inventor who would go on to hold more than 300 patents. He discovered that sheets of naturally occurring mica act as a superb dielectric for capacitors. The mica capacitor – still sold by Cornell Dubilier and in use today – would be broadly used in early radio communications, especially on navy ships, because of its compact size and robust construction as compared with its predecessor, the Leyden jar.

Today Cornell Dubilier is dedicated to advancing plastic film, aluminum electrolytic and supercapacitor technology for applications in inverters, wind and solar power, electric vehicles, power supplies, motor drives, HVDC, motors, welding, aerospace, telecom, medical equipment, and UPS systems.

Over the past 20 years Cornell Dubilier acquired several capacitor companies, broadened its product portfolio, and expanded its reach into higher power inverters and high energy pulse-discharge applications.

The company employs over 1,000 people and reaches over 30,000 customers world-wide with standard and highly customized capacitor solutions.

A global group of companies, Cornell Dubilier has ISO-9001 certified manufacturing and distribution facilities in Liberty, SC; New Bedford, MA; Snow Hill, NC, Mexicali, Mexico; and Hong Kong.

Provided by Scott Franco, Director of Marketing, Cornell Dubilier Electronics, Inc.

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