As the year opens to new opportunities for the wind power industry, our flexible business approach gives you the best way to move ahead.
Visit us at the EWEA Annual Event 2013 in Hall A, stand A20, and learn how to better compete:
• Lower risks and gain more value.
• Enhance your core competences.
• Develop a responsive supply chain.
• Move from fixed costs to controlled overhead with measurable operations.
Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, President and CEO, will be participating in the CEO Panel “Tough times – Strategies of wind turbine manufacturers” during the EWEA 2013 Conference.
CEO Panel: Tough times – Strategies of wind turbine manufacturers
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Valentin Dzhankhotov, R&D Engineer, will be presenting his poster on “Phase-to-ground voltage estimation at wind turbine generator terminals” at the poster session of the EWEA 2013 Conference.
Poster session: Scientific – Large wind farm power systems
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Time: 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen has been invited to become a member on the EWEA Board of Directors. His responsibilities in this new role began already at the start of November 2012. This gives The Switch a stronger opportunity to influence European policies and communicate with other main players within the wind power industry.
We are looking for an experienced, customer-oriented project management professional to join our Technical Account Management team. You will take the lead of the technical part in our sales projects from the quotation phase up to the development and delivery of our converters. Our products are tailored to individual customer needs for different applications in wind power.
The Switch not only had an exhibition stand at Wind Power India 2012, but also Jussi Vanhanen, Director, Sales and Marketing, was invited to speak on “Future drive train concepts to lower the cost of energy” at the accompanying conference.
You’re invited to see how we are lowering the cost of energy. At Wind Power India 2012, we will introduce the industry’s smartest gear and generator combination, FusionDrive®.
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: Launch Pad area, hall 3
Over the past few years, China Wind Power has established itself as one of the most important events within the Chinese wind power industry. On November 15, 2012, the exhibition opened its doors to 10,000 visitors who attended the event during the three exhibition days.
The 2012 Global Top 10 award reflects The Switch’s cleantech success and market position as a key component supplier to the wind power company in the $163.1 billion global cleantech industry. It also indicates that The Switch’s unique innovations are making a positive contribution to the green economy.
As of November 1, 2012, Risto Ahvo has been appointed to the position of General Manager for The Switch office in Hudson, New Hampshire, in the US.
When: November 28 – 30, 2012
Where: Chennai Trade Center, Chennai, India
Visit us at booth #A40 in hall 2 to learn more about how The Switch permanent magnet generators and full-power converters can lower the cost of energy!
With a focus on harvesting the greatest amount of energy from wind power, it is easy to jump to conclusions that turbine manufacturers are turning to permanent magnet generators as their best response to better annual energy production. Yet, is that all that stands behind the selection of this technology?
