We are looking for an experienced project management professional with a sharp customer focus to join our Technical Account team. You will take the lead in our sales projects from the quotation phase through to the development and delivery of electrical machines. Our products are tailored to individual customer needs for different applications in wind power, marine and process industries.
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PROKON and The Switch sign major direct-drive 3 MW permanent magnet generator and full-power converter deal
PROKON placed another order with The Switch for 10 units of direct-drive 3 MW permanent magnet generator and full-power converters. This contract follows a previous one for 2 direct-drive prototypes in the same class that will be ready for testing by the end of 2012. These orders strengthen PROKON’s position as a single-source power park provider.
3 MW FusionDrive® revealed at Husum WindEnergy 2012
On September 18, 2012 the actual, real-life sized 3 MW FusionDrive® was unveiled in front of a large audience at the joint The Switch and Moventas stand at Husum WindEnergy 2012.
Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen, President and CEO of The Switch, and Arto Lahtela, Senior Vice President, Sales of Moventas, explained why FusionDrive® is the smartest gear and generator combination in the market and were available for further discussions.
FusionDrive®, the industry’s smartest gear and generator combination revealed during Husum WindEnergy 2012
Moventas, one of the industry’s leading wind gear manufacturers, and The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages, will today reveal a showpiece of the industry’s smartest wind gear and generator combination, FusionDrive®.
The real-life size, 3 MW FusionDrive® will be on show at the joint stand of Moventas and The Switch during the Husum WindEnergy 2012 event.
Join us at Husum WindEnergy 2012 to lower the cost of energy
The Switch has taken a closer look at how to decrease the cost of energy. The formula for lowering the cost of energy is ultimately very simple: Lower overall investment and O&M costs, while extending equipment lifetime and boosting the amount of energy generated.
Visit us at Husum WindEnergy 2012 at booth 2F06 and see how to lower the cost of energy for your turbine!
WANTED: Key Account Manager
We are looking for an experienced Key Account Manager to establish, maintain and improve customer relationships. Your primary responsibility will be to develop business opportunities for our permanent magnet generators and full-power converters, mainly used in wind and solar power applications. An additional business we are developing is applications for marine.
WANTED: Key Account Manager, Germany
We are looking for an experienced Key Account Manager to establish, maintain and improve customer relationships in the German speaking areas of Europe. Your primary responsibility will be to develop business opportunities for our permanent magnet generators and full-power converters, mainly used in wind and solar power applications. Although you will be based in Germany, you will be closely cooperating with our international key account management and operational organization.
The Switch receives TÜV Certificate of Conformity for The Sun Switch solar inverter
The Switch’s utility-grade solar inverter with its rugged outdoor design and totally self-contained liquid-cooling system received certification by TÜV of Germany on June 5, 2012.
Now with CE marking and declaration of conformity to ENEL, The Sun Switch PVI 1000 solar inverter fulfills all requirements outlined in the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC and the Directive of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 2004/108/EC.