Heat of summer Although the heat of summer is just starting to arrive in Finland, most of us are looking forward to a break when we can spend time with our families and friends – and recharge our batteries. For us at The Switch, we will really need all the energy we can get for…
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Switching on frequently 04/2022: Another busy year ahead
Christmas is again around the corner, and we have started the last quarter of our fiscal year. Although we are living in difficult times, there are several things we can celebrate during the short Christmas break ahead. We have built our first PMM2000 marine shaft generators and are about to start testing them in Lappeenranta.…
Switching on frequently 03/2022: Marine business is growing
Wednesday, 19 October 2022 Marine business is growing We are rapidly reducing our dependency on wind by growing our marine product business. We have received repeat orders for our largest direct-drive permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators and have extended our sales channels with new system integrators. We have also received the first orders for our…
Switching on frequently 02/2022: Return to new normal
Summer – the long-awaited season – is here again! And we managed to open this season with our traditional Summer Party after the long COVID-19 era. It was great to see most of our team members together celebrating the official opening of our Large Drive Test Center (LDTC) in Lappeenranta and having a good party together.
Switching on frequently 01/2022: Outlook for 2022
Dear friends, We have recently closed our books for the fiscal year of 2021. Despite COVID-19 impact on the global economy and our operations, we managed to reach most of our targets. I am especially proud of our on-time delivery performance in spite of certain material shortages and logistics constraints. We also managed to grow…
Switching on frequently 04/2021: Road to net zero
Reaching net zero by 2050 is perhaps the biggest challenge for humankind ever! Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch has always been developing technologies and products that enable you, our customers, to provide solutions that contribute to the journey toward net zero.
Switching on frequently 03/2021: 15 years of permanent performance
The Switch was established in 2006. So, this year, we’re celebrating 15 years of permanent performance with our customers, suppliers and other partners.
Switching on frequently 02/2021: Endless summer days
Summer has arrived bringing us endless days and white nights. This time, due to COVID-19, the cold and dark winter has felt longer than ever before. Luckily, now we seem to be on top of this pandemic, and life is normalizing.
Switching on frequently 01/2021: Recap of our strategy
I promised you last July in my first newsletter to keep our customers in the center of all our activities. I made this promise because I really believe that key to our success as a product supplier is to support the business of our existing and new customers in all possible ways.
Switching on frequently 04/2020: Flashbacks from 2020
As we come to the end of this calendar year, it is a good time to look back on our achievements and the major happenings of 2020.
Switching on frequently 03/2020: Fast-forward into fall
I feel that I wrote my last newsletter intro just recently. Still, it seems to be already more than 3 months ago. I must say time is flying fast 😊! But then again while looking back, I can see that a lot has happened since July.
Switching on frequently 02/2020: Next wave of new energy
This is my first opportunity to write in our newsletter as the Division President of Yaskawa Environmental Energy (EED) and Chairman of the Board of The Switch. Needless to say, I am pretty excited about this new and challenging role at the company.