From China to the world

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Trans­form­ers from Nan­tong Hyosung Co. Ltd. are already hum­ming in over 70 coun­tries, ensur­ing a reli­able pow­er sup­ply. The trans­former man­u­fac­tur­er, which belongs to the Kore­an con­glom­er­ate Hyosung, pro­duces in the megac­i­ty of Nan­tong in Chi­na for pow­er gen­er­a­tors as well as pub­lic and indus­tri­al net­work oper­a­tors world­wide. Three-quar­ters of its pro­duc­tion goes abroad.

Nan­tong Hyosung faces sim­i­lar chal­lenges like many oth­er trans­former man­u­fac­tur­ers: Grid devel­op­ment is very dynam­ic around the globe. Every­where, the demand for elec­tric­i­ty will rise sharply in the com­ing years—due to the grow­ing pop­u­la­tion, but also because of new loads brought about by the elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of the mobil­i­ty and heat­ing sec­tors. Added to this are the fluc­tu­a­tions caused by the inte­gra­tion of renew­able ener­gies. In order to be able to con­trol these devel­op­ments, dig­i­tal solu­tions and thus intel­li­gent resources are increas­ing­ly in demand. And any­one who sup­plies the whole world, like Nan­tong Hyosung, must also com­ply with numer­ous dif­fer­ent nation­al reg­u­la­tions. In short, the trans­former busi­ness is becom­ing more com­plex. And also more demand­ing. On the oth­er hand, cus­tomers are demand­ing low­er costs, short deliv­ery times, and pro­fes­sion­al ser­vice.

Strategic partnership with MR

So how can this com­plex­i­ty be man­aged? Jae Seong Jang, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Nan­tong Xiaox­ing Trans­former Co. says, “Robust tech­nolo­gies, cus­tomized designs and excel­lent project exe­cu­tion are part of our busi­ness phi­los­o­phy. In order for us to deliv­er on this promise in the future, we need cost-effec­tive com­plete solu­tions.” So the Chi­nese trans­former man­u­fac­tur­er entered into a strate­gic part­ner­ship with MR. “MR is the world mar­ket leader and offers a com­pre­hen­sive range of trans­former-relat­ed solu­tions that are already spec­i­fied for glob­al use and meet inter­na­tion­al stan­dards,” says Jang.

In addi­tion to on-load tap-chang­ers, sen­sors and pro­tec­tion devices, it is pri­mar­i­ly the ETOS® sys­tem solu­tion for dig­i­tiz­ing pow­er trans­form­ers that helps Nan­tong Hyosung serve its demand­ing cus­tomer require­ments. Since it works on the plug-and-play prin­ci­ple, it not only reduces pro­duc­tion costs. It also elim­i­nates the need for many cables and on-site assem­bly work. Since all com­po­nents come from a sin­gle source, order­ing process­es are also more effi­cient. And the part­ner­ship offers yet anoth­er advan­tage: Since MR has a world­wide ser­vice net­work, oper­a­tors who use trans­form­ers from the Chi­nese man­u­fac­tur­er also ben­e­fit. Jang is con­vinced: “All in all, the coop­er­a­tion is a clas­sic win-win sit­u­a­tion for all par­ties involved.”