Editorial

Dear Read­ers,

As 2024 draws to a close, it is time to reflect and pre­pare for the year ahead. For exam­ple, in regard to the US, where the renew­al of pow­er grid assets and the expan­sion of solar and wind pow­er, as well as bat­tery stor­age and data cen­ters, is dri­ving demand at new lev­els.

Just in time, we are launch­ing our new ETOS® MD IV motor dri­ve which, in addi­tion to option­al dig­i­tal func­tions, also offers flex­i­ble con­trol cab­i­net con­fig­u­ra­tion, thus mak­ing it an ide­al solu­tion for retro­fitting. All com­po­nents are man­u­fac­tured in the US by our sub­sidiary Rein­hausen Man­u­fac­tur­ing Inc. and pro­duc­tion capac­i­ty at the plant in Hum­boldt, Ten­nessee was increased by 45 per­cent capac­i­ty this sum­mer to meet the record demand for bolt-on tap-chang­ers.

Our plants for in-tank OLTCs in Suzhou and Regens­burg have also reached record out­put in 2024, although this still falls short of mar­ket expec­ta­tions. For some prod­ucts we are expe­ri­enc­ing unfa­vor­ably long deliv­ery times, which we no longer wish to accept in the future. In 2025 we will there­fore add 25 per­cent more capac­i­ty to the Regens­burg plant and may even dou­ble the num­ber of local­ly assem­bled OLTCs in Suzhou, Chi­na, as we expect the glob­al pow­er trans­former mar­ket to con­tin­ue grow­ing.

I would like to thank all our cus­tomers for their patience and loy­al­ty in this sit­u­a­tion. Rest assured that our top pri­or­i­ty is to return to accept­able deliv­ery times for all our prod­ucts. I am con­fi­dent that this issue of ONLOAD has some­thing to offer every­one in the indus­try, and we will remain your POWER behind POWER in 2025.

I wish you a peace­ful end of the year.

Your Wil­fried Breuer,
Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of Maschi­nen­fab­rik Rein­hausen


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