Vacon

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Vacon was established in 1993 to produce variable speed AC drives.

Vacon designs, manufactures and markets AC drives in the power range from 0.2 kW to 5 MW

Headquartered in Vaasa, Finland
Revenues in 2007: EUR 232.2 million
Sales on all continents, and R&D and production on three continents.
20 subsidiaries
Investment in R&D ~ 7%
Personnel at the end of 2007 ~ 1000
Since December 2000, Vacon’s shares (VAC1V) are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges (OMX)
Vacon is a global, full service supplier of AC drives

Vacon AC drives are 100% cleantech. Cleantech refers to all products, services, processes and systems that are less harmful to the environment than their alternatives.

Vacon’s products are often tailored for a specific application and operating environment.

Vacon has a modern production and logistics business model

The production and distribution processes are based upon networking and mass customization. Vacon itself only carries out the parts of the work that belong to its core competence. As an independent supplier, Vacon provides its products under its own brand label and also under the brands of its OEM and brand label customers.