To provide its customers with expert local support, wherever they are located in the UK and Ireland, Vacon, a global leader in the development and manufacture of AC drives, has appointed 13 Drives Technical Partners. All of the companies selected for membership of the partner programme have proven expertise in drive applications, and all have an outstanding reputation for customer service and support.

“Establishing this partner network is an important step forward for us and for our customers,” said Stephen Takhar, Managing Director of Vacon UK. “While we will, of course continue to support all of our customers from our headquarters in Hinckley, Leicestershire, the partner programme means that they will also have convenient local access not just to technical advice, but also to system building and design services.”

“In short, our partners will be able to offer complete solutions including Vacon drives and, with their wide range of application knowledge, they will be able to ensure that those solutions are always optimised to meet the user’s needs.”

A comment from Steve Reast of City Rewinds and Drives, one of the first partners to join the programme, is typical of the sentiments expressed by companies on being invited to participate.

“As soon as we heard about the Vacon Drives Technical Partner programme, we were enthusiastic about joining,” said Steve, “since we have always found the company’s drives to combine excellent value for money with great technical performance. The Vacon range also covers virtually every size and type of application, which is particularly important for us, given the wide range of industries and application areas in which we work. We see our membership of the technical partnership scheme as putting in the best possible position to pass on these benefits to our customers.”

Current members of the Vacon Drives Technical Partner are ACCO Systems of Tamworth; Amtecs Ltd of Hungerford; City Rewinds & Drives of Leicester; Digicon Solutions of Burbage, Hinckley; ESC – Electric Systems & Controls Ltd of Newbridge, County Kildare; Electrical Wholesale Services of Grimsby; PPT Drive Systems of Stoke-on-Trent; Ralspeed of Blackburn; Ritchie Mackenzie & Co Ltd of Glasgow; System Control Solutions of Lowestoft; Trifix Electronic Services of Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear; Varicon 3D Drives of Malvern, Worcestershire; and Wilson Electric of Battersea, London.

Vacon partners offer a wide range of services, including providing advice and guidance on the selection of drive solutions, the design and manufacture of complete systems that involve drives, after-sales support, repairs and maintenance, and even the implementation of energy audits to quantify the energy savings that VSDs could provide in particular applications. 

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