Brochure - Reinhausen, June 2015 by Business Chief ANZ

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Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen safely controls half of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power requirements Excellence achieved through powerful global network of shared knowledge, skills and experience Written by: Andrew Rossillo Produced by: Camilo Sanchez

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einhausen Australia is active in power engineering and is part of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) and its 30 subsidiaries and affiliated companies globally. The parent Company was founded in 1868, running central operations and activities out of Regensburg, Germany. From this location, there is also a unique global testing and innovation centre that greatly 67

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contributes to the success of the overall company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our core business is the regulation of power transformers. This is done above all with the aid of tap changers, which adapt the transmission ratio of the primary to secondary winding to changing load ratios and, together with additional, innovative products and services, ensure an interruptionfree power supply. The tap

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changer equipment we use is like a gearbox for high-voltage transformers. With that piece of equipment, we safely control over 50 per cent of the world’s electrical energy requirements,” said Reinhausen Australia’s Managing Director, Brett Flower. Through increasing integration of renewable energies into the power network, this regulation also has an ever-increasing

importance on the distribution network level. Here, the company likewise provides innovative system solutions. Together with conceptual design of systems for reactive power compensation and accompanying services, such as network analysis and calculation, MR rounds out their network regulation offerings. An additional, successful field of activity is in winding fiberglass-reinforced w w w. r e i n h a u s e n . c o m

REINHAUSEN AUSTRALIA plastic tubes, processing plastic cylinders and manufacturing composite hollow insulators. MR operates with a strong vision focused on integrating a Reinhausen product in every transformer around the world. As an innovative company with decades of experience in voltage regulation, MR is present in every area that deals with the flow of energy. They work every day to make the global energy supply better and more secure with their

solutions. This applies to their product solutions and to their extensive service offerings and their competencies in project business. The company executes these things together with their customers, the manufacturers of high-voltage devices and systems, utility providers and voltageintensive large-scale industry. Together with 10 partner companies, MR is an active member of the TRANSFORM network platform, a unique

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association of European premium providers in the transformer area; for the benefit of their shared customers. Thanks to the stringent alignment of all of the company’s activities toward innovation, expertise and reliability, versatile synergies and customer advantages are created.

globally on a daily basis, thereby leveraging the group’s great collective strength as much as possible. “When we catch up, it’s like a big family reunion. And there’s great pride in the quality of our people and equipment.” It is this comprehensive, global collaboration that helped Reinhausen invent the tap changer German Designed, Engineered that they use. “We invented and and Manufactured patented the tap changer back in Among many powerful competitive 1926. We’ve been the market leader advantages, Flower was quick ever since then,” said Flower. to list “German designed, engineered and manufactured” Steady Growth as key differentiators. “The fact As evidence of MR’s steady growth that our equipment is made in and consistent strength, they are a Germany carries a lot of respect multi-award innovation leader. “We in engineering and the consumer developed vacuum technology markets.” That quality is paired in our product line, which has with the amazing group of revolutionized the industry. It people we have in our network. brought a maintenance-free For our highly skilled people, product into certain applications. it’s not a job, it’s a career. Our Our competitors have basically average tenure in our company is been scrambling to catch up ever approximately 10 years.” since,” said Flower. “We have a global presence of “We’re always the leader, 30 subsidiaries worldwide. Those and never the follower. Being people throughout that network are dynamic and moving with industry the best in the business.” Flower trends is a key component of pointed out that they communicate our success. Our business has w w w. r e i n h a u s e n . c o m

REINHAUSEN AUSTRALIA changed substantially in just the past few years alone. We have a new business unit that has been charged with regularly keeping us ahead of the change,” said Flower. Furthermore, a particularly fundamental manner in which Reinhausen stays true to its core values is maintaining premium quality management. “The quality management we have is unparalleled. We have a state-ofart test center in our headquarters in Regensburg, Germany. This ensures that we not only exceed the international standards, we smash them,” said Flower with a confident chuckle. Regulating Over 50 Per cent of the World’s Power At the core of Reinhausen’s ability to regulate over 50 per cent of the world’s power is their onload tap-changer (OLTC); the founding block of their business. “This is supported by premium service. Our technicians are trained to the highest standards. “We’re solutions providers for our customers,” said Flower. It is this premium service and skill that has 70

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helped the Company maintain technical excellence throughout its operations, winning numerous accolades, including IEC awards for work on power transformers. Helping to maintain this excellence is their global network of skills, experience and knowledge that can be tapped into at any time, by anyone throughout the Company. Global Marketplace Domination Expansion While MR has been steadily growing throughout its history, the Company has enjoyed particularly significant growth in the last five years. “For a company like ours to continue to be the market leader, it’s all about innovation and adaptability. As part of that, we’re looking into acquiring knowledge and companies to bring new services and product offerings,” said Flower. “Among others, we’ve recently partnered with a company called CAPT, an Italian offload tap changer manufacturer, bringing another product group to the company. We’ve also incorporated a business called Reinhausen Solutions Corporation

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“Our core business is the regulation of power transformers…The tap changer equipment we use is like a gearbox for high-voltage transformers. With that piece of equipment, we have control of over 50 percent of the world’s electrical energy.”