Building Sustainable Energy Infrastructure
Ensto contributes in building a better society by improving energy efficiency and focusing on sustainable development.
Good, clean living. Our current standard of living can be maintained while easing the impact on the environment.
We are committed to sustainable development and energy efficiency in the way we work and the products we manufacture. Put a few engineers in a room, give them a problem, and it’s amazing what solutions they’ll come up with: fresh ideas for everything we do. We are a company of solutions, a company that works every day in the present to ensure a future of built with innovative, yet reliable ways to save, distribute and use energy efficiently. Such technologies create the key for maintaining current standards of living. In 2006, EU standards provided a framework for the integrated performance of buildings. 2015 will bring us the passive house as an EU benchmark. In 2020, there will be regulations for Near Zero Energy Buildings. With renewable energy systems, these norms will impact the distribution networks: Smart Grids will integrate buildings to the network and facilitate storage of electricity by linking the batteries of electric vehicles. We have already taken the lead. We are a Cleantech company, meaning our products, services, processes, and technologies prevent or reduce impact on the environment. And we go beyond that. In choices of materials, manufacturing footprint, or our own operations, recyclable materials, closed processes and energy efficient buildings with presence-detector luminaires and heat recovery ventilation are proof of our commitment to sustainable development.
A Sustainable World: We Are Leading the Way
We are an international technology company of Finnish origin, and we are also a family business committed to achieving success based on people, trust, and a set of responsible values with a long-term view. As a company, we are guided by our customers’ real needs to produce solutions which add value to their businesses and open together new businesses focused on sustainable development. This is an invitation to join us.
Ensto’s strategic focus areas Renewable energy
Traffic and EV Charging
Energy efficient living
smart grids
Cutting-edge R&D We believe that if you aspire to great innovation, you should surround yourself with like-minded people. In our commitment to constant product development we have gone to great measure to create environments and structures which spawn cutting-edge thinking. And we have attempted to put our people near communities where that type thinking is the norm. And of critical importance, we have customers who share our ambitions. Our most important partner in product development is our client. Our innovative solutions are often results of close partnerships with our customers—products developed to address a specific customer need. This customer relationship has been an underlying ingredient in our successful history of cutting-edge R&D.
R&D OFFICES Finland, France, India, Italy, Poland
Currently, we operate product development offices in five different countries, and together we have registered over 50 global patents.
Our newest R&D offices were placed in 2010 in Espoo, Finland, right next to Aalto University’s School of Science and Technology, one of the northern Europe’s leaders in the research of renewable energy. This Espoo facility gives us access to an international research community actively involved in energy efficiency, sustainability, and smart grid technology. At the center of our success in product innovation has always been rigorous laboratory testing. In January 2011, we opened a new lab with emphasis on more efficient testing of underground cabling technologies. The lab also features better training facilities for the education of our staff. In June 2011, we opened another new laboratory including a simulator for winter conditions which works even in summer. Movement detection luminaires have their own dedicated test area, and, for example, solar panels and domestic energy storage can be tested for optimizing renewable energy usage. And at our office facilities
around the planet our employees are surrounded by innovation and green thinking. We use our own innovations to save money, as well as minimize environmental impact. Lights and room temperature adjust automatically to the presence of humans. Our factories are equipped with Enervent heat recovery systems. And though electric automobiles are not yet the norm, we are looking that direction with EV charging stations in front of our offices around the world. We believe that to live innovation is a precondition for creating it. And we know a good idea can come from anywhere.
Green (and Lean) Manufacturing In the interest of having factories close to our markets, we have chosen to manufacture our products in seven countries — Finland, France, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Russia, and India. And in every market where we manufacture, we strive to live up to our sustainable promise. Each of our plant is specializing on their core manufacturing technology allowing focused investments in World Class Manufacturing. Be it metal component manufacturing, surface treatment, plastic injection molding, or assembly work we always develop and choose efficient solutions saving energy and environment. More and more in the world of manufacturing, the green choice is also the financially smart choice.
factories Estonia, Finland, France, India, Italy, Russia, Spain
We structures our production processes with the goal of making green practices the most financiallyfavorable and efficient. But it does not stop there: We are also actively involved in auditing and continuously improving our work processes and adopting models which make human activity more efficient. Recently, we began the development of Lean Manufacturing in all factories through our EOXprogram (Ensto Operational Excellence). It started with the 5S, Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain, as foundation for excellence and is accompanied by SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die), Value Stream Mapping, Visual Flow, Quality and other programs.
Underlying theme is focusing on the value added and reducing the waste. This results in shorter lead times and increasing sustainability, efficiency and flexibility for the benefit of our customers. Our goal is that “green� not be thought of as different, but that it will be the standard, the natural and logical choice in a world of competing options.
Ensto Utility Networks: Reliable Electricity Distribution Solutions for the Smart Grid We offer solutions in four key areas: overhead line and underground cable networks, power quality and network automation. Network automation
Overhead lines
Underground networks cold shrink
Power electronics
Underground networks heat shrink
PORTFOLIO Solutions for low voltage overhead lines: Four Core system, Insulated Messenger Wire system (IMWS) and Uninsulated Messenger Wire system (AMKA); Solutions for medium voltage overhead lines: Covered Conductor systems (PAS and BLX); Bare Conductor system and Universal Cable system; Heat shrink products for low voltage underground networks; Cold and heat shrink products for medium voltage underground networks; Power quality solutions for electronics; Voltage boosters for regulated consumer voltage; DC-Link for low voltage distribution systems; Network automation solutions.
We pay special attention to creating innovative accessories with long lifetimes for the construction of reliable, low-loss networks. Reliable electricity distribution is, in fact, the prerequisite for the Smart Grid. The energy balance in Smart Grids, where significant amounts of energy are produced with so called micro power plants, is based on a reliable self-recovering network.
Our solutions for overhead line networks are well known: the low and mediumvoltage line accessories withstand the most demanding and extreme conditions. Moreover, our solutions for underground cable networks are recognized worldwide not only for their long lifetimes but also for their wide variety. In power quality we are committed to creating solutions, which ensure required power quality for consumers even at the most remote points of the grid. We are developing a new generation of voltage boosters which eliminate voltage sags, as well as the DC Link which
facilitates remote electrification while maintaining superb quality of power for the consumer. Our network automation solutions, such as load break switches with remote controls and fault indicators, guarantee high utilization of lines and fast automated recovery from any fault situation. Our uniqueness, however, is not built only on products. The fact that we are locally present and ready to train and assist, has been cited by our satisfied customers as the reason they continually turn to us as a partner.
Ensto Industrial Solutions: Tailored Enclosing Solutions for Demanding Environments
Customized enclosings
Industrial housings
Tailor-made enclosings
Industrial components
Integration services
Atex enclosures
PORTFOLIO Customized enclosing solutions based on standard enclosures; Tailor-made enclosing solutions based on customers’ product projects; Integration services based on integrated enclosures delivered as a ready, functioning package for the customers’ own assembly process; Standard terminals customized (e.g. with prints and customer-specific labeling); Terminal solutions designed and developed wholly on the basis of our customers’ needs.
Our Enclosing Systems target environments where a high degree of protection is needed. We use the latest robot technology with automatic robotic cells for manufacturing and customizing our enclosings and housings. We also work closely with standardizing- and testing bodies in certifying products according to customer needs. Our enclosing systems are supported by high-quality industrial components and integration services.
close cooperation between our inhouse design department and the customer’s research and development department. We also offer customer-specific integration services based on integrated enclosures delivered as a ready, functioning package for the customer’s own assembly process. These solutions typically include thirdparty components and wiring.
Our customized enclosing solutions are based on our standard enclosures. These solutions often include different cut-outs and openings and can be furnished with accessories and other electrical components.
Solar and wind are fast-growing sectors, both growing last year by more than 50 percent. All this is what we call the “megatrend of sustainable development” which is not only a European phenomenon but one that is embraced in China and India, as well.
Our tailor-made enclosing solutions are based on the customer’s product projects. These solutions are developed according to customers’ special needs, including, for example, customer-specific molding tools and measurements. The related projects often involve
Photovoltaic is one of our focus segments, and our solution offerings include thermoplastic customized and pre-assembled combiner boxes for solar plants, a variety of enclosing systems, such as for power- and string control purposes, as well as generator junction boxes. In wind, we make
metal and thermoplastic enclosure solutions, including applications such as control boxes, node boxes, and de-icing systems for hard winter conditions to name a few. Even our newest Cubo X enclosures, built for potentially-explosive environments, have been designed with the renewable market in mind. While the world’s oil and gas deposits are diminishing, energy generated from waste is growing, and Cubo X fills the need for safety in facilities where waste gas is present. Our industrial components, including industrial terminals and switches, are also certified against the most demanding industry standards in a wide range of applications. We offer standard terminals which can be customized with prints and customerspecific labels, and entirely custom, customer-specific solutions, with services ranging from 3D modeling to manufacturing and assembly.
Ensto Building Technology: Integrated and Energy Efficient We are leaders in electrification and ventilation solutions which enable energy efficient, healthy, and comfortable living.
Energy recovery ventilation
EnstoNet
Electric vehicle charging
Workpoint electrification
Energy efficient luminaires
Heating and temperature control
Heating systems
PORTFOLIO Heating and heat recovery solutions; ventilation; energy efficient motion detector and LED lighting; monitoring and control systems; electricity distribution boards; frost protection; electric vehicle charging; Workpoint electrification systems.
Our energy efficient and energy saving hybrid house solutions enable a 200-square-meter home in a climate like Finland’s to be heated for less than 20 euros per month with total energy bills averaging under 100 euros per month. These solutions offer wide selection of building technology products meeting low-energy and passive house requirements. The offering includes ventilation systems with more than 90% heat recovery, electrical heating solutions, home control and monitoring products and lighting solutions.
These solutions are also designed with entire blocks of flats in mind. Simple features such as motion-detector controlled lighting, underfloor heating and controlling, frost protection, safe and functional electricity distribution boards are key in savings and energy efficiency in large-scale dwellings. Our LED lighting is also revolutionizing common areas of apartment buildings, tenfolding energy-efficiency and multifolding luminaire’s life span. And our most celebrated, newest product family is likely the Ensto Green Park - electric vehicle charging system, which was chosen by the city of Oslo, Norway, as the system to keep its thousands of electric vehicles charged and on the road. It has garnered attention not only for its easy installation and flawless performance, but for its
design as well. In Ensto Green Park family we have products for normal charging without fee and also for fast charging for a fee. Our Ensto Workpoint electrification solution for offices, service poles, mini posts, and socket boxes, enables customers to move electricity and data connections according to changing needs, maximizing freedom and mobility. The EnstoNet prefabricated installation system is a flexible and modifiable solution ensuring easy adaptation to the changing schedules and plans of the construction industry. Enabling easy connection and coupling, the EnstoNet requires only a fraction of the traditional on-site installation time.
Enclosing and integration solutions for automation and navigation systems -- client values Ensto’s participation in product development and ability to handle big quantities.
Partner visionaries
Microsoft uses the Ensto Workpoint Solution: EnstoNet installation system, circuit breakers, sockets. Client praises reliability of deliveries, complete solutions.
Vattenfall works with Ensto in joint development of tailored products: medium- and low-voltage overhead line solutions, as well as underground accessories.
DesignTalo uses the Ensto Hybrid House solutions like heating products, luminaires, home control products, distribution boards and Enervent ventilation and heat recovery systems.
E.on uses Ensto low- and medium-voltage overhead line accessories, valuing Ensto as a reliable pioneer in the field.
Ensto provides Wärtsilä with mass customized metal enclosing solutions — and Atex products in the near future.
ABB LVS chose Ensto as a long-term metal enclosing solutions partner for our participation in product creation.
Metso selected Ensto for our high-quality products, delivery performance, and fully-integrated modules for Metso Minerals.
OSLO city
ERDF values Ensto’s flexibility as a supplier of medium-voltage circuit breakers, remote controls, and fault detectors.
The City of Oslo uses Ensto´s electric vehicle charging poles for their design and reliability as a technical solution.
Enwi uses Ensto metal and thermoplastic enclosing solutions for string- and power control.
IDGC Holding values Ensto as a pioneer and technically competent supplier and developer for medium- and low-voltage overhead line solutions.
Heading for a better future.
FINANCE Turnover and Operating Profit
Turnover by Market Area
2008–2010, M€
Totally 240 M€
Turnover
12 months NOVEXIA included = 240 M€
Ensto
Turnover by SBU
Personnel in 20 Countries
Totally 240 M€
Totally 1600
Operating Profit
Finland, 26 %
Ensto Industrial Solutions, 14 %
Finland, 37 %
Other Nordic Countries, 21 %
Ensto Building Technology, 38 %
Estonia, 30 %
Other EU Countries, 37 %
Ensto Utility Network, 48 %
France, 14 %
Russia and CIS, 12 %
Russia, 5 %
Others, 5 %
Spain, 3 % Others, 11 %
• is a family business • was established in 1958 • employs 1,600 people in Europe and Asia • operates in 20 countries • has manufacturing operations in 7 countries • has turnover of 240 M EUR • is headquartered in Porvoo, Finland
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A Commitment to Sustainability. At Ensto we know that there is an urgent need for sustainable energy solutions. We are on the frontline of the electrical industry in producing clean, recyclable, and innovative products, solutions, and services. By improving energy efficiency and focusing on sustainable development we take part in building a better society.
Ensto Group Ensio Miettisen katu 2, PO Box 77 06101 Porvoo, Finland Tel. +358 204 7621 ensto@ensto.com www.ensto.com