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Piotr Szewczyk President of the Board

APS Energia, a company from Stanislawow Pierwszy, Poland, is a global designer and producer of uninterruptible power supply systems for industrial applications. Dariusz Balcerzyk talks to Piotr Szewczyk, chairman of the board, to find out more.

APS Energia SA, headquartered in Stanislawow Pierwszy on the outskirts of Warsaw, is a renowned manufacturer of a wide range of power applications used in the heating, oil & gas, nuclear energy, telecommunications, medicine and many other industries. It also implements the RTC (railway traffic control) power systems. Ensuring the reliability and stability of energy supplies is the company’s main goal.

APS Energia was founded in 1995 by four graduates from the Warsaw University of Technology. “At that time, we had no money to develop the company. Our whole potential was the knowledge we had in our heads,” says Mr Szewczyk. “However, we were lucky enough to sign our very first contract with a customer from the Netherlands for the design of plasma power supplies. We were successfully selling this to the Netherlands, Germany, USA, Japan, Taiwan and other countries. Since then, we have recorded continuous growth and development, starting from the creation of new products, through implementation of new technologies, to building strong relationships with customers and expansion into new markets.”

Holding the power

In 2007 the company focused on the production of uninterruptible power supply systems. Today, it has a 60 per cent share of the market in Poland. The APS Energia Group’s main customers are companies from the energy industry and oil & gas industry.

The group consists of eight companies, with APS Energia SA acting as its parent company, and ENAP SA (whose main activities are services for delivery, mounting works and commissioning of control & instrumentation systems) and six foreign branches (in Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Turkey). The group employs 380 people, including 300 in Poland and 60 in Russia. Its entire production is carried out in three factories: two in Poland and one in Russia (located in Yekaterinburg).

The group’s annual sales in 2016 were estimated as PLN 83.5 million (around €20 million), and net profits exceeded PLN 2.5 million (around €600,000). Exports make up 40–45 per cent of the group’s total sales. APS Energia’s foreign partners include the markets of eastern Europe (Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Georgia), the markets of the European Union (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Netherlands, Macedonia) as well as global markets (Saudi Arabia, Australia, Iraq, South Africa, Egypt, Kuwait).

Wide scope of services

APS Energia offers emergency power systems and AC and DC receivers, rectifiers, uninterruptible power sources, inverters, frequency converters, active filters, power system surveillance systems and fuel cells. Devices manufactured by APS Energia use the latest technological solutions. These are converter systems based on IGBT technology, which is the most advanced technology for power transistors for processing energy. With full power

rectifier systems, they are still used in the least unreliable SCR systems – thyristors. The use of proven signal processors and precise electronic components has allowed the company to create electronic control systems perfectly matched to the respective devices. The systems offered by APS Energia can be powered by different electricity sources, including chemical batteries, photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, fuel cells and other sources able to generate electricity.

“The majority of our customers are those for whom a reliable operation and high technical parameters are top priorities. Among them are nuclear power plants in Russia, India and Ukraine. Our equipment for these nuclear power companies has excellent technical parameters, guaranteeing resistance to difficult conditions, both electromagnetic and external. High tolerance for electromagnetic interference and a specially designed reinforced enclosure with high seismic resistance are particularly important for this equipment,” explains Mr Szewczyk. “The emergency power systems offered by us ensure the continuity of production processes and the possibility of operation in the event of primary power supply failure. We help our clients to eliminate the risk of losses in this scenario. The best technical specifications, modern technology and innovative solutions keep us ahead of the competition, and enable us to achieve better results, where mass products have no chance to satisfy the customers. We provide emergency power systems tailored to the needs and expectations of the specific client.”

APS Energia delivers its products to major international integrators, such as: Siemens, ABB or Gazprom’s subcompanies. In terms of the RTC power systems it supplies such rolling stock manufacturers as H. Cegielski. It is also proud of its long-term cooperation with two underground railway systems: the Warsaw Metro and the Moscow Metro.

Strongest resources

“Our intellectual resources are our greatest assets. This is important as our plan is to be the number one company in eastern and central Europe in this highly specialised and sophisticated market,” says Mr Szewczyk.

To achieve this, APS Energia has developed a research and development centre. The cost of this investment exceeded PLN 25 million (about €600,000) and was co-financed by EU funds. The R&D centre investigates new technologies and develops new devices based on the latest scientific achievements. The company collaborates with the Warsaw University of Technology and other universities and research centres in Poland and abroad (including MIT). The high quality of APS Energia’s products and services is confirmed by internationally recognised certificates and meets the requirements of international standards of safety and electromagnetic compatibility, as well as the EU directives (CE mark). n

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