Streamlining both its business and manufacturing processes, cutting production costs and re-engineering certain components have allowed Meissner Power Systems, wholly owned subsidiary of ALSTOM Automation, to substantially grow its business during 2002.
Midway through 2002, Meissner reported that revenue had leapt to 149.6% ahead of its sales figures for the similar period in 2001. "We more than doubled the amount of units sold in 2002, when compared to the previous year," says Graham Beyleveld, sales director at Meissner Power Systems.
Beyleveld is of the opinion that Meissner`s focus on local products boosted its performance. "A variety of factors conspired to deliver a bumper year for Meissner in 2002. Key among these was a renewed focus on the locally-manufactured product set and meeting the specific environmental and technical demands of our South African customers."
Meissner saw a rise in the demand for high-end power systems, enabling its factory to up its production of 60kVA plus machines. "As corporate SA comes to realise that its costly computer equipment is vulnerable to power surges and spikes, brown outs and line noise, it is increasingly valuing the protection that a UPS affords them," says Beyleveld.
"During 2002 there has certainly also been an upsurge in UPS sales within the mining sector and at industrial plants - all areas with highly sensitive equipment, vulnerable to the slightest of power fluctuation."
Beyleveld believes that, as the typical applications for UPSs continue to expand, there will be a heightened demand for these systems. "Computer systems of all types, PABXs, call centres, cellphone masts and even home answering units, access and process control - all of these are demanding the consistent and clean power that UPSs provide. As this demand continues to grow, so will the popularity of power protection units such as ours."
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