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Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen safely controls half of the worldâ€™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 center that greatly contributes to the success of the overall company. “Our core business is the regulation of power transformers. This is done above all with the aid 5

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

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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 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 w w w. r e i n h a u s e n . c o m

REINHAUSEN AUSTRALIA customers, the manufacturers of high-voltage devices and systems, utility providers and voltageintensive large-scale industry. Together with ten partner companies, MR is an active member of the TRANSFORM network platform, a unique 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

quality experienced service HV Contracting Pty Ltd services the medium to high voltage industries throughout Australia. Services include: • Transformer installation and maintenance • Oil sampling and analysis • Oil filtration • Mechanical construction • Electrical contracting Our strong relationships with major manufactures can assure you to get the right advice and the right service every time. 13 White Street, Bayswater WA 6053 Ph: 08 9272 6899 Mob: 04 1936 4316 Email: nev@hvcontracting.com.au

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innovation, expertise and reliability, versatile synergies and customer advantages are created. German Designed, Engineered and Manufactured Among many powerful competitive advantages, Flower was quick to list “German designed, engineered and manufactured” as key differentiators. “The fact that our equipment is made in Germany carries a lot of respect in engineering and the consumer markets.” That quality is paired with the amazing group of people we have in our network. For our highly skilled people, it’s not a job, it’s a career. Our average tenure in our company is approximately 10 years.” “We have a global presence of 30 subsidiaries worldwide. Those people throughout that network are the best in the business.” Flower pointed out that they communicate 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

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people and equipment.” It is this comprehensive, global collaboration that helped Reinhausen invent the tap changer that they use. “We invented and patented the tap changer back in 1926. We’ve been the market leader ever since then,” said Flower.

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 Steady Growth the international standards, we As evidence of MR’s steady growth smash them,” said Flower with a and consistent strength, they are a confident chuckle. multi-award innovation leader. “We developed vacuum technology Regulating Over 50 Percent of in our product line, which has the World’s Power revolutionized the industry. It At the core of Reinhausen’s ability brought a maintenance-free to regulate over 50 percent of product into certain applications. the world’s power is their onOur competitors have basically load tap-changer (OLTC); the been scrambling to catch up ever founding block of their business. since,” said Flower. “This is supported by premium “We’re always the leader, service. Our technicians are and never the follower. Being trained to the highest standards. dynamic and moving with industry “We’re solutions providers for our trends is a key component of customers,” said Flower. It is this our success. Our business has premium service and skill that has changed substantially in just the helped the Company maintain past few years alone. We have a technical excellence throughout new business unit that has been its operations, winning numerous charged with regularly keeping us accolades, including IEC awards ahead of the change,” said Flower. for work on power transformers. Furthermore, a particularly Helping to maintain this excellence w w w. r e i n h a u s e n . c o m

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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 9

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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.”