Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine April 2015 | Page 154

REINHAUSEN AUSTRALIA
MR Test Center

Reinhausen 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
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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