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Danfoss and General Electric join forces
in strategic collaboration
The SiC power modules will create smaller,
faster, and more effective electronic devices,
and are expected to revolutionize the
technology within solar and wind energy as
well as the future generations of electric and
hybrid cars.
The transatlantic collaboration between
Danfoss and GE will be part of New
York Power Electronics Manufacturing
Consortium (NY-PEMC) in Utica, upstate
New York. The private-public consortium
and other similar programs were established
in 2014 by the state of New York with a total
investment of more than USD 20 billion for
the creation of high-tech jobs.
By early 2018, DSP will establish SiC power
modules packaging operations in Utica, and
is expected to create hundreds of jobs in the
coming years. GE will provide SiC chips for
the modules.
The news has been announced today, Friday,
March 24, by Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor
of New York State, which is financing all
startup costs as well as production facilities.
Danfoss will lease both the facility and
equipment from New York State and occupy
the entire facility in Utica, which includes
two cleanrooms, labs, offices and logistics
space.
“This is a very important step for Danfoss, as
the US is our biggest market and essential
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to our business. The cooperation with GE
has great strategic impact for Danfoss – it
is important for our future growth plans in
the US, and we have big expectations for
the further developments in this highly-
specialized area,” says Executive Vice
President and COO in Danfoss, Kim Fausing.
With 330,000 employees, GE is one of the
world’s leading industrial companies. It has
spent millions of dollars in developing tahe
ultra-thin SiC chips, which will be used in the
power modules from Danfoss.
Danfoss Silicon Power, based in Flensburg,
in Germany, is part of the Danfoss Group,
which has more than 25,000 employees
globally. Danfoss Silicon Power is a leading
manufacturer of power modules, which are
used in a wide range of applications for the
industrial, renewable energy and automotive
sectors. They have provided power modules
for more than 25 million, mainly European
cars.
“Danfoss Silicon Power is gaining a unique
position as the only independent SiC
module manufacturer in the US and GE has
been a customer from day one. Similarly,
it has opened the door to the US market,
where demand for the power modules
manufactured by Danfoss Silicon Power is
expected to grow explosively,” says Claus
A. Petersen, General Manager and Vice
President of Danfoss Silicon Power.