Vacon supplies AC drives.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

From: Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper | Date: November 1, 2005 | Copyright information

VACON SUPPLIES AC DRIVES. Vacon, Vaasa, Finland is the sole supplier of AC drives for all business units of an unnamed global supplier of automation solutions. The agreement covers joint development actions. One of the...

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