Woodward SEG in Kempen, Germany, with its business segments Power Solutions, Power Quality and Power Protection makes a substantial contribution to the electrical service security and power quality. Since the company's founding over 35 years ago, SEG has been a pioneer for numerous developments in the field of power generation and distribution and has achieved market leadership in several product areas. SEG has been acquired by Woodward Governor Company in November 2006. Woodward is the world's largest independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of energy control solutions and sets the global standard for Energy Control & Optimization Solutions. Our success is enabled by our members and measured by the satisfaction of our customers and the return to our shareholders.

Design and manufacturing of custom power plants ranging from simple systems for emergency power supply to complex ones for power distribution or even a turnkey 200 MW power station is the main business of Power Solutions. In the Power Quality segment, our brands CONCYCLE® and POWERCON® provide you with the right products for improving the quality of your power for a variety of applications, including energy production with wind turbines, rotating UPS systems for ensuring power quality and reliability and power supply on ships.

Woodward SEG's protective relays are used in the electrical power generation and distribution markets, and complement Woodward power generation system solutions. Woodward SEG's Power Generation & Distribution segment offers a broadly diversified range of electronic supervision, protection and control systems for custom solutions. Gen.-set manufacturers, power supply companies, switchboard manufacturers and a variety of industrial clients all value the high level of expertise we provide.

Our individual consultation helps our clients find the right product to meet their requirements. Support services such as mains studies, protection concepts or commissioning and training complete our range of products.

Company key data:

• Manufacturer of electronic protection and control systems for over 35 years
• More than 360 employees
• 12% of staff in R & D
• 11,000 m² premises
• Ongoing investment in state-of-the-art production methods
• More than 1,500,000 electronic devices in use worldwide
• Annual production of approximately >50,000 electronic devices
• More than 3,000 CONCYCLE® wind inverter systems for wind power plants, with more than 3,500 MW installed capacity
• Equipping of the largest wind power plant 5M (5 MW capacity) with a CONCYCLE® wind inverter
• Cooperation with more than 15 universities internationally
• Distribution and service in more than 30 countries
• More than 2,500 satisfied customers worldwide