Softstart UK managing director Stuart Harvey comments

Softstart UK managing director Stuart Harvey comments There may not be many in the UK who would associate Hyundai with variable speed drives, and yet all across Asia this is one of the biggest names in the business. Now these products are available to engineers in this country via Softstart UK. The company’s portfolio includes Hyundai low and medium voltage inverters, perfectly complementing Softstart UK’s ranges of AC motors, servo drives and motors, soft starters, DC injection brakes, motor protection relays, control equipment, panel PCs, switchgear, harmonic filters and more.

Softstart UK managing director Stuart Harvey comments: “When you think of the name Hyundai, you probably think first of cars and then of ships. Cars aside, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a massive global business, with a 15% market share of the ship-building industry. But perhaps even more impressive is the Electro Electric Systems Division of Hyundai Heavy Industries which manufactures switchgear, circuit breakers, rotating machinery, inverters and complete systems in sectors such as general industry power plants, locomotives and ships.”

Indeed the company is the largest manufacturer of marine generators in the world, with a dominating market share in excess of 40%. It is no surprise then that the company should have such a highly regarded range of inverters within its portfolio – but more of a surprise that news of these products should not have reached the UK before now. The Electro Electric Systems Division of HHI which manufacturers these products has earned a whenever worldwide reputation for manufacturing and supplying the highest quality electrical equipment.