MERSEN Safety & Reliability for Electrical Power

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MERSEN Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
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About Mersen

• Mersen is a global expert in materials and
  solutions for extreme environments as well as in
  the safety and reliability of electrical equipment

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Group information

• Revenue 829.6m
• Op. margin before non-recurring items 12.5
• EBITDA margin 17
• 7000 staff
• Operations in more than 40 countries

Global expert in materials and solutions for
extreme environments as well as in the safety and
reliability of electrical equipment
2011 data
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Focused on growth markets
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Mersen expertise, our source of energyAdvanced
Materials and Technologies

• Graphite components for high-temperature
  applications

• Graphite systems and high-tech materials for
  highly demanding industrial environments
  (high-temperature, corrosive, erosive)

• Anticorrosion equipment made from graphite and
  noble metals(1) and CL Clad

• Revenue 379.6m
• EBITDA margin 22.4

2011 data
(1) Tantalum, zirconium
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Mersen expertise, our source of
energyElectrical Components and Technologies

• Fuses and fuse equipment

• Electrical components for wind turbines

• Protection of industrial electrical and
  electronic equipment and secure solutions for
  supplying power to rotating electrical machinery
  (motors, generators, alternators)

• Brushes and brushholders for electrical motors

• Cooling devices and power connection systems

• Revenue 450m
• EBITDA margin 15.4

2011 data
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Product Offering

• Advanced materials and solutions for high
  temperatures
• Anticorrosion and process equipment
• Electrical solutions for motors and generators
• Safety Reliability for Electrical Power

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power

• Safety Reliability. Mersen integrates our
  product expertise into our customers
  applications to make them safe, reliable and
  profitable.
• We provide product expertise in
• Overcurrent protection
• Surge protection
• Cooling for power electronics
• Bus bar for power electronics
• High power switching
• Power transfer for rail vehicles
• Electronic Systems for Energy Management

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power

• Customer Intimacy. A trusted team member, Mersen
  invests early in our customers projects with
  research and design support.
• Our experts offer experienced, attentive and
  responsive applications support from the initial
  design stage, through system implementation and
  to well after the sale.

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power

• Global Service. We bring our expertise to our
  customers with products designed to meet their
  standards.
• Thousands of local sales representatives
  distributors around the globe provide experienced
  and attentive customer service.

Giving a local presence and rapid response time
to our customers
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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• We integrate our product expertise into your
  application to make it safe, reliable, and
  profitable. Our product expertise includes
• Overcurrent protection
• Surge protection
• Cooling for power electronics
• Bus bar for power electronics
• Low voltage and high power switches
• Power transfer for rail vehicles
• Electronic Systems for Energy Management

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Overcurrent Protection
• For motors, mains, feeds branch circuits,
  transformers, cables, semiconductors, and special
  applications
• General purpose low voltage fuses
• Fuses for every global standard
• Semiconductor fuses
• Medium voltage fuses
• Fuse blocks holders
• Fuse / Switch Disconnects
• Power distribution blocks (PDBs)

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Surge Protection
• For all areas of the facility
• Service entrance
• Mid facility
• Point of use
• PV systems
• Patented TPMOV technology

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Cooling for Power Electronics
• Air cooling solutions
• Air cooled heatsinks
• Phase change solutions
• Heat pipes
• Liquid cooling solutions
• Vacuum brazed
• Embedded copper pipes in aluminum plate

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Bus Bar for Power Electronics
• Bus Bars for power conversion and switching
• DC Links
• Capacitors Banks
• Low Inductance switching platforms
• Bus Bars for high current carrying and
  distribution
• Low Inductance Filtering
• Low Voltage Drop interconnects
• Integrating mechanical and electrical components
• Bus Bars for Packaging Functionality
• Power, signal, PCB, wires and components
  integration
• Space and weight optimization
• Thermal management
• Ruggedized solutions

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• High Power Switches
• High current DC
• Low voltage AC DC
• Medium voltage AC
• Contactors
• Systems

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Power Transfer for Rail Vehicles
• Radial and axial mount earth current return units
  (ERCU)
• An effective shunt around the bearing, mounted on
  all electric locomotives
• Top, bottom lateral current collector devices
  (CCD)
• For your 3rd rail at a typical transit system
• With or without fuse protection
• Roof or bogie frame fuse box
• Catenary or 3rd rail
• Protect main cable from short circuit current

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Electronic Systems for Energy Management
• Focused on PV market
• Master and slave electronic cards for Smart
  Monitoring
• Monitoring String and Array Junction Boxes

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Product Expertise

• Products that meet every global standard
• ISO 9001 certified
• ISO 14001 certified
• ISO 16000 certified
• first industrial facility certified

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Safety Reliability for Electrical Power
Supported by Research Development

• High Power Test Labs
• Europe Saint Bonnet de Mure, France
• High power and low power
• IEC testing
• North America Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
• High power and low power
• Surge testing
• UL approved for third party testing

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Do More with Mersen

• Protect electrical systems and the people who use
  them
• Improve electrical safety, performance, and
  reliability
• Reduce system downtime
• Develop technical solutions that increase your
  competitiveness
• Reduce investment costs and lead times
• Increase your global capacity
• Seize opportunities in emerging markets

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