Studer Innotec was founded in 1987 by Roland Studer, current General Director. From 1987 to 1991, the company developed its areas of competences in the solar photovoltaics and in the energy conversion, with the first inve......Studer Innotec was founded in 1987 by Roland Studer, current General Director. From 1987 to 1991, the company developed its areas of competences in the solar photovoltaics and in the energy conversion, with the first inverters (DC/AC). In 2005, the Sommet Prize, organized among others by the Union Bank of Switzerland was awarded to Studer Innotec, for its capabilities to innovate as well as to export its inverters. 90% of the turnover exported The launch in 1994 of the Twinpower, then in 1995 of the SI, both sine wave inverters with unbeaten performances so far, makes Studer Innotec’s offer very attractive to demanding export markets. This is the start of an export business which represents now some 90% of its turnover. Leadership Studer Innotec is today the leader of the inverter market in Switzerland and in Europe, and a major actor in the rest of the World. It employs 40 people and manages a network of more than one hundred distributors in more than 70 countries. Thanks to a large range of products, it is the only inverter manfacturer to cover the solar photovoltaic market as well as the nautical, the mobile, the backup and the telecom markets. Integration and flexibility of the production The philosophy of the company has been, from the very beginning, to master the process from A to Z, so from the development to the sales of the products. This is why Studer Innotec has started as a vertically integrated manufacturer, therefore more flexible than its competitors. In other respects, to turn the markets expectations into products and services, an 8 people team is fully dedicated to Research & Development. The choice of the performance The high-tech design of its products, as well as the choice of the performance and of the reliability, brings Studer Innotec to select its components with the highest care. This is the reason why it has chosen the latest technologies, like the digital signal processors (DSP) which provide better performances and a higher efficiency to its inverters. Comfort and versatility of the products In future, this choice for quality and for service will continue to guide our strategic axes. Beyond the performances, the next inverters will provide more comfort and will offer a greater versatility to their users. Closeness to the clients From research to industrial implementation, Studer Innotec intends to keep on investing financially and also in human resources, in order to maintain its lead in terms of the offer and of the closeness to the clients. This closeness expresses itself also by a network of partners qualified to service its products. The addresses of these partners, as well as the distributors, will be found on the company’s website, under the heading « Distributors ».