Facts

Data, Facts & Figures:
PCS at a Glance

Key data

Location
Berlin, Germany
2010 Turnover
50 million Euros
Staff
about 220
Education
35% academic degrees
65% vocational degrees
Area
15,000 sqm

Ongoing projects

Wind power
PCS Green Line power converter for wind turbines
Industrial
PCS Blue Line power converter for test benches (hybrid, automotive, Formula 1 drives and high voltage transformers) as well as grid stabilisation
Solar power
Customised central power converter for system projects
Rail
  • Auxiliary Power Supply system for Metro Singapore, Tram Blackpool, Tram Linz, Tram Toronto, Tram Berlin, Tram Leipzig, Tram Halle, Tram Brussels, Tram Melbourne, Double-Deck EMU SBB
  • Electrical pre-assemblies, cubicles, switchgears and equipment for EMU Talent 2, EMU Electrostar, Loco TRAXX
  • Traction Converter (Chopper) for LRV Stuttgart
  • Stand-alone Battery Charger units for High-Speed Train ZEFIRO China

Completed projects

Wind power
1,440 PCS Green Line 2000
50 PCS Green Line 1000
Industrial
220 PCS Blue Line
Rail
  • More than 2,800 Auxiliary Power Supply systems for mass transit vehicles
  • More than 4,900 Auxiliary Power Supply systems and stand-alone Battery Charger units for long-distance vehicles
  • More than 400 Traction Converters/Choppers
  • More than 2,600 electrical pre-assemblies, cubicles and switchgears for locos, multiple units and passenger coaches
  • About 58,000 electrical energy supply systems for passenger coaches between 1948 and 1993 under the label of FAGA
(status: 02/2010)

Partners, interest groups, organisations

IHK Berlin
BWE - Bundesverband WindEnergie e. V. (federal wind energy association)
COG Deutschland e. V. - Component Obsolescence Group
DIN VSB/ZERT Zertifizierungsgesellschaft mbH (certification agency)
AWEA - American Wind Energy Association
EWEA - European Wind Energy Association
FGW - Fördergesellschaft Windenergie e. V., Fachausschuss Elektrische Eigenschaften (association for the promotion of wind energy, technical committee for electrical properties) 
VDB - Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland e. V. (German rail industry association)
VME - Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie e. V. in Berlin und Brandenburg (state association of the metalworking and electrical industry in Berlin and Brandenburg)