Power electronics company shows significant growth

4 April 2007 News

Just about a year ago, Mike King formed PHD Powerhouse, a specialist company in the power electronics industry. Having many years experience in the industry being involved in power semiconductors, cooling and surge protection, King noted the local market conditions of imported components and subsequent stock and distribution around South Africa, and took this as an exciting challenge to give the clients just what they need.

Having started out with a handful of agency/suppliers, the company's offering has now grown into a respectable portfolio. From 2007 Steven Cox joined the company to further promote and extend its market share and reach. With this appointment, the total market knowledge of the company is now almost 40 years.

PHD Powerhouse is currently able to provide the following products and says it is able to source almost anything related:

* Andeli Group - power supplies, silicon rectifier, solid state relays, circuit breaker, H.R.C. fuse, plug and socket, electrical parts.

* Bisonic - tube axial, DC cooling fan, AC cooling fan, DC brushless motor, DC crossflow fan.

* Kestar KVR - metal oxide varistor, surge protection devices.

* Evox Rifa - film capacitors, polyester, polypropylene, polycarbonate, paper, metallised, EMI suppression, pulse capacitors.

* Westcode Semiconductors - GTO, thyristor, diode, SCR, distributed gate, press pack IGBTs, FRED, capacitors, heatsinks, assemblies, high voltage IGBT gate drive units.

* Iconopower - Precision clamps for press pack semiconductors.

* Ixys - mosfet, IGBT, CBI modules, SCR, diode, BOD, thyristor, SCR/diode modules, rectifiers, gate driver IC, FRED.

The company can also offer custom stack assembly solutions suited to customer requirements, using much of the aforementioned products. In summary, PHD Powerhouse is a specialised company offering professional solutions to the South African electronics and electrical industry and which is showing significant growth.

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