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Ramping to 10 Million AC Drives: Yaskawa Milestones

July 24, 2008byPepper Hastings2

In June, Yaskawa said it shipped its 10 millionth AC drive since 1974 of production. 

Raw math says that’s about 300,000 drives shipped per year, but the uptick is much more dramatic than that. Here’s a look at how the demand for Yaskawa AC drives ramped up over the past three decades.

Click on the image (above) for a closer look at this interesting timeline graphic.

2 comments

  • Jay Jorczak

    July 24, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Yaskawa has already eclipsed 11 million units since this publication and we are closing quick on 12 million units. We will product close to 2 million inverters in 2008.

  • Nick

    July 25, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    I think Jay just like to brag.

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