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2008 |
ISO
9001 quality certificate is successfully renewed, valid
until 2011. |
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2007 |
The
next renovation stage brings an increase of further 600 m2 manufacturing
area. We can take it into operation in August. This brings us
in the position to manufacture high quantities.
The staff of BRUSA Elektronik AG exceeds
for the first time 30 employees. |
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2005 |
BRUSA Elektronik AG looks
back on 20 years of success. |
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2003 |
BRUSA
Elektronik AG is considerably involved in the concept design
of the Coaster.
Our tasks are, among others: Energy management, drive system
layout, safety and autonomous driving concept. We also develope
and provide the high torque drive system and the battery charging
technology. |
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2002 |
We are moving into a new building in Sennwald.
30 work places are created for development department and 10 places
for customer care and small series production. If required, another
2000m2 of the work space is at our disposal. |
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BRUSA Elektronik AG receives ISO
9001 quality certificate. |
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The privately held BRUSA
Elektronik company is converted to the
BRUSA
Elektronik AG corporation.
Main goal is to allow more flexibility for employees to participate
and invest into company's business. |
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2001 |
BRUSA Elektronik
buys a new factory building - a former spinning mill house. For start,
we have expanded to about 40 work places. |
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1998 |
BRUSA Elektronik
develops a 60 kW DC-DC converter which is primarily intended to be
used in fuel cell electric vehicles. |
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1997 |
BRUSA
expands with a new building and thus makes available 10
additional workplaces. Now we mainly focus on research and development
for the automotive industry. |
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The first compact drive systems are sold.
Our company-owned electric vehicle covered without any problems over
90,000 km during 1997 - 2002 time periode. The original NiCd battery
pack still works fine and doesn’t show any signs of fatigue. |
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1992-1995 |
Some new products are developed.
Among them is a high efficiency microprocessor controlled battery
charger. The induction motor control unit now delivers more power
(up to 34kW at 180V DC), and is now also controlled by a microprocessor. |
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1991 |
Andy Kruspan, a certified engineer
from Technical College of Biel, enters the company. Andy is the specialist
for AC- and DC-motors and other aspects in the power electronics.
(He won between 1988 and 2002 16 prices at different EV races.) |
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1990 |
Arno Mathoy, a certified engineer
from the Technical University of Graz, Austria, joins us in the team
and develops among other things a high efficient maximum power tracker
with a 99% degree of efficiency. |
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1988 |
Axel Krause left Landis &
Gyr and changed to BRUSA. An induction
motor control unit with a very high degree of efficiency and power
is developed. We are starting at a peak power of 12kw at 120V. |
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1987 |
Axel Krause, a certified physicist
of ETH Zurich, developed a special induction motor and won the Tour
de Sol up to Arosa. This smoothed the way for the asynchronous motors
for electrically operated vehicles. |
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1985 |
BRUSA Elektronik
was founded. It was the first year of Tour de Sol. The company
was set up with the goal to develop components exclusively for solar-
and electric vehicles and solar energy systems. Today’s electric
vehicles scene finds its origin in the Tour de Sol, which was founded
in 1985 as an advertising medium for utilization of thermic solar
energy (warm water with solar energy). Warm water isn’t very
spectacular. Therefore the organizers tried to demonstrate by means
of moving electric vehicles what someone can do by using solar energy.
As a side effect they recognized that the vehicles worked better than
expected! From that year on Tour de Sol took place ten more times. |