Since 1998 Danfoss Drives has produced one million units of the frequency converter VLT® 2800, and the sales are still growing.Drive number one million was delivered Thursday the 26th of April at 13.35. It was ordered by the Chinese manufacturer of draw-texturing machines, Yuejian Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd.
14 May 2007
Yuejian Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd. is the leading enterprise in the Zhejiang province of China with comprehensive exports to Vietnam, Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, etc. The company employs more than 600 people and produces 900 sets of machines worth 50 million Euros per year. Mr. Sun Xiaomao, the board chairman of Zhejiang Yuejian Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd. was present at the Gråsten factory where Sven Ruder, President, Danfoss Motion Controls Division, handed over the VLT® 2800 number one million which was gilded to mark the occasion.“It is not surprising that a Chinese company bought the one millionth VLT® 2800”, said Sven Ruder, “since China has taken over the position as our biggest and fastest growing market for this product.”Drive number 1000001 off the production line was silver-plated and presented to Mr. Zhu Xuejun, Sales Manager at Hangzhou Hongxin Intelligent Engineering Co., Ltd. – the distributor that services Zhejiang Yuejian Machinery Manufacture Co. Ltd.Present at the event were members of the group that developed the VLT® 2800, people that support the sales and the staff producing the VLT® 2800 today.The event was celebrated with mini VLT® 2800 cakes while production continued. Approximately 5000 VLT® 2800 drives are produced every week. -->