company industry power electronics founded 1991 headquarters biel bienne switzerland key people christoph von bergen products solar inverter and accessories number of employees 360 01 2012 website www.solarmax.com inverter production at sputnik engineering solarmax products by sputnik engineering solar power plant with solarmax inverters sputnik engineering ag is a swiss company specializing in the development production distribution and maintenance of grid connected photovoltaic inverters . the headquarters of the company are located in switzerland biel bienne . sputnik engineering has subsidiaries in germany spain italy france belgium united kingdom bulgaria greece and china . contents 1 company profile 2 company structure 3 products 4 history 5 notes and references 6 external links company profile edit sputnik engineering ag has been working in the field of solar energy since 1991 and is one of the pioneers for the industry that invented among others the first transformer less inverter in 1994 . the company was founded in the swiss city of biel and concentrated on the development production and distribution of inverters for grid connected pv systems . with its brand solarmax sputnik engineering is able to offer a suitable device for all applications one family houses farms and even solar plants producing several megawatts . 1 the company has developed a tradition of enhanced customer service and uses this to sustain long term customer relationships . company structure edit sputnik engineering ag biel bienne switzerland sputnik engineering france s.a.r.l. saint priest france sputnik engineering gmbh neuhausen auf den fildern germany . sputnik engineering ib rica s.l.u. madrid spain sputnik engineering international ag biel bienne switzerland branch office benelux brussels branch office greece athens branch office bulgaria sofia branch office united kingdom london sputnik engineering italia s.r.l. giussano italy sputnik engineering trading ltd. shanghai china products edit sputnik engineering produces string inverters and central inverters for all sizes of solar systems from small systems for roofs to solar plants producing several megawatts . for small systems they offer string inverters from the s and p series of solarmax with a nominal capacity from 2 to 5 kw and for medium sized systems the mt series of solarmax 8 to 15 kw . the central inverters sputnik engineering offers include the s series of solarmax 20 to 35 kw the ts series of solarmax 50 to 300 kw the ts sv series of solarmax 330 kw and the power station 330 kw to 1.32 mw . 2 sputnik engineering also develops accessories and solutions for data communication for the monitoring planning and control of photovoltaic systems . 3 history edit sputnik engineering ag was founded in 1991 as a spin off to the engineering school in biel switzerland and introduced the first three phase central inverter with fully digital controls and regulation to the market . the next technical innovation was the development of the first transformer less inverter . 4 in 2001 the subsidiary sputnik engineering gmbh was founded in germany as a reaction to the considerable growth in demand for photovoltaic inverters . in 2006 the subsidiary in spain was founded 2007 the italian subsidiary followed 2008 france and 2011 china . locations in belgium united kingdom greece and bulgaria were added successively . notes and references edit produkte solarmax reni pv power plants 2011 industry guide p. 88 solarpraxis berlin 2011 . solarmax date communication de swiss solar award 2006 sputnik engineering external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sputnik engineering & oldid 730840893 categories companies established in 1991solar energy companiesswiss brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 11 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view