no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2015 aucom electronics ltd type limited company industry industrial switchgear founded 1978 founder ray archer & mark empson headquarters christchurch new zealand products soft starters switchgear website www.aucom.com aucom electronics ltd is a global company headquartered in christchurch new zealand . 1 it is one of the top 50 technology exporters in new zealand . 2 contents 1 history 2 sales and distribution 3 products 4 references history edit aucom was established in 1978 by engineer mark empson and entrepreneur ray archer . the company was originally set up to manufacture a range of top end stereo amplifiers but was also involved in the design energy saving devices for single and three phase induction motors . aucom electronics began manufacturing these energy saving devices under licence from american space agency nasa . from this technology aucom developed a range of commercially viable soft starters . 3 aucom has since expanded its range to include a wider range of industrial electronics motor control centres and switchgear . sales and distribution edit aucom has sales offices in new zealand germany usa china and dubai . it has over 40 distributors in more than 80 countries throughout the world . 4 products edit some examples of aucom s industrial motor control offerings are low voltage soft starters emx4 emx3 csxi csx ims2 medium voltage soft starters mvs mvx mve references edit young david . widening the silk road . apn holdings nz . retrieved 14 may 2012 . tin100 2009 rankings . technology investment network . archived from the original on 4 january 2012 . retrieved 14 may 2012 . hedquist ulrika . variety on display among hi tech finalists . fairfax media business group . retrieved 14 may 2012 . soft start motor and power control aucom electronics . www.aucom.com . retrieved 9 december 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aucom electronics & oldid 740683076 categories manufacturing companies of new zealandaudio amplifier manufacturerscompanies based in christchurchcompanies established in 1978new zealand brandshidden categories orphaned articles from september 2015all orphaned articles 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 add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 16 22 . 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