that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message fronius international gmbh type limited liability company gesellschaft mit beschr nkter haftung founded 1945 founder g nter fronius headquarters pettenbach upper austria austria number of employees 3 723 2015 divisions perfect welding solar energy perfect charging website www.fronius.com fronius international gmbh is an austrian company based in pettenbach upper austria . fronius is active in the fields of welding technology photovoltaics and battery charging technology . contents 1 history 1.1 formation and development 1.2 today 2 divisions 2.1 perfect welding 2.2 solar energy 2.3 perfect charging 3 sites 3.1 austria 3.2 international sites history edit formation and development edit in 1945 g nter fronius 1907 2015 and his wife friedl set up fronius international gmbh in pettenbach . g nter fronius occupied himself with the development of battery charging systems in an electrical business . a little later he employed 15 people . in the mid 1960s the company started to manufacture electronics and welding torches . in 1972 fronius opened a second site in thalheim near wels and moved production there . g nter fronius handed over the management of the business to his two children in 1980 and from then on the company focused more and more on expansion and internationalisation . sites were opened in austria and beyond in the years that followed . at the same time fronius expanded into the fields of welding technology and battery charging technology . photovoltaics became a new focus in 1993 . in 2001 fronius opened a factory in pettenbach the town in which the company started . the logistics and production site at sattledt was opened in 2007 . with the capture of the american market between 2002 and 2007 the company has now gained a foothold outside europe . today edit fronius employed 3 723 people worldwide in 2015 . in addition to the company s headquarters in pettenbach and other sites in wels thalheim sattledt and steinhaus fronius has production sites in the czech republic and in usa . fronius also has sales offices in a total of 24 countries . divisions edit perfect welding edit the perfect welding division provides products and complete systems both manual and automated as well as the services that customers need in the global welding technology market . around 1950 fronius launched its first welding transformer with magnet yoke control which allowed the welding current to be continuously adjusted . fifty years later the company launched the cmt cold metal transfer process which permits the thermal joining of steel to aluminium . the introduction of the deltaspot welding system resistance spot welding system finally facilitated the mass production of aluminium car bodies . solar energy edit the solar energy division has been involved in photovoltaics since 1992 and develops and produces high performance inverters for grid connected photovoltaic systems from 1 kw upwards . the product range is complemented by components for professional system monitoring data visualisation and analysis all available as standalone product add ons . perfect charging edit perfect charging is fronius international s oldest division . fronius has been researching and developing charging technology ever since it was founded in 1945 . the 1990s saw inverter technology expertise applied for the first time to pulsed charging devices for charging vehicle starter batteries . the acctiva series is a high performance electronically safe starter battery charging system . in the field of traction batteries fronius offers the selectiva series . sites edit austria edit fronius is based in pettenbach where the company was founded . covering an area of 6 000 m it is the centre of excellence for fronius welding torches and accounting & internal auditing . the production and logistics site of the company is located in sattledt . since 2007 all battery charging systems welding systems and solar inverters have been produced here on a site more than 100 000 m in size . one of the largest photovoltaic systems in austria with a module area of 3 600 m can be found on the roof of the building . there is also a biomass power station that supplies the majority of the energy required . thalheim near wels is the research & development site of the company and will be extended to cover 22 500 m by 2011 . special features of the thalheim site in the future will include photovoltaic electricity generation geothermal probes geothermal fields and the systematic re use of waste heat from the test laboratories . wels with its historic brick building is the sales hub of fronius international . the site which was opened in 1990 extends over 17 000 m and is the starting point for the international activities of all three fronius divisions . the active energy design photovoltaics system and modern environmental technology ensure that as much energy as possible is collected to meet its own requirements . the repair center international rci which used to be in sattledt relocated to steinhaus in 2010 . . international sites edit in addition to the eight sites in austria fronius has over 24 international subsidiaries and sales partners representatives in more than 60 countries as of 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fronius international gmbh & oldid 716005458 categories manufacturing companies of austriahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking sources from 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