Perris, CA—With its diversified portfolio of power electronics manufacturing plants located in the U.S., the Philippines and China, Triad Magnetics announced that the vast majority of its customers need not fear the financial impact of escalating trade tariff tensions between two of the world’s largest economies.
Triad Magnetics President Bill Dull said, “I want to assure our customers that Triad is uniquely positioned within the power electronics industry with volume manufacturing facilities in the Philippines, where we now manufacture nearly all of our transformer and inductor products. We are well prepared in terms of capacity to meet the needs of our customers without price increases during these uncertain times.”
Dull continued by saying, “Critical to our readiness for this situation is Triad’s certified Business Continuity Management System, which conforms to ISO 22301 and protects our stakeholders in the event of natural disasters or other unforeseen circumstances, such as trade tensions. Our customers will now be the recipients of Triad’s years of preparation to put this planning and certification process into effect.”
The company’s Philippines Plant is located in the suburban city of Carmona, which is within one hour of Manilla and offers convenient access to air freight and port shipping facilities. At this plant, Triad manufactures audio, current sense and various power transformers, as well as its inductors, chokes and custom magnetic components. It today manufactures 1.5 million transformers alone every week at this location.
Triad employs 1,800 people at its 80,000-square foot Philippines plant. The highly trained staff operates state-of-the-art automated coil winding equipment, as well as ferrite gapping CNC machines, lamination welding equipment, automated soldering machines and automated testing systems. The plant and its products are certified to some of the world’s most demanding quality, safety and performance agency standards, including: ISO-9001-2015, ISO140001 and TS16949.
At the Philippines Plant, Triad has implemented its highly efficient cellular manufacturing system that reduces material handling and process cycle times for fast delivery. This award winning plant has been recognized by Triad’s customers for its quality, value and on-time delivery record.
Triad’s Philippines Plant also offers safety agency follow-up services for UL (including Class F insulation systems from 266-392°F (130-200°C), CSA and TuV. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, Triad’s business and manufacturing systems meet the highest standards to ensure all products and services are efficient, safe and of the highest quality.
Beginning in 2010, Triad identified the Philippines as an attractive alternative manufacturing location. The company recognized the advantages to its growing power electronics business of manufacturing in the Philippines because of the nation’s stable labor force, favorable currency exchange rates and business-friendly political climate.
In addition to standard products manufactured at the Philippines Plant, Triad’s U.S. Design Center in Perris, California, provides extensive custom design services with rapid design, prototyping and testing. Certification is available for products to UL and many other global standards, including FCC Part 68, CSA, ISO9001-2015 and ISO22301-2012, TUV, VDE, CE, IEC, CSA, Mil-T-27E and more.
From the beginning in the 1950s, Triad Magnetics quickly became known for its quality, service and value. Triad first helped Leo Fender and surf guitarist Dick Dale turn up the volume on amplifiers, which led to the birth of Rock & Roll. Triad was next the dominant supplier to the TV industry in the 1960s. It also supported the Apollo mission to the Moon and then the first microwave ovens in the 1970s.
The Triad Magnetics brand in the 1980-90’s played a leading role in the rise of modern industrial automation and controls, electronic ballasts for lighting systems and innovative medical devices. Later on Triad products were essential in the mobile communications revolution, along with the introduction of power supplies in the 2000s and products for the Internet of Things (IoT) beginning in the 2010’s.
Triad Magnetics is conveniently located in a modern 38,000 square foot engineering and service center in the Southern California city of Perris on the Interstate 215/15 corridor. It is a subsidiary of the Axis Corporation, an electronics industry leader listed on the Taiwan stock market.
Web: triadmagnetics.com
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