Piller news feed http://www.piller.com/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT en Osterode, June 5th 2013. Today more than 60 sixth-grade pupils enjoyed a day "working" in the Piller Osterode factory to find out what the company manufactures whilst at the same time gaining some important hands-on practical training in their engineering workshops. http://www.piller.com/news/localstudentsattendtrainingdayatthepillerapprenticecenter/1008 2774 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT One of the world’s most advanced broadcast operations has chosen Piller technology for round-the-clock protection against loss of power. http://www.piller.com/news/hereisthenewspillerwillkeepthebbconair/1006 2770 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The European Central Bank (ECB) is well underway with construction of its iconic new headquarters building in Frankfurt, Germany. Piller is right on track with its contribution, reports Crista Baxter. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerpowersaheadwithnewecbheadquartersproject/972 2716 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A company with a global reputation for cutting-edge electronics expertise has turned to Piller technology to ensure it keeps ahead of the game. http://www.piller.com/news/samsungchoosepiller/980 2732 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT An interruption of power lasting less than the blink of an eye can cause untold damage to your business. Every day a mains failure occurs somewhere which seriously endangers the operation of computer-reliant processes. http://www.piller.com/news/bankmakessafeinvestment/979 2730 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT One of Asia’s fastest-growing carrier-neutral data centres has become the first in Malaysia to adopt Piller’s much-lauded ‘green’ power protection system. http://www.piller.com/news/aiminghigh/977 2726 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Imagine you are a pilot coming into land at night and the landing lights suddenly go out. It’s a nightmare scenario that of course just cannot be allowed to happen. http://www.piller.com/news/arabairportssafetyfirstinvestment/978 2728 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Osterode 4 March, 2013. Piller has been commissioned to supply large-scale UNIBLOCK UBTD+ Diesel Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supply (DRUPS) with PowerBridge to a new, high-performance data center in Germany. http://www.piller.com/news/pillersupplyupstogermanyslargestdatacenterofferingcloudcomputingservices/976 2724 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT During 2012, the total installed capacity of Piller rotary UPS systems grew to over 2350MVA. Every year Piller now maintains over 3000 UPS units with... http://www.piller.com/news/pillerreportsincreaseininstalledcapacityofrotaryupsin2012/964 2703 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cirencester, England, 19 February 2013. More of Piller’s new-generation rotary UPS products, the UNIBLOCKTM UBT+ range, have recently gained accreditation and listing under a key UK Government scheme which promotes the adoption of "best in class" energy efficient technologies and products. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerupsaccreditedbestinclassunderkeyukgovernmentscheme/958 2680 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Retford, 1 February 2013. Langley Holdings plc today published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December, 2012. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyholdingsrelease2012annualreportaccounts/960 2684 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cirencester, 29 January 2013. Piller Group (GmbH), through its UK subsidiary Piller UK Ltd has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply, install and commission a high-performance Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system based on a Tier 4 Data Centre standard. The 40 Rotary UNIBLOCK modules are a combination of their UBR and UBT UPS units and are destined for deployment within a state-of-the-art data centre which is currently under construction in central England for one of the UK’s major banking organisations. http://www.piller.com/news/bankingonpillerpowersystemsrotaryuninterruptiblepowersupply/959 2682 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT When Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast of the United States earlier this month, predictions of widespread power outages were mostly proven correct: the Department of Energy Situation reported power failures for approximately 8.5 million customers across 13 States, with New Jersey amongst the hardest hit. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerprotectsmajordatacenterathurricanesandyepicentre100uptimemaintained/948 2661 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Retford 14 October 2012. Langley Holdings has been ranked 49th in the UK's top 250 mid market private companies in the Top Track index. The Sunday Times league table ranks Britain's leading mid-market private companies by volume of sales. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyranked49insundaytimestoptrack250/945 2648 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Middletown, New York – August, 2012 – BYTEGRID Holdings, an emerging US company focused on the nationwide acquisition, development and operation of premier wholesale data center facilities for both Enterprise and Government IT users, has chosen Piller USA to provide high performance power protection in its new Silver Spring Maryland data center. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerusatoprovideuninterruptedpowersupplyupsfornewbytegriddatacenter/932 2622 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT From 13 to 15 June 2012, well-known data center consultants, operators and engineers met at Piller facilities in Osterode and Bilshausen for this year's Piller Expert Round on the subject of “Isolated Parallel configuration” (IP-Bus). http://www.piller.com/news/pilleripbusexpertround2012wasagreatsuccess/930 2616 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Aggreko protect with Piller Rental UPS, Power supply for temporary Media center in Gdansk. http://www.piller.com/news/em2012inpolandandukraine/916 2595 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT One of the largest data centers in Spain has been built in record time taking just 15 months from the laying of the first stone to commissioning. http://www.piller.com/news/spanishdatacenterbuiltinrecordtime/904 2575 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The events organizing committee will again trust its power protection to Piller having also installed Piller equipment in 2003. For the forthcoming event Piller will be providing a UNIBLOCK UBTD containerised UPS system to safeguard power in the cross-country skiing Stadium, http://www.piller.com/news/pillerselectedforthenordicworldskichampionships2013/786 2326 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Korea Telecom (KT), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of telecommunication and data centers in Korea, has chosen Piller Power Singapore to deliver 3x rotary Diesel UPS Systems, type UNIBLOCK UBTD 1600 kVA, to their data center in Busan and another 6x UBTD 1600 kVA for the load protection of their Chenoan data center. http://www.piller.com/news/pillersingaporetosupplyupstokoreantelecomdatacenter/784 2270 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Augsburg, 1 February 2012. An investor solution has been found for the sheet fed business of manroland AG in insolvency proceedings. The privately owned British engineering group, Langley Holdings plc, has emerged as the investor behind the takeover of the sheet fed printing equipment division, its production facilities (including all real estate in Offenbach), together with the international marketing organization in more than 40 countries (www.manroland.com). Read more... http://www.piller.com/news/langleygroupbehindtakeoverofmanrolandagsheetfeddivision/778 2237 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Langley Holdings plc today published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2011. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyholdingsreleases2011annualreport/775 2216 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Piller unveils its new state of the art UPS technology. The new Piller UNIBLOCK UBT+ &UBTD+ range provide real efficiencies at 97% and is ideally suited for the energy conscious. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerunveilsnewbenchmarkubtubtdrotaryups/780 2258 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 15 November 2011. Producer of high performance power protection systems and converters, Piller has been commissioned by one the largest data centre operators in Australia, NEXTDC Limited (“NEXTDC”), to supply large-scale Uniblock UBTD Diesel Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supply (DRUPS) to its new purpose-built data centre facility in Port Melbourne, Victoria. http://www.piller.com/news/nextdcandpillerjoinforcesindataprotection/747 2159 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Cirencester, 11 November 2011. Several of Piller’s UNIBLOCK UBT systems have just been added to the exclusive list of products on the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme managed by the Carbon Trust on behalf of the Government’s Department of the Environment and Climate Change and HM Revenue and Customs. http://www.piller.com/news/pilleruksupssystemsaccreditedtogovernmentsgreenecascheme/751 2178 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 25 October 2011. Uninterruptible Power Supply specialist, Piller has launched the new 21 MWs (MJ) Powerbridge, which delivers three times the ride-through time of alternative products on the market. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerlauncheskingofkineticstorageproducts/740 2127 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 30 September 2011. Piller recently hosted its International Sales Convention (26 - 30 September) at group headquarters in Osterode, Germany. Piller’s global executives and sales professionals from all over the world attended this epic event which included an intense 5 day programme of events. http://www.piller.com/news/globalpresenceatpillersinternationalsalesconvention2011/739 2123 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 27 September 2011. The APOJET AJS is a Ssolid State Frequency Converter for use as 400 Hz / 28 VDC Ground Power Unit [GPU] with a continuous power rating of 40, 60 or 90 kVA / kW @ p.f. unity (real power). Its applications include supplying parked aircrafts at terminal stands, on aprons or in hangars when a reliable power supply of either 400 Hz at 200 / 115 V or 28 VDC at 600 A is required. http://www.piller.com/news/extensionofapojetajsrangetoincludeoptionfor28vdcpower/735 2100 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 14th September 2011. Piller will be supplying the first Medium Voltage installation of three rotary Diesel UNIBLOCK UBTD 2500 UPS systems to an industrial application in India, totalling over 6 MW. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerupssystemsmaintainsitsleadinindia/730 2086 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 19 August 2011. Skanska selected Piller to provide the central uninterruptible power supply for the hospital. Piller will supply and install ten rotary Diesel UPS UNIBLOCK UBTD 2500 with kinetic energy storages in two rings with isolated redundant configuration. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerprovidescentralupssystemsforworldslargestppphospital/725 2042 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Middletown, USA, 12th August 2011. It was announced today that Dean Richards is to succeed former CEO Mike Barron as President and CEO of Piller USA Inc to assume full control of the North American operation. http://www.piller.com/news/newpresidentceoforpillerusainc/726 2046 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Retford, 20 July 2011. Langley Holdings plc today released its Interim Trading Statement for the 6 months ended 30 June 2011. The group posted an operating profit of €31.3m on revenues of €235.8m. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyholdingsreleases2011interimreport/708 2002 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Sydney, 11th July 2011. CELEBRATIONS were held at a special evening dinner in Sydney for Jonathan Davis, Managing Director of Piller Australia, to mark 25 years of service with Piller. http://www.piller.com/news/pilleraustraliamdcelebrates25yearswithpiller/709 2008 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 3rd May 2011. Volkswagen commissioned a new computer center at its headquarters in Wolfsburg at the 8th. April 2011. The center sets new standards in terms of security, performance and energy efficiency. http://www.piller.com/news/volkswagenlauncheshighlyadvancedcomputercenter/660 1810 Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 24th March 2011. The European Central Bank (ECB) is building its new premises on the site of the former wholesale market hall (Grossmarkthalle) in Frankfurt am Main. These new ECB premises will comprise three main elements: the former Grossmarkthalle, with its new internal structures; a high-rise building consisting of two office towers joined by an atrium http://www.piller.com/news/neweuropeancentralbankcomplexatfrankfurtammain/727 2049 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 1st March 2011. Piller Group GmbH UPS expert, Dip-Ing Frank Herbener has put together a fascinating article that poses the important question – when it comes to UPS units are fewer larger units more reliable than numerous smaller ones? http://www.piller.com/news/upssizemattersfortopreliability/518 1220 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 22nd February 2011. Producer of high performance power protection systems and converters, Piller USA Inc has made its first US sale of its cutting-edge water cooled UPS system, the UNIBLOCK UBRW. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerachievesausafirst/515 1217 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 17th February 2011. Producer of high performance power protection systems and converters, Piller has this month been commissioned to install a state of the art €2.7m power conditioning system for the ALMA power Plant observation centre. http://www.piller.com/news/pillermaintainspowertothestars/516 1218 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 15th February 2011. Producer of high performance power protection systems and converters, Piller has been commissioned to install a state of the art UNIBLOCK UBTD rotary Diesel UPS system for a leading FMCG brand based on the Ivory Coast. http://www.piller.com/news/ivorycoastplayshosttopillerupssystem/514 1216 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 10th February 2011. Piller has been commissioned by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS VIETNAM CO.Ltd. to install a state of the art UPS solution for its mobile phone manufacturing plant near Hanoi. http://www.piller.com/news/samsungdialspforpiller/513 1215 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Retford, 4 February 2011. Langley Holdings plc today published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2010. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyholdingsreleases2010annualreport/409 868 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Cirencester, 13 December 2010. After more than 25 years in Chesterton Lane, Piller UK relocated today to their new freehold facility at Westgate House on Phoenix Way, Cirencester. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerukhasrelocated/350 485 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Retford, 10 October 2010. Langley Holdings, has been rated as one of the UK's top 250 privately owned companies in 2010 according to British newspaper, the Sunday Times' HSBC Top Track 250 league table, published today. http://www.piller.com/news/langleyholdingsoneoftheukstopcompanies/135 86 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT France, 4th March 2010. Global Switch has selected Piller to provide up to 20 MW of power conditioning for the nearly 10 000 m2 high density extension of their current data centre in Clichy (Paris). http://www.piller.com/news/pillerfrancetoprotectfranceslargestdatacentre/374 582 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT Paris, 16 August 2010. SFR has selected Piller to provide 2.2 MVA of power conditioning for the refurbishment of their datacentre in Trappes. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerfrancetoprotectsfrnewestdatacentre/369 567 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Milan, 28 June 2010. Piller Italia S.r.l. , part of the Piller Group GmbH, a world leader in mission critical UPS solutions, announced today they will be relocating. http://www.piller.com/news/pilleritaliarelocationreflectsgrowingbusiness/370 568 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT New York, 24th May 2010. DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (DFT), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of wholesale data centers in the United States, has once again chosen Piller USA, Inc. to power and protect its two newest sites. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerusainctosupplybatteryfreerotaryupstechnologytonewdftdatacentersinusa/372 580 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT France, 25th March 2010. BrainServe has selected Piller to provide 6 MW of power conditioning for the first phase of their new data centre currently being built in Lausanne (Switzerland). http://www.piller.com/news/pillerfrancetopowernewswissdatacenter/373 581 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 1st March 2010. As part of Piller's ongoing comprehensive and meticulous quality management system, Piller announced today they were successfully audited and approved by SGS* to the very latest ISO-standard for quality management - ISO 9001:2008. http://www.piller.com/news/pillercommendedonupdatediso9001certification/375 583 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Singapore, 2nd December 2009. Guests from seven Asian countries joined Piller in Singapore this month to hear the latest advice on UPS technology at the Asia UPS Conference 2009. http://www.piller.com/news/asiaupsconferenceprovespopularhitatopeningofnewpillersubsidiary/715 2032 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Italy, 4th June 2009. Loacker, a leading company in the production of chocolate specialities and wafers with wholesome and natural ingredients, relies on the Piller rotary UNIBLOCK UBTD solution for continuity of the main production unit. http://www.piller.com/news/sweetdealaspillertacklesitalianjob/716 2033 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT New York, 30th April 2009. NYSE Euronext who operates the worlds leading and most liquid exchange group, including a family of exchangers located in six countries, has once again chosen Piller UPS systems to provide uninterrupted power to the New York stock exchange at a new data centre located in the UK, which will ultimately comprise of seven halls. http://www.piller.com/news/newyorkstockexchangeselectspillerhybridrotaryupstechnology/717 2034 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Osterode, 31st October 2008. Piller Power Systems delivered today the first of a batch of 11 special rotary frequency converters tailored for aircraft ground support of the NATO E-3A and TCA fleet based in Geilenkirchen, Germany. which were refurbished at Pillers Osterode facility. http://www.piller.com/news/pillersupplypremiumpowertonatoaircraft/718 2035 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT When Sweden's oldest university hospital, the Uppsala University Hospital, was renewing its main power supply from medium voltage to low voltage distribution, Piller UPS systems were selected to provide the power protection solution. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerupsforswedenstopuniversityhospital/719 2036 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT The latest (17th) edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations (BS7671:2008), effective from 1 July 2008, now requires that Static UPS must be capable of operating circuit protective devices when in battery (emergency) mode. http://www.piller.com/news/regulationsrecogniseflawwithstaticups/720 2037 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Scientist unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer named the “Roadrunner” built largely by engineers at the IBM plant in Poughkeepsie, NY. This supercomputer will be installed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerincsupportslosalamosnationallabs/721 2038 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Piller Power Systems GmbH annual ISO-9001 audit was completed today at the Piller group headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Osterode, Germany. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerpassiso9001auditwithflyingcolours/722 2039 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT One of France's most prestigious companies and one the world's largest generators of electricity, has chosen Piller Power Systems GmbH of Germany to provide the power conditioning and back-up systems for a new strategic data centre being built. http://www.piller.com/news/pillerfrancetoprotectoneofeuropeslargestdatacentres/723 2040 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (DFT), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of wholesale data centers in the United States, has once again chosen Piller to power and protect its three new sites; the next phase of DFT’s majordata centerexpansion project. http://www.piller.com/news/pillertosupplyupstechnologytothreenewdatacentersinusa/724 2041 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT