News (until 2017)

300 new regulated local grid transformers will go online at EWE NETZ GmbH until 2017 across the entire network. Following a pilot phase in 2013, 200 of these transformers were successfully commissioned in 2015. The VRDTs are equipped with regulation technology from Regensburg-based Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR).

MR has successfully completed the first major retrofit project in Japan managed by the Reinhausen Solutions Co. (RJP) company, which was newly established at the end of 2014. In December 2015, the diverter switch inserts (DSI) on four on-load tap-changers in a sub-station belonging to a Japanese energy provider were replaced with modern VACUTAP® VR® inserts.

中国北京市，2016年1月21日——第五届中国公益节致敬盛典在北京圆满落幕，全球变压器控制领域专家MR公司（莱茵豪森集团）凭借“小桔灯图书馆”项目五年的持续努力荣膺全场大奖“公益节5年特别致敬奖”。这一奖项的斩获不仅是对MR扶持中国乡村教育的认可，更是对MR公司“能者潜德”理念的肯定。

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has acquired a majority share in CEDASPE power Srl, a company with headquarter based in the northern of Italy, San Giuliano Milanese municipality and with foreign subsidiaries. This will take effect on January 1, 2016.

For the second time, the state energy and water supply company Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) the title of premium supplier in recognition of the excellent services provided. On 10 January 2016, Oliver Reetz, managing director of Reinhausen Middle-East (RME), collected the prize in person at the "DEWA's Partners Suppliers Appreciation Ceremony".

Lüchow-based HAY Speed Umformtechnik GmbH is one of Europe's leading automotive suppliers of forged parts for gearboxes, engines and axles. The peaks in voltage which its power-hungry, inductive large-scale systems used to produce have been eliminated with a combined hybrid solution from MR. Power supply and voltage quality are important to HAY Speed. Modernizing the installation cut the cost of reactive power and improved the power supply.

中国云南省曲靖市，2015年11月6日——全球变压器控制领域专家MR公司（莱茵豪森集团）赴云南省曲靖市师宗县竹基镇抵鲁完小举行乡村小学志愿者活动，这是MR公司自2011年在抵鲁完小设立“小桔灯图书馆”后连续第五次来到该小学开展活动。在过去的五年中，MR携公司员工为小学捐赠并整理数千册图书，并开展多样化的主题活动。今年，MR更依托自身专业优势，为小学生带来用电安全及常识以提升学生安全意识，关怀他们的成长。

For over 90 years, Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH (AÜW) has been reliably supplying electricity to more than 87,000 customers in the Allgäu region. The coverage area of AÜW is bordered in the west by the coverage area of Vorarlberger Kraftwerke (VKW), an Austrian energy provider that also supplies across borders to many areas in Westallgäu. In order to obtain or supply electric energy between the two networks, a phase shifter transformer with an output of 80 MVA was commis-sioned at the end of the 1990s. After over 15 years, comprehensive retrofit measurements have now been implemented using Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) products and expertise.

At a cost of EUR 24 million, the new material management center in Haslbach (including the site reorganization that went with it) is the largest single investment made in the 150-year history of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR).