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Successful
comet landing
for Boostec®
With theRosetta
spacecraft,
Mersen’s
expertise traveled
to outer space
in 2014.
Installed
onboard to prepare and
record the voyage
of the Philae robotic
lander, theOsiris-NAC
cameramirrors
manufactured by
Mersen-Boostec
are the first space
instrumentsmade
entirely of sintered
silicon carbide.
A streetcar
namedMersen
The catenary-free light
rail line in the Spanish
city of Zaragoza is now
equippedwithMersen
static current collectors,
which recharge
the supercapacitors
in just 20 seconds
whenever the tram
stops at a passenger
station.
First sales
of SiC Polyblocs
Developed by our R&D
teams,
Polybloc
silicon
carbide (SiC) block heat
exchangers
deliver
maximumpurity
,
which explains their
popularity for
pharmaceutical
applications.
Mersen won the 2014 Special Jury Award for innovation in internal
control,
presented by the French Audit and Internal Control Institute (IFACI) in
partnership with EY. The award honored our holistic approach to internal auditing,
in particular the deployment of analytical and training applications and internal
control’s active involvement in operating issues.
Audit
In early 2014, Mersen launched a global plan to optimize operating
efficiency
and increase flexibility, in a commitment to responding more effectively
to the ever-changing global marketplace. As part of this process, production is being
reallocated to centers of excellence. The Transform Plan will improve performance
and flexibility while enhancing our ability to innovate and invest in the future.
Transform
ITER
In Cadarache, France, the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
project is building the world’s largest experimental
fusion-energy facility. Mersen has been awarded
a contract worth around €2 million to supply key
components for the reactor’s
power converters
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Photo credit: ITER
Power converter