Tue, 01/14/2014 - 00:00

RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 14, 2014) – President Obama is scheduled to visit the Vacon Research and Development center in Research Triangle Park, N.C. on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The visit is part of the president's travel to North Carolina where he will also speak at the North Carolina State University. "It is our great pleasure and honor to welcome President Obama to Vacon's R&D center. We look forward to demonstrating Vacon's energy-saving products and our U.S. operations, in North Carolina in particular, to the president," said Dan Isaksson, vice president of medium voltage drives at Vacon. Vacon, headquartered in Finland, focuses on AC drives, which are used to control the speed of electric motors to maximize energy efficiency. The North Carolina R&D center is one of five Vacon facilities in the United States. Vacon opened the research center and lab in Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park in 2012. “The combination of a highly skilled and innovative workforce, a business-friendly climate and the opportunity to collaborate with various companies and universities made the Triangle area a great choice for Vacon,” Isaksson said. “We are very happy with our decision to invest in North Carolina.” The company’s U.S. headquarters is in Milwaukee, Wis., and operates a manufacturing plant in Chambersburg, Pa. Vacon also has competence centers in Houston, Texas, and Chattanooga, Tenn. Vacon develops, manufactures and sells AC drives and inverters.