On July 8-9, Control Techniques (NIDCO Control Technology, hereinafter referred to as “CT”) held the 2023CT China Partner Conference entitled “Focus on driving, Embracing challenges, and focusing on China” in Danzhai, Guizhou. The conference coincides with the 50th anniversary celebration of Control Techniques and parent company Nidec.

2023CT China Partner Conference was held in Guizhou

At the beginning of the meeting, Jimmy Zhu Jianmin, General manager of CT China, conveyed the blessing of the global president of CT to the conference and made a speech.

Mr. Tony Pickering, global President of CT, welcomed the Chinese partners to attend the meeting by video, and said that Control Techniques attaches great importance to and respects the relationship with partners, and will focus on driving and continuous innovation to accelerate the market growth of CT and achieve common growth with partners!

Video message from Tony Pickering, Global President of CT

Jimmy said: “Over the past 50 years, Control Techniques has been an innovator in the industry by focusing on driving technological innovation and providing customers with high performance, high reliability, energy efficient products and a full range of multi-industry solutions. Times are changing, technology is constantly advancing, and the pace of innovation never stops.”

Jimmy reviewed CT’s achievements in China over the past five years, where total annual sales nearly doubled from FY2018 to FY2022. At the same time, he has a vision for the future: to maintain annual growth of more than 30%.

Jimmy Zhu Jianmin, General manager of CT China, delivered a speech

At the meeting, he also shared with the partners present the business growth strategy in the Chinese market: continue to focus on new products, further enrich the product line, improve the solution, strengthen the breadth and depth of the industry, and continue to improve the internal and external organization. The company will also continue to invest in the localization of China, including the expansion of sales, operations and research and development teams, and increase mergers and acquisitions cooperation, and truly achieve “China.”

The new products presented at the conference also attracted great interest from the participants, including the micro AC inverter Commander S, the general AC inverter Captain X, the medium voltage inverter MaxVert, and the remote IO product VX.

The most notable of these is the Commander S, due out in 2022, which is the first in the drive frequency industry to come standard with NFC communication, programming the drive without removing it from its packaging, performing configuration and diagnostics after installation, opening or closing it, and enabling users to quickly talk to their drive. Really fast installation and fast configuration make simple applications easier.

Another noteworthy product is the British remote IO product VX series, which is based on different industrial bus configurable and extensible IO series products, flexible configuration, simple installation, support for common industrial protocols, such as Profinet, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, CCLINK and so on. Includes common types of digital input and output modules, analog input and output modules (16bit high precision), temperature sensor signals, encoder input signals, power modules, IO link modules, etc.

The new products on display at the 2023CT China Partner Conference, including the micro AC inverter Commander S, aroused the interest of the participants

At the meeting, the relevant person in charge of CT company made further introduction to the market and products, large project application cases, channel policies and trade compliance.

Subsequently, the partner signing ceremony was also held on the spot, and the organizer also awarded honorary awards for outstanding partners.

Over the past few years, Control Techniques has expanded its network and improved its business, thanks to the joint efforts of all its partners. Partners are at the heart of CT’s growth plans, and the company will continue to help its partners grow and build products that enable partners and customers to succeed, serving the market faster and with better quality work.

2023CT China Partner Conference signing ceremony

Jimmy said, “Opportunities are wonderful, and innovation is the future. In the future, we will continue to invest in the business, develop great drivers, design better products, and work with partners to move into the next 50 years and beyond!”