“Industry achievement of the year” recognition for technology company Epec - sustainable development electronics factory investment is a rare treat in Finland
A national award recognizing the importance and appreciation of the industry was awarded on October 2nd at the Alihankinta 2024 event in Tampere, Finland. The prize was won by Epec, a system supplier based in Seinäjoki, Finland.The selection committee characterized the winner's electronics factory investment as a spearhead project.
"The new factory is a very significant investment in the field of Finnish electronics manufacturing. There aren't many electronics factories in Finland. In addition, it is important from the point of view of the entire Finnish industry that there is a capable
Forest machine manufacturer Ponsse and technology company Epec believe that the emissions and environmental impact of mobile work machines can be significantly reduced with new technology. In the field of mobile work machines, there are several development targets towards sustainable development.Business Finland has granted EUR 10 million in funding to Ponsse’s FORWARD’27 programme in its challenge competition for leading companies. The funding is used to accelerate the product development of mobile work machines.
The aim of Ponsse’s FORWARD’27 programme is to significantly reduce
Epec launches Epec MultiTool Simulator (MTS), a virtual testing environment for Epec control systems. With MultiTool Simulator, the machine and commercial vehicle manufacturers are able to speed up their machine application development process. MTS accelerates the control system SW design significantly by utilizing virtual versions of the actual control system hardware products enabling machine application development and testing to be run in a virtual simulation environment. With MultiTool Simulator, tests can be automated and run without a physical test set-up, with multiple developers
The mobile machinery and commercial vehicles sector is currently undergoing the biggest technological revolution in its history. New energy solutions such as electrification and hydrogen technology, driver assistance systems and autonomous functions, data communication solutions, functional safety in control systems, software and security requirements will significantly increase strategic product development investments for Epec's global clients in machinery and commercial vehicles. Sustainability, the challenges of sustainable development, minimising environmental impact and reducing
Finnish technology company Epec opens a new office in Milwaukee, USA, to provide a collaborative setting for customers in North America. Customers can engage with Epec experts to solve electronics, controls and software design, engineering and implementation challenges in off-highway and commercial vehicle industries. The new office will start its operations in January 2023.“We want to support the region’s machine manufacturers in the opportunities opened by the industry’s technological changes, for example, related to electrification, control systems, assistive functions, connectivity
Finnish technology company Epec launches its electromobility offering under the name Epec Flow. Epec Flow is a comprehensive and customizable solution for electrifying non-road mobile machines and commercial vehicles and optimizing their performance and improving total cost of ownership. Epec Flow delivers proven technology for off-highway and commercial vehicle industry to enable zero emissions.PONSSE EV1 electric forest machine technological concept
Epec Flow solution has been researched and tested for several years, for example, with Ponsse. Ponsse launches an electric forest machine
HydraForce, Inc. has been officially authorized to distribute the full line of Epec electronic controllers, displays, and telematic products under the Epec brand name.HydraForce, Inc., a company specializing in off-highway motion control system design and manufacturing, and Epec Oy (Ltd.), a company specializing in mobile electronic controls and mobile electric vehicle technologies, have renewed their partnership agreement. HydraForce, Inc. has been officially authorized to distribute the full line of Epec electronic controllers, displays, and telematic products under the Epec brand name (
