{"id":1868,"date":"2020-03-12T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powerex.fr\/?page_id=1868"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:47:16","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/powerex.fr\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1868\" class=\"elementor elementor-1868 elementor-241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51160659 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51160659\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47272d93\" 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General Electric and Mitsubishi Electric in Le Mans, CDSW becomes POWEREX Europe SA. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987<\/td>\n<td>POWEREX Europe S.A. acquires CGEE ALSTHOM&#8217;s semiconductor division<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1994<\/td>\n<td>POWEREX Europe S.A. is acquired by the SERES federation of companies and becomes POWEREX Europe M.A. This federation of companies specializing in electronics employs over 1,900 people, with sales of over \u20ac140 million.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>ISO 9002 certification.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999<\/td>\n<td>Assurance Qualit\u00e9 Ferroviaire AQF2 certification by SNCF.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td>ISO 9001 : 2000 certification<br>PEMA merges with BELCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>ISO 9001 : 2008 certification<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>EN 9100 : 2009 certification (aeronautical 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