{"id":31881,"date":"2019-07-10T08:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=31881"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T22:49:26","slug":"fimer-abb-inverters-mb1128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fimer-abb-inverters-mb1128\/","title":{"rendered":"ABB Getting Out Of Solar Inverters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fimer-abb-inverter-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"FIMER acquiring ABB solar inverter business\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fimer-abb-inverter-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fimer-abb-inverter-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fimer-abb-inverter-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fimer-abb-inverter.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Major solar inverter manufacturer ABB announced yesterday it had signed an agreement with Italian firm FIMER that will see FIMER acquiring ABB&#8217;s PV inverter business.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Is ABB Ditching Solar Inverters?<\/h2>\n<p>ABB acquired its solar inverter business from Power-One back in 2013, so it hasn&#8217;t had the line in its stable for very long. But it&#8217;s a cutthroat business with shrinking margins and ABB has a target margin corridor of 15-19 percent.<\/p>\n<p>ABB says the transaction will enable the company to focus its business portfolio on other growth markets.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The divestment is in line with our strategy of ongoing systematic portfolio management to strengthen competitiveness, focus on quality of revenue and higher growth segments,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.abb.com\/news\/detail\/26838\/abb-to-exit-solar-inverter-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Tarak Mehta, President of ABB&#8217;s Electrification business. &#8221; Solar is a well-established and key focus for FIMER and as such we believe them to be a very good owner for ABB\u2019s solar inverter business.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ABB states it isn&#8217;t totally turning its back on solar power &#8211; the firm will continue to integrate solar into its smart buildings, energy storage and electric vehicle charging solutions.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is FIMER?<\/h2>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/fimer.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIMER<\/a> before, you wouldn&#8217;t be alone. If its intention has been to fly under the radar, then the firm has been pretty successful.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Vimercate, Italy, the company was founded in 1942 and started tinkering with inverter technology in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>FIMER claims it is the world`s eighth largest inverter manufacturer, with its main focus in this area to date being inverters for solar farms. For example, the company provided 600 of its central inverters for Enel Green Energy&#8217;s 754 MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enelgreenpower.com\/media\/news\/d\/2018\/03\/enel-green-power-mexico-inaugurates-villanueva-largest-solar-pv-plant-in-the-americas\">Villanueva solar project<\/a> in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>While FIMER has been producing central inverters for years, it only entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/2018\/07\/11\/fimer-enters-string-inverter-business-plans-stock-exchange-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">string inverter business in 2018<\/a> &#8211; and these are big string inverters designed for large-scale solar projects up to 30MW capacity. The company also produces electric vehicle charging systems and welding solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We will continue the excellent job carried out by ABB in recent years, combining precious resources, knowledge and expertise in Italy and worldwide,&#8221; said FIMER CEO Filippo Carzaniga.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>What About Existing ABB PV Inverter Warranties?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/abb-review.html\">ABB<\/a> has been a popular inverter brand in Australia for small-scale, commercial and large-scale solar energy installations. 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