Powell Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for the distribution, control, and monitoring of electrical energy. The company's principal products include integrated power control room substations, custom-engineered modules, electrical houses, medium-voltage circuit breakers, monitoring and control communications systems, motor control centers, and bus duct systems, as well as traditional and arc-resistant distribution switchgears and control gears. Its products have application in voltages ranging from 480 volts to 38,000 volts; and are used in oil and gas refining, onshore and offshore oil and gas production, petrochemical, liquid natural gas terminals, pipeline, terminal, mining and metals, light rail traction power, electric utility, pulp and paper, and other heavy industrial markets. It also provides value-added services, such as spare parts, field service inspection, installation, commissioning, modification and repair, retrofit and retrofill components for existing systems, and replacement circuit breakers for switchgear. The company has operations in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Mexico, and Central and South America. Powell Industries, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Powell Industries was founded in 1947 by railcar engineer Roy Powell, Jr. The company quickly grew from its headquarters in Houston, TX, to a global leader in engineering solutions for custom-designed electrical distribution, controls and power generation/monitoring products. Powell possesses the technical expertise and broad industrial experience to engineer and construct integrated solutions for a variety of markets, including power, refining, petrochemical, pipeline, marine and government.
Powell Industries’ vision is to be the premier global provider of power distribution, control, and monitoring solutions that are tailored to meet the needs of diverse industries and markets while enabling our customers to safely and reliably use power to operate their businesses productively and profitably.
Powell Industries has been awarded many honors including the 2011 Supplier Quality Excellence Award from ExxonMobil, the 2010 Excellence in Workplace Safety Award from the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the 2009 Quality Excellence Award from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
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