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About Mersen

Mersen (Ferraz Shawmut) is an international manufacturing company, specializing in electrical power and advanced materials. Mersen designs innovative solutions to address specific needs in sectors such as energy, transportation, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical and process industries. For solar, Mersen provides electrical components and balance of systems solutions for circuit protection. We carry fuses and midget fuses from Mersen.

Company Website: http://ep-us.mersen.com/
Made In: United States and Worldwide
Product lines: Balance of Systems (Electrical Management – Fuses)
Company Type: Publicly Traded as Mersen Company (Euronext: MRN)
Year Founded: 1937 in La Defense, France

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Global company with over a century of experience
Trusted name in electrical components, spanning across multiple industries
High quality fuses and midget fuses for photovoltaic systems
Made in the USA

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Mersen provides expertise in: advanced materials and solutions for high temperatures, anticorrosion and process equipment, electrical solutions for motors and generators, and safety & reliability for electrical power.

Mersen integrates its product expertise into customer’s applications to make them safe, reliable and profitable. They deliver solutions for: fuses, fuse gear, and fuse systems, surge protection, low voltage disconnect switches, high power switches and contactors, cooling of power electronics, bus bars, power transfer for rail vehicles, electronic systems for energy management, and wire management.

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History

*Mersen Headquarters in Newburyport, Massachusetts

Mersen (formerly Carbone Lorraine SA), was founded in 1937 from the merger of two companies. The first, founded in 1891, manufactured electric motors, lamps, dynamos, generators and lighting equipment. The second, founded in 1892, was a pioneer in producing artificial graphite from amorphous carbon, manufacturing graphite brushes for electric motors.

For over 125 years, Mersen has been a leading player in the electrical power industry. Here are few highlights from Mersen’s storied history. 1885 - Shawmut Fuse Wire Company formed in Boston, MA. 1928 – Ferraz Fuse founded by Lucien Ferraz. 1958 - Chase Shawmut acquired by I-T-E Imperial. 1976 - I-T-E Imperial Corp acquired by Gould inc of East Lake, OH. 1980 – Gould acquires the Canadian Electric Fuse – Toronto. 1982 – Ferraz acquired by Telemecanique1985 - Carbone Lorraine acquires Ferraz – France. 1999 - Carbone Lorraine acquires Gould Shawmut and forms Ferraz Shawmut. 2007 - Ferraz Shawmut acquires Power Fuse group from General Electric – USA. 2008 – Ferraz Shawmut acquires majority ownership of MEP/Miro – China. 2008 – Ferraz Shawmut acquires R-Theta Thermal Management – Canada. 2010 – Ferraz Shawmut acquires M.Schneider Sicherungs-Systeme – Austria. 2010 – Carbon Lorraine changes corporate name to Mersen. 2012 – Mersen acquires Eldre – USA and France. 2014 – Mersen acquires a majority stake in Cirprotec - Spain

Learn more about Mersen’s history on their Wikipedia page here.

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