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Charcroft acquires ICW and ClarityCap audio capacitors
(05/01/21)Charcroft Electronics Ltd. - a specialist distributor and manufacturer of electronic components - has acquired ICW, including ClarityCap audio capacitors, from BorgWarner Wrexham. The full range of metallised plastic film capacitors will continue to be manufactured in Wrexham, Wales. The ClarityCap capacitors will expand Charcroft’s existing range...
Visit us at Power Electronics Expo
(08/02/18)ICW will be exhibiting at Power Electronics Expo on 15th March 2018 at The International Center, Telford . We'll have commercial and technical experts on hand to discuss film capacitor requirements for your projects. If you would like to organise a specific meeting time please contact Rocky Thakore via rocky.thakore@icwltd....
Close partnerships produce unique solutions
(27/03/17)When we were approached to provide a DC Link Capacitor for a hybrid super car inverter, electrical performance was only one of the challenges. Through a close working relationship with the customer's design engineers ICW have again proved their ability to add value and provide superior solutions. The inverter had to deliver significant power from...
High Performance Capacitors for Series Hybrid Vehicles
(03/02/16)When a customer proposed particularly challenging specifications for their Series Hybrid Drive-train ICW were able to engineer a solution to meet the exceptionally high current requirements with in the challenging packaging constraints. Generator Capacitor: 370 uF, 450 Vdc, ESR 0.5 mOhm, 170 Arms continuous @ 16kHz...
ICW joins "Made in Britain" campaign
(13/05/14)ICW are proud to have manufactured high quality metallised film capacitors for use in power electronics applications in the UK for 40 years. Serving customers across a broad spectrum of Industrial, Military and Commercial sectors we have built a reputation for design innovation, short lead times, competitive prices and above all reliable products...
Celebrating 40 years!
(13/01/14)2014 marks a year for ICW to celebrate 40 years of servicing the power electronics industry with high quality film capacitor solutions. Designed and manufactured at our UK facility we are proud of our track record in supplying innovative polypropylene and polyester capacitors for a wide variety of arduous, high power applications. Our ability...