History of Electronic Manufacturing and Charging Technology

Acquisition of Power Designers

In March of 2017, Sibex acquired Power Designers. This came after the successful release of the REVOLUTION products, which was created jointly, from product design to shipment. Power Designers Sibex is the new DBA with headquarters in Crystal River, Florida. Together, the companies’ combined engineering resources and manufacturing capabilities are uniquely positioned to bring new products to the market in a price competitive and timely manner.

Consolidation and Streamlining of Production

As a result of excessive growth, it became necessary to condense manufacturing. In 2010, the Crystal River facility, chosen for its size, houses the Electronics Division, designated to handle printed circuit board and final product assembly. The Homosassa location became the Power and Cable Division, creating custom cables and acting as our clean room for chemical applications.

Implementation of new ERP software

Consolidated all financials, material requirements planning (MRP), inventory, and scheduling into one advanced ERP program called Sage X3. In addition, Unipoint was implemented to handle our compliance needs.

Sibex partners with the material handling giant, Power Designers

In 2011, Sibex began working with Power Designers, a company with groundbreaking material handling products. Production of these products began quickly and in high volumes.

State-of-the-Art facility opens in Crystal River, Florida

>Due to inevitable growth, in 2010, a fourth facility was opened in Crystal River, Florida, adding 65,000 square feet of under air manufacturing space. This new facility streamlined production to increase equipment efficiency, and serviced many fields including medical, military, industrial, aviation, and safety.

REVOLUTION X Modular Charger

Complete line of modular high frequency battery chargers that incorporate multiple 1.3kW power modules, sized to more closely match your specific need.

PowerTrac DT Diagnostics Tool

The PowerTrac DT is a diagnostic tool that temporarily monitors and logs material handling vehicle performance to help evaluate and select suitable batteries for electric vehicle applications.

PowerTrac 3 Battery Monitor Released

PowerTrac 3 is a wireless device that monitors and records key battery data during charge, discharge, and idle, allowing remote fleet-wide tracking.

REVOLUTION PowerCycle

The REVOLUTION PowerCycle provides an unmanned discharge/cycling/charge solution for your material handling needs.

2010

Emergence into LED Lighting market

Helped to design a complete line of commercial LED lighting, used in anything from signage to grocery freezers. A partnership with Osram Sylvania developed, as Sibex began building advanced lighting for use in airplanes. Due to continual growth in this area, Sibex opened a facility in Largo, Florida in 2007, to concentrate lighting production in one location.

Acquisition of Futronix and further expansion

Growth spiked after acquiring a contract manufacturing company called Futronix, located in Homosassa, Florida in 2006. This acquisition was vital, since not only did Sibex gain capital assets but also experienced personnel, many of whom are still with the company to this day.

Headquarters expansion

Due to continual growth, in 2004, Sibex added an additional manufacturing facility in Safety Harbor, Florida. The two story building had the space needed to house newly emerging surface mount equipment.

Marketing of portable test devices and computer support devices

Built and sold battery operated, portable test devices such as the TS-1 (Thermocouple Simulator), VR-1 (Voltage Calibrator), TC-1 (Pulse Generator), and FG-1 (Function Generator). Designed and built back up power units used to support XT/AT type computers.

Navy-Optimized Charging Solution

Custom charger designed for Navy use, featuring shock and vibration resistance, electromagnetic compatibility, and software optimized for the Navy’s approved battery list.

PowerCharge.NET

Web-based communication system to monitor multiple fleets in multiple locations, to help you understand how your forklifts, batteries and chargers are performing.

Patented 1st Modular Charger

The PowerCharge XP Series is a high frequency changer comprised of drawers that can expand in increments of 10kW from 10kW to 30kW. (Patent 6,664,762 B2)

2000

Sibex begins Contract Manufacturing

Became business partners with global fluidics leader IDEX Corporation, in building many of their printed circuit board assemblies, this lead to cooperation with multiple divisions within the company.

Developed products for the Naval Division/Crane Warfare

>Worked with Naval Surface Warfare/Crane Division by designing and building a device used on the U.S.S John Paul Jones. The device was used to monitor the ships performance during a series of close range explosions meant to test the ship’s survivability in combat.

Built Products for Seibold Securities (Formerly Collier Safe)

Designed numerous products such as Night Depositories, Automated Teller Machines (ATM’s), Alarm Systems and Pneumatic Tube Carrier Systems.

Developed equipment for Nuclear Reactors

Worked with numerous nuclear technology companies in designing test devices used to inspect the storage racks in SFP’s (Spent Fuel Pools) as well as other testing and robotic devices.

PowerTrac Battery Monitor Released

Battery data logger that attaches to your battery to provide you with instant continuous battery diagnostics.

Charging Innovation Begins

Power Designers was founded using base technology developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1990

Partnership with Hubbard Broadcasting

Designed and built numerous electrical devices for use in satellite newsgathering vehicles, called Satellite Trucks, which were enabled with satellite uplink as well as auto-store functions.

1983 Sibex was Founded: Building technologically advanced products

Sibex began on a framework of design innovation by creating products to improve the efficiency and safety of emerging technology companies.

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