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Power Distribution, Incorporated was founded in 1978 as a Virginia corporation with corporate offices and factory located in Sandston, VA.

History

1978: Founded as a division of Railroad Bearing Corporation, a Richmond, Virginia based company.

1981: Developed and patented the first motor generator with ride-through measured in seconds rather than milliseconds.

1982: First U.L. 478 approved motor generator in the industry.

1983: First computer room central monitoring and teleservice system in the industry.

1984: Developed first single module power center with six panelboard capability in the industry.

1985: Developed the industry's first microprocessor based central monitoring and teleservice system, Sentinel 1. Developed and patented the first magnetic synthesizer line conditioner with +/-60% input window.

1989: Frank Genovese, a Richmond businessman, purchased and reorganized the company.

1991: Designed and U.L. approved the first power distribution unit with harmonic cancellation using magnetic components. Shipped the first Sentinel 11, U.L. approved, central monitoring and teleservice unit that monitored THD, KWH, KW, PF, frequency along with RMS voltages, currents and with phase rotation verification. Moved to a 35,000 square foot office and manufacturing facility in Richmond, Virginia.

1993: Issued a patent on the design and application of harmonic canceling magnetics.

1994: Obtained first U.L./CSA approval on the Static Automatic Transfer Switch, an automatic transfer device, in the USA and Canada.

1999: Developed and shipped the first Remote Power Panel (RPP) system in the industry.

2000: Developed and shipped the first Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS) in the industry.

2001: Moved into an 80,000 square foot office and manufacturing facility in Richmond, Virginia. US patent issued in December for BCMS technology.

2006: Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Market Penetration Leadership in the rack mount power distribution unit (PDU) market.

2007: Frost & Sullivan selected Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) as the recipient of the 2007 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation for introducing the WaveStar™ communications package in the static transfer switch market.

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