Awarded 'Supplier of the Year' by the World's Top Pump Manufacturer
Grundfos Pumps Awarded Fairchild Prestigious Prize Twice in Five Years

Fairchild recently won the 2014 'Supplier of the Year' award from Grundfos Pumps, the world's largest pump manufacturer, which produces approximately 18 million residential, commercial, and industrial pumps annually.

Fairchild was selected as the winner of this award among approximately 3,500 Grundfos pump suppliers in recognition of its efforts in quality, timely delivery, innovation, and collaboration. Fairchild also won this award in 2009, becoming the only company to have achieved the honor of winning twice.

Klavs Hornum, General Manager and CPO of Grundfos Corporate Purchase AG, stated , “Fairchild is the only company to have won the Supplier Award twice.” He added, “We have collaborated with Fairchild for a long time, sharing technology roadmaps, joint development, testing, and global production support. Fairchild has been an indispensable partner, consistently demonstrating reliability and responsiveness through timely delivery and superior performance.” Fairchild stated, “Grundfos pumps have enabled us to find the perfect solution for our applications in terms of energy efficiency, as well as being efficient and reliable.”

Chris Allexandre, Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing, Business Operations and Planning at Fairchild, commented , “Fairchild’s primary goal is to enable our customers to build better products. The fact that we have won Grundfos Pumps’ ‘Supplier of the Year’ twice is a tremendous tribute to our efforts in this regard.”

He also said, “This award also validates the close relationship we have maintained over the years with Grundfos Pumps, the industry’s leading global manufacturer and distributor, and ultimately demonstrates Fairchild’s commitment to customer support and collaboration on a global scale.”

Andreas Hammer, Vice President of Fairchild’s EMEA region, explained, “ Our European team has worked closely with Grundfos Pumps for many years, helping Grundfos engineers produce differentiated pumps that boast industry-leading performance, efficiency, and reliability through our innovative and efficient devices. Winning this award is proof of the hard work of all our team members and our dedication to our customers.”

Like Fairchild, Grundfos Pumps strives to maximize product efficiency and is reducing power consumption by adding intelligence features to its pumps through collaboration with Fairchild. Fairchild's highly integrated Smart Power Module (SPM) solution is used in Grundfos pumps' circulation pumps and complies with the European Union's Energy-Using Products (EuP) directive.

Fairchild's highly integrated SPM modules provide optimal performance for inverter applications such as low-power circulation pumps, air conditioning, and other white goods. Since these solutions integrate critical power management silicon components to reduce board space and heatsink size, they can be considered a compact, all-in-one solution for high-voltage designs.