Proton-Electrotex
Joint Stock Company "Proton-Electrotex" is a Russian company mainly involved in development, manufacturing and sales of bipolar power semiconductor devices — diodes and thyristors, power assemblies and IGBT modules. The company is located in Orel and is one of the largest companies in Orel oblast. Total area of the premises exceeds 15 000 m2 History The company was founded in 1996 at premises of a former "Proton" plant affiliated with the Ministry of Electronic Industry of the USSR. The purchased facilities and equipment were intended for clean technologies enabling to launch production of power semiconductors, however almost all assembly lines and manufacturing processes, as well as manufacturing processes and routes had to be researched and launched all over again. Designs and technologies were developed jointly with specialists of the Russian Electrical Engineering Institute in Moscow. On January 11, 2011 the company founded a Research and Development Center involved in R&D, designing automatization systems and measurement equipment. Proton-Electrotex has official certificate Made in Russia Proton-Electrotex company was included in the list of top priority organizations in the Oryol region. This means that Proton-Electrotex JSC is of critical importance for the region and has a significant impact on employment and social stability