NWL: From a Transformer Repair Shop to Specialty Component Manufacturer [Member and Industry Profile]

What started as a small transformer repair shop in Trenton, New Jersey, in the 1930s is now a leading manufacturer and designer of transformers, inductors, capacitors, and power supplies for industrial and military applications with a specialization in switched-mode power supplies (SMPSs) for electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), electron-beam curing and melting, and other high-reliability systems. Today, there are four independently operating production groups under one roof, with each producing a family of specialized transformers and power supplies. Spread across a 185,000-formula><tex>${rm ft}^{2}$</tex></formula> facility in Bordentown, New Jersey (Figure 1), NWL currently produces over 100 cutting-edge units per month for a global customer base that has spread beyond the U.S. shores to Europe, South America, and the Pacific Rim.