Company Research Report: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)

1. Company Overview

• Name: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)

• Mission of the Company: We make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.

• Founded: SEL was founded in 1982.

• Founder: Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III

• Key People:

• Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, Founder and President

• Dave Whitehead, CEO

• Headquarters: 2350 NE Hopkins Court, Pullman, WA 99163, USA

• Number of Employees: Over 6,500 worldwide

• Revenue: No information is available.

• What is the Company Known For: SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect, automate, and control critical infrastructure around the world.

2. Products

• Product Offerings:

• SEL-21 Relay:

• High-Level Description: The first commercially available microprocessor-based protective relay.

• Key Features: Revolutionized electric power industry by providing reliable transmission line protection with fault locating at a lower cost than traditional methods.

• SEL Wireless Protection System:

• High-Level Description: A wireless system that transmits fault status at protection speeds, providing innovative, cost-effective options for protection communications.

• Key Features: Fast transmission of fault data (within milliseconds), enables high-speed coordination of protective functions.

• SEL Advanced Digital Fault Recorder (DFR) Solutions:

• High-Level Description: Collects, monitors, and visualizes substation data for disturbance investigation and compliance purposes.

• Key Features: Captures event reports at 24 kHz, dynamic disturbance data recording, high submicrosecond accuracy.

3. Recent Developments

• Recent Developments in the Company:

• SEL has implemented several international projects, such as substation modernization in the Philippines and defending critical substation communications in Slovenia. They are also known for innovative contributions to smart grid improvements in collaboration with various utilities worldwide.

• New Partnerships: Collaborated with ELES in Slovenia to implement operational technology software-defined networking (OT SDN) for enhanced substation communications.

• New Products Launched: No specific new products were referenced.

• New Features Added to Existing Products:

• SEL-487L Protective Relay has introduced new applications in event report analysis and visualization of historical disturbance data.

• New Partnerships: Partnered with various international utility companies including ELES in Slovenia for secure networking solutions.

This report comprehensively covers the available data regarding Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., focusing on its company structure, mission, key figures, and products. Fields without available information are marked appropriately as "No information is available."