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Automatic Power Transfer Panel (APTP) installed was completed as per regulation under the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), and will efficiently distribute power to the housing complex with no interruptions, whilst the standby power fed will be from the generator itself. With the installation of an APTP, housing complex residents will experience an uninterrupted service of electricity and lifts to the upper floors.
Perkins Engines UK, a subsidiary of caterpillar Inc., is primarily a diesel engine manufacturer for several markets including Agricultural, Construction, Material Handling, Power Generation and Industrial. It was established in Peterborough in 1932. Over the years Perkins has expanded its engine specifications including diesel and gas engines.
Perkins Engines concept was the high – speed diesel engine which was a four-cylinder Vixen, and made its debut in 1932, and in October 1935 Perkins became the first company to hold six world diesel speed records for a variety of distances set at the Brooklands race track in Surrey.
Perkins Engines was purchased by its largest customer, Massey Ferguson, in 1959. Keeping its separate identity, the business continued under the name of Perkins Engines and in 1994 became a subsidiary of Lucas Varity.
Development continued and Perkins updated its engines to meet stricter emissions rules while developing new series for power generation and forklift trucks. A supplier to Caterpillar Inc. since the 1970s, Perkins was bought by Caterpillar in 1998 for, creating what they claimed was the world’s largest diesel engine manufacturer. With an ever-expanding global footprint Perkins Engines now has manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, China, India and a joint venture with Ishikawajima-Shibaura-Machinery Company in Japan.
Mackwoods Energy has launched Perkins Engine power generators co-brand as Mackpower-Perkins and market power generators and power plants for 650kVA up to 2250kVA made in United Kingdom with the option of offering customers a choice of units assembled in the countries mentioned above in order to be more competitively priced.
Mackwoods Energy also provides power solutions and systems to Airtel, Dialog, Hutch, Sri Lanka Telecom, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, UNICEF, GTZ, CECB, General and Teaching Hospitals Island wide to name a few. As a power solutions provider Mackwoods Energy has undertaken numerous assignments and is firmly committed to achieving excellence in all spheres of activity such as power generation and distribution , power generator supply, diesel engines, electrical engineering, telecommunication engineering, marine engineering, including solutions in sustainable energy such as hydro, solar, wind, biogas, WTE and biomass. Mackwoods Energy’s reputation has been built on the solid foundation of having provided power solutions to key industries such as plantations, telecommunications, tourism, IT, health care, education, construction, defence forces, food, beverage and pharmaceutical industry; to name a few, that are critical to the steadfast growth of the Sri Lankan economy. Mackwoods Energy also exports power generators to Haiti, Maldives, Comros and most recently to Sudan. Today, having emerged as a leading supplier of energy solutions, Mackwoods Energy PLC is backed by a 24-hour Island wide service throughout the year – both in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Mackwoods Energy PLC is a member of the Mackwoods Group. Mackwoods, established in 1841, has a noteworthy distinction of being the second oldest Mercantile Company in Sri Lanka, which is a conglomerate of several companies engaged in a number of industries including healthcare, agribusiness, plantations, industry, manufacturing, ICT and software development, insurance brokering, stock brokering, financial services, tourism, hotels, real estate, import and export trading.
