Xantrex Technology Inc. is a world leader in the development and manufacture of advanced power electronics and controls. It holds foremost positions in the Test & Measurement, Portable, Mobile, Backup, and Distributed Residential and Industrial markets. 

The company, employing over 700 people, is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and also has key facilities in Arlington, Washington and Livermore, California. The company's power electronics products, ranging from fifty watts to one megawatt, convert raw electrical power from an energy source to high-quality, reliable electric power. Xantrex incorporates advanced technology to create smaller, lighter and more efficient products for its rapidly growing markets. 

Applications of Xantrex advanced power electronics include test & measurement, portable and mobile power, as well as distributed power generation including solar, wind, back-up, microturbines, fuel cells and fly wheels in both grid connected and stand alone systems. 

The company's products are sold under the Trace, Statpower, Heart and Xantrex brands to a range of customers including industry leaders such as Applied Materials, Astropower, Ballard, BP Solar, Cisco, Compaq, Enron, Fleetwood, Kyocera, Monaco, Plug Power, Schlumberger, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Xcellsis and channel partners such as Canadian Tire, Costco, Sam's Club, TestEquity, US Marine and West Marine.

Xantrex acquires EEC

In March 2007 Xantrex acquired the Elgar Electronic Corporation, the largest supplier of DC and AC power supply products in the USA.  Their products include the Sorensen, Elgar, Reflex Power, and Power Ten brands.

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Test & Measurement Products

Whether for the laboratory benchtop or in a computer-controlled console of rack mounted test equipment, Xantrex T&M products are the industry's most advanced designs of programmable DC power supplies for laboratory, ATE, R&D, product design, production test, burn-in, education, scientific, and magnet charging applications. With a power range of 60 watts to 6kW, Xantrex offers the highest power density available in variable output DC power supplies. 

Xantrex in Space

On March 8, 2001, a Xantrex 1000-watt programmable power supply was launched into space aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery destined for the International Space Station. 

NASA selected the Xantrex XHR to be part of a portable electronics workbench to test and repair electronic equipment within the zero-gravity space station.

On the Space Station, the Smart Choice For Power is Xantrex.