WEG acquires Instrutech, a Brazilian producer of automation equipment focused on man/machine safety.

On the commemoration of its tenth anniversary, the Valor Econômico newspaper honored eight businessmen, each receiving the award Valor Especial (Special Value) for outstanding business management over the last decade, from Brazilian President Lula.

Eskom, the state owned electricity utility company of South Africa, counted on WEG transformers to illuminate the FIFA World Cup 2010

In December 2009, a team from Zest and WEG successfully commissioned the longest VSD-driven conveyor in Africa for Anglo Thermal’s Zibulo Coal Mine near Witbank in Mpumalanga.

Automated exhaustion system uses WEG solution to produce 50% energy savings and reduce CO2 emissions by 23 tons

WEG has further advanced its position as a leading global supplier of power transformers, with the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art transformer manufacturing plant in Mexico. Officially opened on April 14th 2010, the new plant is sited adjacent to WEG’s existing motor plant, which manufactures low and medium voltage motors, generators and control panels for automation systems.