Staco Energy Products Co., headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, is a provider of UPS systems and technologies, voltage control, power conditioning, power factor, and harmonic filtering. Since 1937, Staco Energy has provided business and industries with practical solutions to meet a wide range of power demands. The company plans to build designs that are cost-effective as this industry is very competitive.

Staco Energy Products Company manufactures voltage control, VAR compensation, uninterruptible power supplies and engineered power quality solutions.   For more than 75 years, customers worldwide have relied on Staco as their dependable source for standard and tailored solutions to a wide range of electrical power needs. We take great pride in extending our knowledge and expertise to all our valued customers, existing or new.

The company intends to make production decisions based on economics, enabling it to provide end users with cost-effective solutions. Staco Energy plans to develop its sales channels as the company has realized that certain end-user markets are best served by one specific channel as opposed to using multiple channels.

Ed Kwiatkowski, President of the company, shares Staco Energy’s vision of the future as targeted at SMB data center power related solutions, as well as the power quality (PQ) industry. We are entering into our 75 anniversay celebration, “A New Dawn”.

“We have dramatically changed our overall strategy. Staco Energy is a company that has been around for over 75 years and our strategy for growth is to develop data center products specifically for the SMB.  Power quality is our only business enabling us to devote our entire effort and focus”, says Ed Kwiatkowski.

“Over 90% of our entire R&D budget is to devoted to the development of new products and channels to support the SMB marketplace”, says Dave Kendall, VP of Sales and Marketing.

Low initial average sale price (ASP), ease of installation, ease of service, combined with our FREE battery replacement program provides the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in the industry.

This brief recap of many of our marketing and product development activities highlights how you can keep your critical components operating at all times – and with less cost – giving you a competitive advantage.

FirstLine P 65 – 250kVA UPS

This 480V UPS family was introduced in December 2010 and is proving to be very popular. It covers a wide input voltage range – 480V +/- 10% making it ideal for SMB data center applications where affordability, efficiency, reliability, availability, and flexibility are essential.

FirstLine PL 10-100kVA UPS

To address the needs of 208V installations, we introduced this UPS family – and it has been well accepted. It covers a wide input voltage range – 208V +/- 10% making it ideal for many applications – including network closets, computer rooms, and small data centers.

Free Battery Replacement Program

To augment these new product introductions, we also introduced our Free Battery Replacement Program – a revolutionary approach to driving down total cost of ownership for our FirstLine P and PL UPS. An industry first, this approach addresses the biggest cost of UPS after point of sale operations – the replacement of batteries. Our double conversion topology means that we revert to battery power far less frequently – which allows us to take bold, industry-leading steps to help lower UPS total cost of ownership (TCO).

FirstLine BMS Battery Monitoring System

Another product launch aimed to provide real-time information on UPS battery status is our FirstLine BMS Wireless Battery Monitoring System. This uniquely wireless easy-to-install product is an ideal complement to the FirstLine P, FirstLine PL, and Free Battery Replacement program, while rounding out our promise of lowering SMB TCO.

“Staco Energy is one of you, an SMB that lives the same pains and joys, having both the background of having existed through our core business during boom times, recognizing that we needed to change our approach and strategy, and choosing the SMB data center space, you, to apply our collective knowledge and expertise toward, and having the vision and capability to deliver on our promises”, says Ed Kwiatkowski, President.

“Staco is aware of how our major competitors in the SMB space assume through implied brand recognition, your business.  Staco is committed to you, and has chosen to focus our efforts and energy to deliver on our brand promise of “providing tailored power solutions”, through both value creation and innovation”, says Dave Kendall, VP of Sales and Marketing.

Staco is introducing our FirstLine P 160, 200, 250kVA On-Line Double Conversion Three Phase UPS, resulting in rounding out the higher end of our “Total SMB Power Solution” family.  Not only does this result in addressing the SMB IT data center space, but also addresses many of our current power quality vertical markets.

“All of our current and served customers, also have network closets, computer rooms, or data centers, creating an opportunity for Staco to enter the SMB IT data center space”, says Dave Kendall, VP of Sales and Marketing.

“The facilities side is aware of Staco, with most being long standing customers.  The recognized need for better relationships between IT and facilities working closer together to optimize collective results has risen to high on the ‘to do” list.  This is one way Staco can extend our brand reach, with known capability to deliver on our brand promise”, says Kendall.

Staco has only recently changed our strategy and focus on the data center/IT industry, spending the better part of 2011 building the foundation for success. That said, we have also put our “money and effort where our mouth is”. We are poised, with the introduction of new products and services, to aggressively live up their expectations and needs.

“Unlike most of our larger competitors in this space, we also “walk the talk, and live the lives” of the typical SMB customer, committed to becoming the “solution of choice” to our peers, not assumed business, based on brand” says Kendall.

“We are privately held, Staco Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Components Corporation of America, Inc., (CCA) and there are two other subsidiaries that comprise the CCA organization.  CCA is always on the lookout for appropriate acquisitions, the board, in fact, has established that as one of the missions for CCA”, says Ed Kwiatkowski, President of Staco.

 
Our “A New Dawn” 75th Anniversary Celebration

Staco Energy Enters into “A New Dawn” 75th Anniversary.

Time sure flies when you are busy – and our engineering, marketing, and sales teams have been busy over the past year.  Rather than rest on our laurels, we are charging into “A New Dawn” 75th anniversary by launching major new products tailored to the unique needs of specific industries.  These products keep critical customer components operating at all times – and with less cost – giving you, our customers, a competitive advantage.  A brief recap of these many marketing and product development activities follows:

 

 

 

FirstLine P 65-125kVA Three Phase Online UPS models

This 480V Three Phase Online UPS family was introduced in January 2011 and is proving to be very popular.  It covers a wide input voltage range – 480V +/- 10% making it ideal for SMB data center applications where affordability, efficiency, reliability, availability, and flexibility are essential. The 65kVA model, added in October, is our latest addition.

 

 

 


FirstLine PL 10-100kVA Three Phase Online UPS models

To address the needs of 208V installations, we introduced this UPS family in January 2011 – which has been well accepted.  It covers a wide input voltage range – 208V +/- 10% making it ideal for many applications – including network closets, computer rooms, and small data centers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FirstLine BMS Wireless Battery Monitoring System

Launched in February, 2011, this uniquely wireless easy-to-install product is an ideal complement to the FirstLine P,  FirstLine PL, and can be deployed with all battery types and applications, both new installs and retrofits.

 

 

 

Staco’s Total SMB Data Center Solutions

All of the above have created a platform foundation for providing tailored SMB solutions for IT network closets, computer rooms, and small data centers.

 

StacoVAR mini

Launched in August, our newest addition to the StacoVAR product family, allows customers to use their supplied power more efficiently.  In addition, we re-launched our Fixed Capacitor banks.   Editors also saw the value in these programs – as they provided in-depth editorial coverage including “The Economics of Improving Power Factor” in Consulting/Specifying Engineer, and “Go Green with PFC” which ran in the August issue of Electrical Line magazine

Our Online Home – www.stacoenergy.com

Completely re-invented, check out our new online tools – including easier product and industry solutions search, more detailed information on products, applications, news, all intended to maximize the access to information in the least amount of time.

Published Articles

Our thought leadership in this “Staco Universe” market was augmented by the Broadcast Engineering article “Backup Power, Find out What Type of UPS System is Best for Your Facility”, Processor “Powering Your Data Center’s Future”, August, “Pinpoint Energy Hogs” October, and “Buying UPSs” November.  Our latest is the Distributed Energy “Is Poor Power Factor Correction Costing You Money” November/December edition article.  All are posted to News, Articles and Testimonials.

Channel Development

To help take our new products and services to the market, we’ve bolstered our rep/distributor network through a combination of recruitment and inbound requests.  We continue to provide training through webinars, field visits and application-specific industry experts who are available as needed to support our channel partners and customers.

 

Communications and Social Media

We have created a new Power Quality Connect blog, e-newsletter, and VIP registration, including social media connections to Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin,  all targeted at extending our brand reach.

Clearly it has been a busy year – and a good one.  As we enter into our “A New Dawn” 75th Anniversary, we’re better prepared than ever to provide tailored power solutions to customers in a wide array of industries.  Our broad range of products – including Voltage Control, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, and Power Factor & Harmonics – allows us to serve the diverse needs of our customers.

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Top operating performace starts with high efficiency rating in excess of 95%, high input power factor fo 99% or better, low input distortion of 3% or less, easy installation and accessability, and an external maintainance bypass switch.  Other notable features include high-performancefiltering to protect upstream power sources and dual inputs for the main and secondary emergency standby power.

Initial selection criteria is to purchase a UPS that exceeds your total power requirement by 20 to 30%.  This not only ensures capacity coverage but will allow some room for growth if/when you add additional load equipment.  It can be a great cost savings down the road if you factor in future expansion.  Always buy a UPS that offers the ability to upgrade or add additional batteries if/when needed.

Although on-line double conversion UPS systems provide the highest level of availability and protection, there are three UPS catagories, including standby, line interactive, and online models, with interations in each catagory.  Standby systems run power through surge suppression to the load equipment,.  If there is a power outage, the UPS switches to battery back-up, reverting back to AC power when power returns.  Line interactive systems have built-in line sensing abilities, to regulate high or low voltage levels.  An inverter switches on if there is a power loss, and the system switches to battery power.  Online systems provide the highest level of protection, as the inverter is online and operates continuously to eliminate incoming surges and low and high voltage issues while delivering clean power to the load equipment.

For data center use, three phase online double conversion (AC to DC and Back to AC) systems offer the greatest value while providing conditioned power to the IT loads.  These UPS systems totally isolate the load from the primary AC line.  Noise, swells, and sags never reach the load.  Overall, obtaining the lowest TCO should be the primary objective, including battery and other auxilary power equipment.  Determine what the cost to acquire, operate, and maintain equipment will be over the useful lifetime.  Key factors include space efficiency, ease of installation, integration with existing systems, scalability, and high reliability.

Staco Energy has single-phase and three-phase UPSs that are tailored to fit your needs.

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When considering timing for optimizing energy use, seize the opportunity during your data center consolidations. Although this is a complex and daunting task, including several key requirements can result in huge improvements in the use of energy.

Insure energy efficient practices for your power infrastructure. Your power chain starts with utility, switch gear, UPS and related auxiliary equipment, backed up by batteries and generators, all consumers of energy. Consider all of these components, and size each to insure all are optimized for capacity and operation.  Calculate your capacity to match the resulting expected loading, taking into consideration your estimated improvement in energy efficiency improvement efforts.

While you align your power infrastrucutre, seek out experts that understand the dynamics of both optimizing and sizing for maximum effieciency.  Staco Energy Products offers specialists in providing tailored power solutions that deliver maximum efficiency and cost effiective results.

When taking your inventory of servers, and other IT equipment, make sure you measure the loading for each, as well as age and operating characteristics. Align your plans with efficiency and loading.

Remove legacy gear and replace them where possible.  Change in IT equipment happen so frequently, it has become difficult to track what IT equipment is actually being used.  The benefit of identifying and removing these servers and other IT equipment is energy savings 2 times the IT load you are removing (2X because you also gain savings from reduced cooling load).

Decommission where possible, while virtualizing others.  During this phase, consider age.  Legacy “Energy Hog” IT equipment should be replaced, where possible, with Energy Star rated gear.  Not all applications are targets for virtualization.  Be certain to take advantage of those that are.

The potential resulting savings may shock you!  Larry M. Beck, Data Center Facilities Manager, Pope Technology Center, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Alabama is leading a consolidation of operations to a new data center in Birmingham.  This is a real world example of both energy efficient practices, and ROI, where many, if not all of the above were implemented. ‘We were expecting about a 400 KW load upon completing migration into our new data center.  We are currently about 85 to 90 percent complete with the migration and our load is only about 160 KW.  We do not expect loads to exceed 200 KW when migration is complete.  I feel that most of this is due to virtualization and the use of energy efficient computer equipment.”

Staco Energy has single and three phase UPS systmes that are tailored to fit your needs.

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