Yaskawa Southern Africa is pleased to announce that with effect from July 2017, Varispeed SA, a division of the Hudaco group, has been appointed as Yaskawa’s channel partner for its full product range of Yaskawa servo drives, motors, controllers and its VIPA, PLC, HMI and I/O products.
Varispeed has been closely connected to Yaskawa for more than 20 years as a channel partner responsible for the sale of Yaskawa’s VSD products and will now expand its offering to include Yaskawa’s full portfolio of drives, motion and controls.
Varispeed is enlarging its Yaskawa portfolio with its servo, PLC, HMI and I/O offering.
Varispeed will assume and take full sales, service, repair and training responsibility for this product range in South and southern Africa, and through its national sales and service network, provide ‘one-stop’ world-class drives, motion and control source of supply and technology.
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