AMA-SYSTEMS GMBH was founded 1976 and had its roots in trading and engineering for industrial automation. Over the years AMA established itself in the Open Communications Standards Market and evolved into a strong player with strategic partners: development of customer-specific software applications for manufacturing processes started in the 1990s and since year 2000 AMA-SYSTEMS has entered the energy market, providing specialized IT services, with software, hardware and solutions.

With almost four decades of experiences, AMA-SYSTEMS today unites outstanding competences in industrial automation, information and communication technologies serving customers in the energy and manufacturing industry as well as in the machine and plant manufacturing realm. At the center of our activity lies the solution of complex technical tasks in operative or productive environments – with flexibility, speed and efficiency deriving from our broad, trans-sectorial know-how.

One particular focus of AMA-SYSTEMS is communication in the energy industry. We provide products and services for the industry standards and protocols IEC 60870-6/ICCP/TASE.2 and IEC 61850 / IEC 61400-25 and support our customers from the HW up to Enterprise Data warehouses. At the core of this business lies the Europe-wide distribution and support of software products of internationally renowned vendors. Based on these products AMA-SYSTEMS offers gateways, tools, trainings, certification and consulting - especially for smart grid technology, conformance tests and software libraries.

Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible, and secure, and we collaborate with customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future – for today’s generations and those to come.

Hitachi Energy was officially incorporated on June 30, 2021, but our story began long before that. With a combined corporate heritage of over 250 years — passed down from both our predecessor company, ABB, and our parent company, Hitachi Ltd. — ours is a story rooted in a long-standing tradition of technological innovations that have provided real impact not only to our customers but also, and more importantly, to society at large.

Together with stakeholders across sectors and geographies, we enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 45,000 people in 60 countries and generate business volumes of around $13 billion USD.

Substation Automation & Communication

Without adequate protection, substations are subject to failure on numerous fronts.

For over 100 years, Hitachi Energy has been keeping substations safe and secure, with protective relays and breakers connected over bulletproof telecommunications. Our substation protection, substation control and automation solutions, thanks to international standards like IEC 61850, ensure the highest interoperability, providing efficiency and increased productivity for grid operators and owners.

Our long-standing experience and quality in the field and full scope of services and support, make us a leader and pioneer in substation automation and protection.

Our products have been designed to implement the core values of the IEC 61850 standard, to enable interoperable and future-proof solutions for your grid.

Hardware is only as useful as the software used to manage it, and Hitachi Energy’s range of software-tools offers unparalleled ease of use and utility to make deployment, operation, and maintenance of protection systems as simple, and safe, as possible.

Substation Automation | Hitachi Energy

Built upon decades of research, development, and leveraging numerous operational experiences in secondary power systems, NR Electric has developed a unified and integrative solution for digital substation. The fully digitalized solution connects the control room to the switchyard with optic fiber links. This proven solution reduces your capital investment, operational and maintenance costs. It also offers unmatched information integration, and provides better reliability and security for substations.

PCItek, formerly Project Consultants LLC, supports the utility industry with innovative products, custom software development, consulting and standards training.  Our personnel have a broad depth of international experience in cyber security, IEC 61850, CIM Standards and enterprise architecture using industry standard methodologies.    

PCItek offers business products and services including:

• Products:
  • Garibaldi, an advanced enterprise and local key distribution center, part of CENTARI, a suite of substation security products
  • RIC, the Operations and Planning Ratings and Impedance Calculator
• Services:
  • Electric Utility Consulting
  • Testing and Training
  • Requirements Analysis and Documentation
  • Interoperability Testing
  • Establishing Reference Architecture
  • Standards-based Training

PCItek is currently providing our products as well as standards-based consulting and training to several utilities around the world.