ECPE European Center for Power Electronics

What ECPE European Center for Power Electronics does

ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V. (ECPE), founded in 2003 and headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, is a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein) that operates as the leading industry-driven research network in power electronics across Europe. The organisation coordinates pre-competitive research, advanced training, and knowledge transfer between industrial member companies and academic competence centres, with a network of more than 230 member organisations and roughly 20 events per year held across multiple European countries.

Its core offerings are interconnected: an ECPE Online Course platform with interactive applets and YouTube distribution covering DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/AC, AC/AC conversion and electromagnetic compatibility; an annual advanced training programme of expert workshops and tutorials for industry engineers; the European PhD School for doctoral candidates; the ECPE Joint Research Programme linking members and competence centres on shared projects; and dedicated industrial working groups focused on automotive power module qualification (AQG-324) and power semiconductor reliability for railway applications. The Members Area, with proceedings archives dating back to 2004, anchors the network's institutional knowledge.

ECPE is member-funded through a membership model whose specific tiers are not publicly disclosed, supplemented by event-related income from workshops, tutorials, the CIPS Conference, the ECPE Annual Event, the Semikron Danfoss Innovation Award and the ECCE Europe conference, plus free job postings on the ECPE Job Forum for member companies. Distribution is direct: membership registration through the ECPE website, events hosted across European cities, online course access via web and YouTube, and a single LinkedIn presence. The organisation is also affiliated with the pan-European CHIPS of Europe semiconductor initiative, aligning it with broader European chip and power-electronics policy frameworks. Revenues, pricing tiers and ownership are not publicly disclosed; no funding rounds, acquisitions or exits are recorded.

Name

ECPE European Center for Power Electronics

Legal name

ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V.

Website

https://ecpe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ECPE European Center for Power Electronics e.V. is the leading industry-driven research network for power electronics in Europe, coordinating pre-competitive research, training, and knowledge transfer across more than 230 member companies and academic competence centres.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Nuremberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ECPE is an industry-driven research network for power electronics that organizes and coordinates collaborative research between member companies and competence centers, delivers advanced training through expert workshops and tutorials, provides an interactive Online Course covering power conversion and EMC fundamentals, runs the European PhD School, and facilitates industrial working groups on automotive and railway power electronics applications. The network serves more than 230 member organizations across Europe through membership-based access to research collaboration, proceedings, training events, and networking opportunities.

Product overview

ECPE (European Center for Power Electronics e.V.) operates as an industry-driven research network offering a portfolio of interconnected educational and professional services in power electronics. The core offerings include the ECPE Online Course platform with interactive applets covering DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/AC, AC/AC, and EMC topics; ECPE Workshops & Tutorials with approximately 20 annual events across Europe; European PhD School for doctoral education; and the ECPE Job Forum for industry positions. The organization also facilitates collaborative research through its Joint Research Programme and industrial Working Groups focusing on automotive and railway applications. Annual events include the ECPE Annual Event combined with the CIPS Conference. All services are accessible to member organizations through a dedicated Members Area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ECPE Online Course Comprehensive online learning platform providing interactive educational modules and applets covering DC/DC converters, AC/DC rectification, DC/AC inversion, AC/AC conversion, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) topics in power electronics, targeting students and engineers globally.
• ECPE Workshops & Tutorials Expert workshops and tutorials for young engineers in industry and beginners, part of the ECPE advanced training programme, with approximately 20 events per year held across European countries, covering applied power electronics topics.
• European PhD School Educational programme designed for PhD students focusing on advanced topics in power electronics research, conducted annually across European academic institutions as part of ECPE's advanced training activities.
• ECPE Joint Research Programme Collaborative research programme bringing together member companies and competence centers to conduct joint pre-competitive research in power electronics, facilitated by ECPE as the coordinating research network.
• ECPE Job Forum

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CHIPS of EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECPE is associated with the CHIPS of Europe initiative, which focuses on semiconductor and power electronics research and development at the European level. This partnership aligns ECPE with broader European chip development strategies.

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Recent moves7 records

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Broad incumbents

• IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS): IEEE's global technical society for power electronics with thousands of members worldwide. PELS is the dominant global professional body in the field, sponsoring ECCE and other events that overlap with ECPE's training and conference activities.
• VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies: Large German technical-scientific association with significant power electronics standards, conferences, and professional development activity. VDE is a broader electrical engineering incumbent with overlapping training and membership offerings in ECPE's home market.
• Fraunhofer IZM: Major European applied research institute with strong power electronics and packaging capabilities. Fraunhofer IZM conducts pre-competitive power electronics research and collaborates with industry, making it a complementary (and partly competing) competence center in ECPE's ecosystem.
• Mesago PCIM (PCIM Europe event organizer): Organizer of the PCIM Europe exhibition and conference, the largest power electronics industry trade show. ECPE maintains a joint stand at PCIM, making Mesago both a close partner and a competitor for sponsor/attendee mindshare.

Direct peers

• PowerAmerica: US Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on wide-bandgap power electronics. PowerAmerica is a directly comparable industry-driven research and workforce development network in power electronics, supported by public-private funding.
• CPES - Center for Power Electronics Systems (Virginia Tech): US-based industry-university consortium conducting pre-competitive power electronics research and training. CPES is the closest international counterpart to ECPE, both operating as member-funded research networks bridging industry and academia in power electronics.
• EPE - European Power Electronics and Drives Association: European non-profit association organizing the annual EPE conference and promoting power electronics and drives research. EPE overlaps directly with ECPE in European power electronics research coordination and conference organization.
• PSMA - Power Sources Manufacturers Association: US-based non-profit industry association for power sources and power electronics manufacturers. PSMA shares ECPE's member-funded association model and provides overlapping research, networking, and education services to power electronics companies.
• ECCE Europe: European flagship energy conversion congress co-sponsored by IEEE PELS and EPE. ECCE Europe is one of ECPE's flagship events and represents a directly comparable conference brand in the European power electronics community.

Regional players

• PEIC - Power Electronics Industry Collaborative: US-based industry consortium advancing power electronics workforce development and supply chain resilience. PEIC shares ECPE's industry-driven consortium model but operates primarily in North America, making it a regional rather than direct peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecpe-european-center-for-power-electronics

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