PULSE MC2
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1997
- HeadquartersÉvry, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
PULSE MC2 firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- PULSE MC2
- Legal name
- PULSE MC²
- Website
- https://pulsemc2.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1997
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
PULSE MC2 industry classification
Industry- Product category
- High Voltage Power Electronics Distribution
- NAICS
- Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314)
- SIC
- Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Electronic Coils, Transformers & Other Inductors (3677)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Circuit Protection Devices (MCBs, MCCBs, ACBs, fuses, RCD/GFCI, surge protection) (IMAGAEAB)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Charging Infrastructure Components (connectors, cables, dispensers, payment/controls) (IMAGAHAH)
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Where PULSE MC2 is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Évry
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
PULSE MC2 business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Distribution of High Voltage Components: Pulse MC2 operates as a value-added distributor and reseller of high voltage power electronics components and systems across Europe. The company sources products from international technology partners and supplies them to specialized industrial customers in research, military, medical, aeronautics, automotive, semi-conductor, and energy sectors.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels1 record
PULSE MC2 product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Pulse MC2 distributes high voltage power electronics, pulsed power, and EMC components and systems in Europe on behalf of more than 25 international technology partners. The portfolio spans power conversion, capacitors, switching, instrumentation, EMC/EMP testing, and corona detection, with proprietary storage capacitors manufactured under the PULSE MC2 brand. Customers include research labs, defense, medical, aeronautics, automotive, semiconductor, and energy organizations.
Product overview
Pulse MC2 is a European distributor and integrator of high voltage power electronics and pulsed power systems, founded in January 1997. The company operates as a platform of specialized product categories rather than a single unified product: Power Conversion & Pulsed Power (Spellman, Eurofeedback, Diversified Technologies, FID power supplies and generators), High Voltage Components (ZEZ SILKO, High Energy Corporation capacitors, CKE varistors, Ohmite/Ohmcraft resistors, HVCA diodes), Switching (Behlke solid-state switches, ROSS relays, PULSETECH thyratrons), Instrumentation (North Star probes, ROSS dividers/dielectric testers, Stangenes current probes), EMC Instrumentation (PPM fibre optics, Prodyn EMI sensors, BTC shielded cameras), and Corona Detection (OFIL Systems cameras). The company also manufactures proprietary Storage Capacitors under its own PULSE MC2 brand. Target markets include research, military, medical, aeronautics, automotive, semiconductors, and energy sectors.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Programmable DC Power Converters Unipolar or bipolar programmable DC power supplies from 750W to 12kW, output voltages up to 60V and currents up to 300A, with 2 ppm stability, low noise, and EPICS/Ethernet/Modbus control. Sold to industrial and research customers needing precise DC power conversion.
- High Voltage Laboratory Power Supplies Spellman-branded rack-mountable high voltage power supplies ranging from 1U to 6U models up to 360kV and 120kW, used for X-ray, electrostatics, electron beams, sputtering, and radar modulator applications.
- High Voltage Pulse Generators FID-branded solid-state high voltage pulse generators with nanosecond rise times (under 100ps), voltages from 1kV to 200kV, peak currents up to 100kA, and repetition rates from single-shot to 100MHz, for pulsed power research and industrial applications.
- Capacitors Charging Power Supplies Eurofeedback-branded capacitor charging power supplies with voltages from 5kV to 50kV and power from 6kJ/s to 10kJ/s, used in laser, modulator, and Marx generator applications.
- AC/DC Power Capacitors ZEZ SILKO-branded metallized polypropylene film capacitors for AC and DC systems, used in storage, filtering, power factor correction, motor starting, lighting, induction heating, and snubber applications.
- High Voltage and Power Capacitors (Ceramic and Film) High Energy Corporation ceramic capacitors (strontium/barium titanate) up to 50kVDC/300A/400kVA for lasers, filtering, and snubber applications; film capacitors up to 100kVDC/2000kVA for induction heating and power conversion.
- Solid State High Voltage Switches Behlke-branded high voltage switches using MOSFET, SCR, IGBT, and MCT technologies with voltages from 2kV to 120kV, peak currents from 30A to 16kA, and rise times up to 500ps/kV.
- Electromechanical and Pneumatic High Voltage Relays ROSS-branded high voltage relays ranging from 1kV to 400kV, with currents up to 8000A rms and peak currents from 2.5kA to 1700kA, for HV switching, safety relays, RF, and capacitor discharge applications.
- Cameras for Corona Detection OFIL SYSTEMS UV and visible cameras for detecting and localizing partial discharges and corona effects, including UVolle SX/VX handheld cameras, LuminarHD HD cameras, MicROM HD UAV-mounted cameras, and UV-EYEs OEM block cameras.
- Dissolved Gas Analysis Monitoring Systems for Power Transformers MTE HYDROCAL monitoring systems for power transformers, including offshore variants (1003, 1005, 1009) for harsh conditions and HYDROCAL BPD modular systems for high voltage bushing monitoring.
- Fibre Optic Links PPM-branded fibre optic transmission systems including Point2Point DC links (DC-40MHz), AC links (40Hz-3GHz), and Sentry/Sentinel monitoring systems for EMC/EMP and high voltage test applications.
- EMI and EMC Instrumentation Prodyn-branded EMC instrumentation including current and injection probes, electric and magnetic field sensors, and baluns for electromagnetic compatibility testing.
- Storage Capacitors (PULSE MC2 Own Brand) PULSE MC2 custom storage capacitors with high energy density and large pulse current capabilities for electromagnetic launchers, lasers, portable defibrillators, plasma research, magnetization devices, and pulse generators.
- High Voltage Modulators Diversified Technologies high voltage modulators up to 200kV and 100MW peak power for radar, cold pasteurization, biomass processing, and high energy physics applications.
- Isolation Transformers Stangenes Industries high voltage isolation transformers with air, oil, SF6, or resin isolation, used in laboratory testing, klystron modulators, and focalizers.
- Varistors and Transient Suppressors CKE MOV, silicon carbide, and selenium varistors with voltages from 5VAC to 5kVAC and currents up to 100kA for power conversion applications.
- High Voltage Diodes, Thyristors, Rectifiers, Multipliers HVCA high voltage diodes, capsule power diodes and thyristors, single or three-phase rectifier bridges with voltages from 50V to 600kV, average currents from 10mA to 4400A, and reverse recovery times up to 35ns.
- High Voltage Probes North Star high voltage probes including PVM models (10kVDC to 100kVDC) and Megaprobe (1MV pulsed), with 1000:1 ratio, bandwidth DC to 80MHz, and accuracy up to 0.1%.
- Dielectric Testers ROSS VMT series battery-powered portable dielectric testers including VMT15 (15kVDC), VMT42 (42kVDC), and VMT50 (50kVDC) for insulation testing.
- Spark Gaps and Thyratrons PULSETECH 2 and 3-electrode spark gaps (600V to 300kV, 1kA to 200kA), thyratrons (25kV to 80kV, up to 15kHz), and pseudo-sparkgaps (15kV to 150kV, up to 1MHz).
Companies that use PULSE MC2
Customer profileSegments6 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
PULSE MC2 technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
PULSE MC2 partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
26 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- Applied Power SystemscoreApplied Power Systems provides power converters, controlled rectifiers, inverters, and thyristor/IGBT control cards distributed by Pulse MC2 in Europe.
- Barth ElectronicscoreBarth Electronics provides power attenuators, 50Ω dividers, terminators for pulse systems, and signal tap-off equipment distributed by Pulse MC2.
- BEHLKEcoreBEHLKE provides solid state high voltage switches and diodes using MOSFET, SCR, IGBT, MCT technologies ranging from 2kV to 120kV distributed by Pulse MC2.
- CKEcoreCKE provides varistors and transient suppressors using MOV, silicon carbide and selenium technologies with voltage from 5VAC to 5kVAC and current up to 100kA.
- Dielectric SciencescoreDielectric Sciences provides high voltage cables including unshielded cables up to 150kVDC and shielded cables up to 300kVDC.
- Diversified TechnologiescoreDiversified Technologies provides high voltage power supplies and modulators up to 200kV and 100MW peak distributed by Pulse MC2.
- Essex X-RaycoreEssex X-Ray specializes in high voltage X-ray cable assemblies and connectors for medical and industrial NDT applications.
- FIDcoreFID provides high voltage pulse generators with solid-state technology from 1kV to 200kV, peak power up to 10GW, and rise times under 100ps.
- Doble - Phoenix TechnologiescorePhoenix Technologies provides high intensity test systems up to 75,000A and portable/mobile/autonomous transformer testing equipment.
- GES ElectroniccoreGES Electronic provides modular connectors, high voltage connectors up to 150kV, and multi-pin connectors for industrial applications.
- High Energy CorporationcoreHigh Energy Corporation provides ceramic and film capacitors including up to 50kVDC/300A/400kVA ceramic and up to 100kVDC/2000kVA film capacitors.
- EBGcoreEBG provides precision resistors for high voltage applications distributed by Pulse MC2.
- EPOWERSYScoreEPOWERSYS provides programmable DC power converters from 750W to 12kW with output voltages up to 60V and currents up to 300A.
- HaefelycoreHaefely provides impulse voltage generators from 100kV to 10MV, impulse current generators from 50 to 200kA, and AC/DC dielectric testing equipment - all SIL 3 certified.
- MK MagneticscoreMK Magnetics provides magnetic cores including toroidal, C and E cores with materials: Nickel-Iron, Cobalt-Iron, amorphous, nanocrystalline for applications up to 1MHz.
- North StarcoreNorth Star provides high voltage probes from 10kVDC to 1MV pulsed with bandwidth up to 80MHz and accuracy up to 0.1%.
- OFIL SystemscoreOFIL Systems provides corona detection cameras including UVollé SX/VX handheld cameras and LuminarHD cameras for daytime inspection of electrical equipment.
- OhmcraftcoreOhmcraft provides precision SMD resistors up to 10,000GΩ and high voltage resistors up to 40kVDC with TCR ≤5ppm/°C.
- OhmitecoreOhmite provides non-inductive resistors using bulk ceramic technology with voltage from 375V to 165kV and power from 1.5W to 1kW.
- PPMcorePPM provides fibre optic links including Point2Point DC links from DC-2.5MHz to DC-40MHz and AC links from 40Hz-250MHz to 10MHz-3GHz.
- ProdyncoreProdyn provides EMI and EMC instrumentation including current probes, electric field sensors, magnetic field sensors, and baluns.
- RLC ElectroniccoreRLC Electronic provides high voltage microsecond pulse generators from 0 to 30kV with frequencies up to 100kHz.
- ROSScoreROSS provides high voltage dividers up to 1MV with bandwidth DC to 10MHz, dielectric testers, hipots, voltmeters, and electrostatic measurement equipment.
- SpellmancoreSpellman provides high voltage power supplies including laboratory supplies up to 360kV/120kW, modules, X-ray power supplies, and capacitor charging supplies.
- Stangenes IndustriescoreStangenes Industries provides isolation transformers, pulse transformers, and current probes with bandwidth up to 35MHz and peak current up to 200kA.
- ZEZ SilkocoreZEZ Silko provides AC/DC power capacitors using metallized polypropylene film technology for AC systems, DC systems, storage, filtering, power factor correction, motor starting, lighting, and snubber applications.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights5 records
PULSE MC2 competitors and assessment
Company assessmentOthers
- FuG Hochspannungstechnik GmbH: German HV power supply manufacturer with direct European sales. Competes with several principals Pulse MC2 represents for end-customer mindshare and contract wins.
- Matsusada Precision Inc. Japanese manufacturer of high voltage and precision power supplies selling directly and through channel partners. Competes in the same end-markets as the principals Pulse MC2 distributes.
- Spellman High Voltage Electronics: Major US-based HV power supply manufacturer whose products Pulse MC2 distributes in Europe. Functions as both a key principal and an indirect competitor via direct sales.
Broad incumbents
- Farnell / element14: Global electronics distributor serving design engineers with power, HV, and test instrumentation portfolios. Similar distribution model and comparable European customer base in industrial and research segments.
- Mouser Electronics: Global electronics distributor with a broad portfolio including power electronics, capacitors, and HV-related components. Much larger scale but overlapping European customer base in industrial and research segments.
- Arrow Electronics: Global distributor of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions with European operations. Overlaps with Pulse MC2 in power semiconductors, relays, and HV component categories.
- Digi-Key Electronics: Global electronics distributor serving design engineers and industrial buyers with deep power and high-voltage component lines. Comparable distribution business model at materially greater scale than Pulse MC2.
- RS Components (RS Group): Industrial electronics distributor with strong European presence serving maintenance, research, and production customers. Overlaps with Pulse MC2 in power, test, and instrumentation categories.
Direct peers
- ETPS Ltd: UK-based specialist distributor of high voltage power supplies, capacitors, and HV test equipment. Most directly comparable peer in terms of niche specialization on HV power electronics distribution in the European market.
- Powertek Ltd: UK-based specialist in high voltage power supplies, amplifiers, and electronic loads. Competes in an adjacent HV power niche with a similar European technical-customer focus.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
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Frequently asked questions about PULSE MC2
What does PULSE MC2 do?
Pulse MC2 distributes high voltage power electronics, pulsed power, and EMC components and systems in Europe on behalf of more than 25 international technology partners. The portfolio spans power conversion, capacitors, switching, instrumentation, EMC/EMP testing, and corona detection, with proprietary storage capacitors manufactured under the PULSE MC2 brand. Customers include research labs, defense, medical, aeronautics, automotive, semiconductor, and energy organizations.
When was PULSE MC2 founded?
PULSE MC2 was founded in 1997. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is PULSE MC2 based?
PULSE MC2 is headquartered in Évry, France, in the Europe region.
How does PULSE MC2 make money?
One revenue line is on record: distribution of High Voltage Components.
Who are PULSE MC2's main competitors?
Others on record are FuG Hochspannungstechnik GmbH, Matsusada Precision Inc. and Spellman High Voltage Electronics. Broad incumbents are Farnell / element14, Mouser Electronics, Arrow Electronics, Digi-Key Electronics and RS Components (RS Group). Direct peers are ETPS Ltd and Powertek Ltd.
Does PULSE MC2 have an API?
No public API is recorded for PULSE MC2.
What industry is PULSE MC2 in?
PULSE MC2's product category is High Voltage Power Electronics Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAGAEAB, Circuit Protection Devices (MCBs, MCCBs, ACBs, fuses, RCD/GFCI, surge protection), with a secondary code of IMAGAHAH, Charging Infrastructure Components (connectors, cables, dispensers, payment/controls). Its NAICS code is 3353 and its SIC code is 3600.