As a technology company our roots are ingrained deeply in the service business; this is how our group initiated several years ago; service requires partnerships with our customers and also with suppliers. From our inception, our mission has been to invest in new technologies and help companies bridge the gap from the old to the new and include everything in the middle. With this in mind we have also helped technology providers introduce new technologies in the market place.
After years working as a service provider and integrator we embarked on an ambitious project to develop our own technology and became manufacturers. We have been doing so for more than a decade now; our products come from our own R&D and have now also been complemented with strategy acquisitions. When it comes to manufacturing, we are leaders in the Smart Metering arena, something we complement with our own Instrument Transformer technology. As part of our systems integration business, we have been manufacturing Protection and Control cabinets and we were one of the first companies that successfully integrated digital substations (IEC 61850) in the Americas.
Our portfolio now also includes a high performance plastics division, something we felt was critical for our own internal supply but also important o support other customers. As we continue growing, you can rest assure we keep service at the center of what we do; long term partnerships require focus on integrity, reliability, affordability, continues development and investment on technology and our most important resource, the human element.
Our goal is to continue at the forth front of the Digital technologies and Iot through the continuous investment on R&D, people development and business model reshaping in order to help our customers take advantage of new technologies so they can reduce cost in a sustainable manner. It is clear strategic partnerships have brought us to where we are and our focus on strengthening and also development new partnerships will remain unchanged.