ied ▁solar ▁in ver ters . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁El te c ▁Electron ics ▁( l ater ▁renamed ▁Sw ichte c ▁Power ▁Systems ) ▁was ▁formed ▁by ▁Dennis ▁Chap man , ▁Gary ▁Foot , ▁Andrew ▁David son ▁and ▁John ▁Morris sey , ▁special ists ▁in ▁fields ▁of ▁engineering , ▁design ▁and ▁management , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁mult im ill ion - d ollar ▁company , ▁export ing ▁more ▁than ▁ 9 5 % ▁of ▁its ▁production ▁to ▁over ▁ 6 3 ▁mark ets . ▁This ▁company ▁and ▁its ▁technology ▁were ▁sold ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁Four ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁Sw ichte c ▁sale ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁those ▁same ▁four ▁special ists ▁formed ▁En atel ▁Ltd , ▁special ising ▁in ▁switch mode ▁technology ▁for ▁the ▁tele communic ations ▁and ▁industrial ▁se ctors , ▁later ▁divers ifying ▁into ▁the ▁mot ive ▁power ▁and ▁solar ▁phot ov olta ic ▁mark ets . ▁ ▁Awards ▁▁ ▁F rost ▁& ▁S ull ivan ▁Asia ▁Pacific ▁Customer ▁Value ▁En h ancement ▁Award ▁in ▁DC ▁Power ▁Systems ▁( 2 0 1 4 ) ▁ ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Hi - T ech ▁In nov ative ▁Hard ware ▁Product ▁Award ▁( 2 0 1 2 ) ▁for ▁En atel ▁Mot ive ▁Power ▁ ▁New ▁Zealand ▁In nov ation ▁Award ▁in ▁Man ufact uring ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁for ▁E na S olar ▁ ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Hi T ech ▁F lying ▁Ki wi ▁Award ▁( 2 0 0