Local and global representatives from SMA Solar Technology alongside regional stakeholders held a ribbon cutting for the new SMA America headquarters, the Sunny Center building, in Rocklin, California.
More than 100 individuals were in attendance for the milestone, including Boris Wolff, executive VP of global sales, Service & marketing, who came to the event from the SMA Solar Technology headquarters in Germany. Wolff stressed the importance of the U.S. market and his confidence in the continued growth of the industry in the Americas region.
“SMA has always invested in product and service solutions that provide added-value to our customers,” said Wolff. “Our customers develop long-term relationships with our organization because of the service and innovation they consistently find working with our team. The new building has on-site monitoring labs that allow our team to elevate service and solve problems quickly.”
The building, located at 3925 Atherton Road in Rocklin, is named the “Sunny Center.” The company conducted a crowdsourcing campaign among employees to come up with the name. The top names were put to a vote and the team picked Sunny Center to reflect SMA’s products and culture.
The Sunny Center name nods to the SMA products and solutions that pave the way for a climate-friendly, decentralized energy supply of the future. The organization believes it is not enough to develop technologies for clean energy generation, but that it’s necessary to create these solutions in accordance with high environmental, social and governance standards.
Rocklin Mayor Bill Halldin was excited to express the city’s commitment to economic and workforce development in the region.
“On behalf of the entire Rocklin City Council, I would like to extend my thanks to SMA America for its continued commitment to our community,” said Halldin. “We have been proud to have SMA America as an important part of our region since 2008 and greatly appreciate the company’s renewed commitment to Rocklin.”
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Roland E Stack says
is SMA still in business? my supplier is unable to get any inverters,
Kelly Pickerel says
Still in business in 2023
Richard Berutti says
Hi Kelsey. We have an inverter manufactured by SMA America. The inverter is offline and we’re trying to get a technician to service the inverter to get it back online and working. Our original installer was Sullivan Solar which is no longer in business. We did purchase an extended warranty plus from SMA America for an additional $950.00 to be sure that we had adequate warranty coverage. This extended our warranty through 2033. I contacted SMA America for a referral to a technician or solar installer in the San Diego, CA area. I was directed to a list of certified installers, but so far out of 15 that I contacted not one would service the inverter since their company didn’t install it. Do you have any suggestions so that we can get SMA America to honor its warranty? I have already spent over 5 hours trying to get our 22 solar panels back on line and it seems to me that it’s time for SMA America to provide some warranty assistance. I would appreciate any suggestions that you have.
Abner Garcia says
Hello Richard,
Please consider the SMA product warranty does not cover service on site but the product itself in case of malfunction, click here for details; https://files.sma.de/downloads/COM-RES-GB-en-77.pdf
Feel free hire any electrically qualified technician and have them give the SMA service line a call while on-site. In case a replacement for the inverter or a spare part is needed, SMA will provide it under warranty.
I understand your frustration and the nature of your inquiry, however, please double check the SMA limited factory warranty document and you will find that SMA is not responsible for the on-site troubleshooting.
Regards