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. Currently, the company is a developer and marketer of thermal management technologies for heating and cooling and temperature control devices for a variety of industries.GS Analytics
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, the 1834 discovery that passing an electric current through a sandwich of two dissimilar metals will make them hot on one side and cold (the lack of heat) on the other.

History

Since 2005, Gentherm has been partnering with

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focused on the development of an automotive thermoelectric generator (ATEG) that converts waste exhaust heat into electrical power based on the

Seebeck Effect The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when ...

. A prototype of the ATEG was named one of the most promising innovations for 2012 by

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1,000 people. This is Gentherm's first facility in Macedonia. Gentherm has 30+ locations in the following countries: China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, North Macedonia, South Korea, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.

References

External links

* {{official website, www.gentherm.com
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