Turntide is integrating its operations in the northeast of England into a single engineering campus based in Gateshead and is producing inverters under contract with Kaynes Technology India Ltd for the domestic light-duty market.

Hornyak joins the company from Brightdrop, where he served as Chief Commercial Officer and acting CEO.

Electric motor maker, Turntide Technologies of Sunnyvale, California, the developer of the Smart Motor System, has acquired AVID Technology Ltd, a British company manufacturing electric powertrain components and systems based in Gateshead, UK.