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About VEM
The VEM companies are characterized by a culture of innovation, technical competence and a high level of engineering. Rich in experience in drive technology, we develop complete system solutions or individual components for you that ensure the added value of your systems and thus economic success. Your needs are our orientation and at the same time a challenge. In addition to flexibility, state-of-the-art technology and quality awareness, our most important success factor is our team of highly qualified employees.
VEM's worldwide sales and service network guarantees you a flexible partner and high accessibility for your inquiries about products and customer services. Within Germany we guarantee delivery of standard engines within 36 hours.
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History
From the classic electric motor manufacturer, which has had a say in the development of electric motors since 1886, the VEM group of companies has developed into a system and complete provider. The company supplies complete electrical drive equipment worldwide, consisting of transformers, frequency converters and power converters as well as motors in the power range from 0.06 kW to 42 MW for low and medium voltage. In accordance with the company's increased expertise and the employees' many years of experience, e.g. B. increasingly complex modernization projects are being implemented in rolling and pipe mills. In addition to automation and drive technology, these also include energy feed-in and distribution.
2018
VEM motors Thurm in Zwickau is celebrating its 110th company anniversary. Growing incoming orders are accompanied by investments in production at the Dresden and Zwickau locations.
2017
The Chinese entrepreneurial family Wang acquires the VEM Group. The new owner continues to rely on VEM’s long-standing tradition and the “Made in Germany” brand. All three German locations will be retained.
2016
Transresch merges into VEM Sachsenwerk GmbH as the drive systems division.
2012
Transresch Antriebssysteme Berlin GmbH becomes VEM transresch GmbH. Through this constellation, VEM is advancing into a globally active system and complete provider for electric drives.
2011
Commissioning of a 6 MW large machine test facility. The core business is based on the production of special drives and drive solutions for all industrial sectors. Takeover of the engineering office for controlled drive solutions transresch Antriebssysteme Berlin GmbH by VEM Holding on March 31, 2011. 125 years of development and production of electrical machines.
2009/
2010
The global financial crisis caused dramatic drops in sales of up to 40% in the group of companies. The core workforce is maintained, even through the use of short-time work.
2008
Increase capacity for aluminum die-casting, modernization of test facilities for the production of energy-saving motors.
2007
10th anniversary of the VEM group of companies. Start of the development and production of wind power generators 1.5 - 7 MW as a series business.
From 1999
Expansion of the sales network worldwide with the acquisition and establishment of sales companies. Sales in Germany will also be expanded via regional competence centers.
1997
The entrepreneurial family Dr. A. Merckle, Blaubeuren acquires Horst Plaschna Management and Co. KG from the trust company and privatizes the company as a sole proprietorship in the VEM network. The VEM Holding group of companies includes the electric motor manufacturers VEM Sachsenwerk in Dresden, VEM motors GmbH in Wernigerode, VEM motors Thurm GmbH in Zwickau and the Keulahütte foundry in Krauschwitz.
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VEM is an internationally operating company with production facilities, sales companies and partners worldwide. Proximity to our customers is important to us. No matter whether in Europe, the Middle East, Asia or America - you will find a VEM contact person close to you. He is at your side as a partner, supports and accompanies your project until it is successfully completed, reliably, competently and honestly.
The network of VEM branches and representatives ensures you a comprehensive service.
VEM Sachsenwerk Dresden
VEM Sachsenwerk GmbH was founded in Dresden / Niedersedlitz in 1903 and has specialized in [...]
VEM motors GmbH - Werk Wernigerode
VEM motors GmbH, based in Wernigerode, is one of the most important manufacturers of [...]
VEM motors GmbH - Werk Zwickau
VEM motors GmbH - Zwickau plant has evolved over a hundred years from being a manufacturer [...]
VEM Slovakia s.r.o. Piešťany
VEM Slovakia s.r.o. has established itself over the years as a supplier of components for electric motors in the low-voltage sector.
VEM Sachsenwerk Dresden
VEM Sachsenwerk GmbH was founded in Dresden / Niedersedlitz in 1903 and has specialized over the years in the area of large and special machines. The Dresden-based VEM company has been producing medium and high-voltage machines for individual industrial applications for more than 110 years - today with an output of up to 60 megawatts.
VEM Sachsenwerk produces specifically according to complex customer requirements. Dresden's large and special machines are characterized by high utilization through electromagnetic optimization with low installation volume. This applies to engines and generators as well as to traction or special designs.
An exceptionally high level of vertical integration ensures flexibility and quality. Technical know-how and product developments together with partners from colleges and universities are leading the way in the market. Modern testing technology with 4 test fields up to 6 MW testing power guarantees the production and delivery of technically sophisticated products - competence for the highest demands of large machines.
Histoye VEM Sachsenwerk
2012
Change of managing director on April 1, 2012/Strategic orientation: Full-service provider of controlled drive systems under VEMoDRIVE
2011
VEM Sachsenwerk looks back on 125 years of electrical engineering in Dresden. Commissioning of a 6 MW large machine testing facility including a new assembly hall with 1440 m². The core business is based on the production of special drives and drive solutions for individual industrial applications. Development of wind power generators up to 7 MW.
2010 /
2009
The global financial crisis is causing a dramatic drop in sales, especially in the wind turbine sector up to 2.5 MW.
2003
VEM Sachsenwerk is celebrating its 100th company anniversary. VEM Sachsenwerk operates on the international market as a provider of medium and high-voltage electrical machines with an output of up to 34,000 kW. The company occupies a market leadership position with its range of double-fed wind power generators from 1.5 to 5.4 MW.
2002
The 1000th wind power generator will leave the company premises in autumn.
2000
With the delivery of the world's largest compressor drive with an output of 23.5 MW for the LDPD project in Basell/France, VEM Sachsenwerk has once again achieved a top technological achievement.
1998
The Sachsenwerk will be given back its traditional name on July 1st and will now be called VEM Sachsenwerk GmbH.
1997
On January 1st, the company is privatized and goes into the hands of the Blaubeuren entrepreneurial family Dr. Adolf Merckle about.
1995
The orders have a volume of 20.82 million euros. This resulted in a reduction in staff numbers from 613 to 403 employees.
1993
On June 29th, the company was spun off from the stock corporation as VEM-Elektrotriebe GmbH.
1992
In July, the trust assigns VEM-Antriebstechnik AG to Horst Plaschna Management GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs- und-verkaufs KG Berlin.
1991
On June 30th the company merged with VEM-Antriebstechnik GmbH. Your turnover amounts to 61.16 million euros. 2,105 employees now work in the company.
1990
The GDR combine with all associated companies will be converted into the stock corporation VEM –Antriebstechnik AG on April 5th. Previously, the 15 companies of the Elektromaschinenbau Dresden combine were converted into limited liability companies (GmbH) at the same location. The Sachsenwerk now operates as VEM Sachsenwerk GmbH Dresden. As its own development, VEM Sachsenwerk is bringing the VEMoDUR VPI-155 and VPI-200 insulation systems onto the market.
1984
On July 13th, the parent company VEB Elektromaschinenbau Dresden was formed. This company includes the companies Sachsenwerk, Elbtalwerk Heidenau, Elektromotorenwerk Dresden, Elektromotorenwerk Ost and the research and development center.
1980
In the 1980s, the Sachsenwerk occupied an important position in the GDR economy as the sole manufacturer of medium and large electrical machines. The machines are used primarily in heavy machinery and plant construction, in vehicle and shipbuilding, in the coal and energy industries and in the chemical industry. In August 1#980, the 25th 10 MVA synchronous railway converter will be handed over to the Deutsche Reichsbahn on time and in good quality. At 145 tons, this product is the largest and heaviest product that had been manufactured by the GDR's state-owned electrical engineering company to date.
1980
In the 1980s, the Sachsenwerk occupied an important position in the GDR economy as the sole manufacturer of medium and large electrical machines. The machines are used primarily in heavy machinery and plant construction, in vehicle and shipbuilding, in the coal and energy industries and in the chemical industry. In August 1#980, the 25th 10 MVA synchronous railway converter will be handed over to the Deutsche Reichsbahn on time and in good quality. At 145 tons, this product is the largest and heaviest product that had been manufactured by the GDR's state-owned electrical engineering company to date.
1968
The Sachsenwerk insulation system is officially registered with the trademark “VEMoDUR”.
1960
The first standard engines roll off the production line in the new factory. The first single-phase alternating current traction motors for 16 2/3 Hz locomotives are manufactured.
1958
This year, construction of the new standard engine factory, which is designed according to the most modern aspects, begins on the factory premises.
1954
After the factory was returned to the GDR, the company was incorporated into the HV EM (Head Office for Electrical Mechanical Engineering) at the beginning of the year. Its name is now VEB Elektromaschinenbau Sachsenwerk Dresden-Niederselitz.
1953
The popular uprising of June 17th also spread to Dresden. In the city, the protest march is led by 2,000 Saxon workers. He calls for the government to resign, free and secret elections and the release of all political prisoners. The intervention of the Soviet military ends the uprising.
Until the end of the year, the Sachsenwerk operates as a SAG company (Soviet Joint Stock Company) and belongs to the Soviet AG “Kabel”.
1949
The company is participating for the first time in foreign trade fairs in Stockholm, Prague, Poznan and Budapest as well as in the Leipzig Spring Fair.
1948
The state-owned electrical engineering company VEM was launched on July 1st. It also includes VVB EM (Association of State-Owned Electrical Engineering Companies) companies outside of Dresden.
1946
The AEG and SSW companies will be expropriated. The management staff is replaced or moves to West Germany. Extensive development and production documents disappear. Some of them serve as the basis for production for Sachsenwerk GmbH, which was founded in southern Germany.
On August 1st and 15th, respectively, the electronic factory Sachsenwerk Dresden-Niedersedlitz was built by the Soviet stock corporation “Kabel” under the direction of the Soviet general director S. A. Fomenko.
1945
The end of the war also had profound consequences for the Sachsenwerk. A lack of spare parts and high utilization have led to heavy wear and tear on the machinery. The companies of AEG and SSW (Siemens-Schuckert-Werke), including Sachsenwerk Licht- und Kraft AG, were heavily involved in war production, and the shareholders of the Central German electrical engineering companies were involved in the armaments business. That's why there will be extensive dismantling this year and the following year. The number of employees, production and sales decrease significantly.
410 Saxon workers lost their lives in the Second World War.
1930
In the 1930s, the first “standard motor series” (low-voltage asynchronous motors) was born at the Sachsenwerk as an epoch-making design and technology.
1925
This year begins the development and construction of tram engines for the legendary Dresden “Großer Hechtwagen”, which was in use from 1931 to 1972 and which is followed by the “Kleine Hechtwagen” (used 1936 – 1972). With its typical shape it determines the streetscape of Dresden.
1924
With the start of the production of radio receivers, the starting signal was given for a decades-long branch of secondary production.
1920
The product range in the 1920s was dominated by direct current machines, three-phase machines and compensated three-phase motors. The equipment of the first pumped storage and dam works in Dresden with hydroelectric generators includes horizontal and vertical versions.
1918
75 Saxon workers die in the First World War.
1914
The product range was dominated by orders from the Ministry of War and Navy during the First World War (1#914 - 1#918).
1913
Ten years after it was founded, Sachsenwerk Licht- und Kraft-AG has already manufactured 50,000 machines.
1911
Sachsenwerk is one of the first German companies to organize its own apprentice training.
1903
On March 3rd, the foundation stone for the history of the Sachsenwerk was laid with the conclusion of the partnership agreement for the “Sachsenwerk, Licht- und Kraft- Aktiengesellschaft with its headquarters in Dresden”. The company will be entered into the commercial register on April 29th.
VEM motors GmbH - Werk Wernigerode
VEM motors GmbH, based in Wernigerode, is one of the most important manufacturers of low-voltage motors in Germany. The Wernigerode VEM location supplies standard and standard motors as well as special motors in the power range from 7.5 kW to 1000 kW.
When developing quality products, challenging aspects such as energy saving and environmentally friendly production are consistently taken into account. The focus is on efficient drive solutions for all industrial applications. The development of energy-saving motors in efficiency classes IE2 and IE3 is very important. Our modern production, high quality standards and our special know-how ensure fast and reliable delivery of high-quality products.
Low-voltage machines and compact solutions are characterized by extraordinary operational reliability, long service life, effectiveness and environmental friendliness thanks to high motor efficiencies. Due to their great ability to be modified, these motors and drives can be used universally and continually open up new areas of application, be it in metallurgy, the chemical industry or in conveyor and transport technology.
History VEM motors GmbH Wernigerode
2011
Manufacture and introduction of energy-efficient motors in classes IE1 (Standard Efficiency), IE2 (High Efficiency) and IE3 (Premium Efficiency)
2010
Manufacture and delivery of synchronous motors with permanent magnet excitation.
2008
Start of planning and expansion of capacities for aluminum die casting, modernization of the test facility for the production of modern energy-saving motors.
2007
Company anniversary. Electric motors have been produced at the VEM motors GmbH site in Wernigerode for 60 years.
2006 -1999
Acquisition of previous VEM representatives and restructuring into sales companies in Sweden, Austria, Great Britain and Singapore.
16.5 million euros were invested in modern production equipment.
1998
VEM motors Thurm GmbH is founded as an independent company and at the same time part of the VEM Group.
1997
On the 50th anniversary and almost exactly on the day, the privatization by the entrepreneurial family Dr. Adolf Merckle from Blaubeuren.
1996
Company name changed to VEM motors GmbH.
1990
As a company of VEM Antriebstechnik AG, VEB Elektromotorenwerk Wernigerode is renamed VEM Elektromotorenwerk Wernigerode GmbH. Start of restructuring and concentration of production capacities for one of the most modern European production facilities for electric motors.
1989
3,260 employees produce 350,000 engines per year on a total area of 58,000 square meters.
1978
The company is expanding its production capacities with the construction of a new production hall.
1970
Independent operation of the electrical engineering combine.
1950
In order to save copper, Wernigerode engineers developed a motor with aluminum winding together with scientists from Hettstedt in 1950/51. This requires new insulation. The Wernigerode mechanical engineers solve the problem with a new type of insulation made from “Isoperlon lacquer”. However, the poorer conductivity of aluminum must be compensated for by lengthening the laminated cores. The factory produced these engines exclusively for the GDR's own needs until the early 1960s.
1948
The Wernigerode electric motor plant is incorporated into VVB Elektromaschinenbau.
1947
The Wernigerode electric motor factory was founded in January 1947 and began producing electric motors. 200 employees manufactured 200 engines in the year it was founded.
The factory was built on the site of the Rautal-Werke, which had supplied aluminum castings for the aircraft industry from 1938 and was dismantled after 1945.
VEM motors GmbH - Werk Zwickau
VEM motors GmbH - Zwickau plant has developed over a hundred years from a manufacturer of standard motors to a supplier of special and special drives. Within the VEM group of companies, the Zwickau factory specializes in motors with a power range of 0.06 to 9.0 kW and shaft heights of 56 to 132 mm.
High flexibility, from design to manufacturing and assembly to logistics, characterizes the Zwickau VEM location. Qualified specialists and a willingness to innovate ensure customers receive sophisticated new solutions and possible applications in this range of services. The focus is on the development of engines taking modern manufacturing technologies into account in order to use existing resources economically and efficiently. When developing products and systems, the plant relies on energy-efficient drive solutions that ensure the economical operation of systems.
History VEM motors GmbH Zwickau
2024 /
2023
In An ambitious team with a high level of company and product identification works at VEM motors GmbH - Zwickau plant. In the summer of 2023 we celebrated our 115th birthday. Our 250 employees passionately develop and produce sophisticated electric drives, with high quality requirements, in many variants. Diversity and changeability have been our strength since the early years. With our over 100 years of experience, we always find it Our customers can rely on solutions for almost every application in the years to come! We have a new range of Ex engines in our range. With the new development in the ignition protection type of flameproof enclosure “db (eb)”, the traditional VEM company is proving its extraordinary experience in the engine business and its high quality standards. The sophisticated engine series is certified by IBExU and is built on site.
2020
Both low-voltage production sites in Wernigerode and Zwickau will be brought together under the name VEM motors GmbH.
2017
The Merckle family of entrepreneurs has sold the shares they acquired in 1997 to a Chinese family investor. The Wang entrepreneurial family takes over VEM as a group. In the same year, IE5 synchronous reluctance motors also began. They are used in highly efficient pump systems.
2012
A new type testing facility with five test benches begins work and thus significantly improves testing accuracy. With the check of engines from the Explosion Protection II 2G Exe II T3 series, suitable for use in explosive environments, the new test facility has passed its first test.
2010
The series of permanent magnet synchronous motors, as an efficient solution for variable speed motors, starts as series production. The motor series is operated exclusively on the frequency converter.
2005 /
2004
The company is expanding two production halls by a total of 3,500 m². Production machines will be reorganized and the interim storage facility with subsequent shipping department will be redesigned.
2000
A new generation of compact drives comes onto the market, which booms extraordinarily in the following years. In the same year, a special series with aluminum housings was introduced. The motor types are continuously sold to well-known machine manufacturers for special applications.
1998
Becoming independent as VEM motors Thurm GmbH
1997
The Blaubeuren entrepreneurial family Dr. Adolf Merckle buys the VEM companies from the Treuhandanstalt.
1996-
1990
Due to the winding down of the GDR planned economy and the introduction of market economy principles, the electrical engineering company also shrank enormously. The Kombinat is ultimately dissolved and subordinated to VEM Antriebstechnik AG as VEM Elektromotorenwerke Thurm GmbH. During this time, the plant relocated all production capacities to the Zwickau-Pöhlau location and concentrated exclusively on the engine business. Shortly afterwards, VEM motors GmbH was founded, into which the VEM Elektromotorenwerke Thurm plant was also incorporated.
1971
A very highly developed basic series of the standard KMR engine series is introduced. She received the GDR National Prize for Science and Technology and several international awards. The series doesn't catch on. The only buyers were the GDR and the Soviet Union. A year later, a new KMER standard motor series was introduced with international standards according to IEC, TGL and DIN.
1970
As an independent factory, it will be incorporated into the electrical engineering combine. It is hoped that companies within an industry can work more effectively.
1967 /
1968
The need for electric motors in small performance classes is huge. That's why the work is being expanded. Branch factories are built on a former mine site in Zwickau and a transmission factory in Schneeberg. The most important products now include geared motors, which western countries prefer to buy. The mine site in Zwickau is being expanded into a complete branch factory, with administration, winding department, stamping shop, mechanical production and assembly hall.
1963
The KER series is being developed. Axle heights and power allocations correspond to DIN 42673. Fifteen years after the founding of the GDR, the 4,000,000th engine is delivered.
1954
Like every company in the GDR, this company also had to make its contribution to supplying the population with consumer goods. Devices such as: do-it-yourself engines, garden shredders, motor hoes or laundry ironer drives begin to be produced.
1953
You start with the development and standardization of a standard engine series. The aim is to reduce the size. Three years later, the development of the standard DMK motor series in 6 sizes was completed. The RGW countries adopt the IEC standard and a shaft height/power allocation is determined.
1949
The company's designers are driving forward the standardization of electrical machines. The first generation of standard engines is produced. They start with the designations DA (three-phase motors with aluminum winding) or DH (three-phase motors with copper winding). From now on you can see the latest developments under the new logo at every spring fair in Leipzig.
1945
After the war, industry in the Soviet occupation zone lost many businesses due to dismantling. The works of K&A Stephan were also included. They are transferred to Soviet property as reparations. A wave of ideologically motivated expropriations begins. Kurt and Alfred Stephan are also expropriated. The factories with the few remaining production machines become public property. Two years later the works were called VEB Elektromotorenwerke Thurm.
1940
The enormous increase in demand for motors and geared motors requires the construction of a second factory. According to plans by Alfred Stephan, construction of a new, spacious factory began in 1938. Modern washrooms, showers and lounges, a workshop kitchen, dining room and a beautiful, large meeting room are also being considered, as are two ordination rooms for a company doctor. The very modern factory began production in 1940.
1935
Fifteen years after the first engine designed by Alfred Stephan, the 100,000th engine is delivered. The product range is very diverse. Drives for forge fire blowers and machine tools, three-phase and single-phase motors, loom drives and even washing machines are on offer. A specially developed geared motor has also been available to order since the late 1920s. People abroad are starting to take an interest in the products. A distribution system is set up in numerous countries and an English manufacturer becomes a license manufacturer. The company is bursting at the seams with its many products.
1931
In the newly built main factory, a two-story reinforced concrete building, spin dryers are now being manufactured with motors from K&A Stephan.
1920
The brothers have gained experience in manufacturing electric fans and electric pumps in which they install Siemens motors. The orders continue to increase. You decide to set up your own electric and geared motor production. Alfred Stephan designs his first motor for a blower. From now on, motors from the company K&A Stephan will run in the machines of weaving mills. A new house with a large workshop is built and the entrepreneurs convert the company into a corporation.
1908
The brothers Kurt and Alfred Stephan founded an electrical business on March 20th in Thurm, a town in the southwest of the Free State of Saxony, near Zwickau. Nobody suspected that in the next few years the company would develop into the largest industrial company in the town.
VEM Slovakia s.r.o. Piešťany
VEM Slovakia s.r.o. has established itself over the years as a supplier of components for electric motors in the low-voltage sector. The components are manufactured exclusively for VEM motors GmbH in Wernigerode. This includes more than 98% of all windings for the low-voltage sector, as well as the complete requirement for winding insulation and connecting cables. Furthermore, all stator packages in sizes 132 to 400 are manufactured here at the location. At the beginning of 2024, work began on building up machining capacity, which will ease the burden on the Wernigerode location. Approximately 100 employees work at the Piešťany location.
History VEM Slovakia s.r.o. Piešťany
2024
Stepwise expansion of the machining capacity with the introduction of the DMU 80 manufacturing complex
2022
Big celebration of the 25th anniversary of UEM Slovakia with all employees, their families and business partners
2013
Start of the gradual relocation of package production from Wernigerode; starting with the package welding machine up to the installation of the Neff press 2020
2007
Relocation of cable and insulation production to Piešťany
2006
For the first time, VEM Slovakia is hosting the VEM Group sports festival
2003
Start of production of Bitzer compressor windings in manual and machine versions
2002
Changing facility setup for the Zwickau range
1998
Continuous expansion of manufacturing capacity by creating jobs for manual winding and its downstream processes
1996
Foundation of VEM Slovakias.s.r.o. with around 15 employees and setting up a mechanical winding department
Warenzeichenverband VEM e.V.
The Warenzeichenverband VEM e.V. is the registered owner of the rights to the trademarks and is commissioned to manage and protect these rights on behalf of the VEM Group. In collaboration with its member companies, it ensures the maintenance, maintenance and registration of VEM's collective brands and individual brands. At the same time, the association maintains the national and international recognition of the brands in question, ensures further enforcement in the market and tries to improve their reputation.
The prerequisite for this is the successful marketing of competitive, innovative products and services from our association members.
Sustainability at VEM
For the companies in the VEM Group, sustainability means acting responsibly in the interests of future generations - ecologically, economically and socially. With our products and services we actively support energy efficiency and climate protection.
VEM is committed to being a reliable partner and offering its customers high-quality products with the shortest possible delivery times. The goals of the UEM include protecting and preserving the environment for us and future generations, the continuation, further development and implementation of the environmental and energy management system and the associated environmental and energy goals and services. An important point is the conscious and economical use of the available resources. The economic efficiency of energy and materials in conjunction with a high level of quality are a main topic in the efforts to further optimize the production processes. In order to better meet these requirements, the VEM has decided to certify its companies according to DIN ISO 14001 and DIN ISO 50001. The basic prerequisite for achieving environmental and energy goals are clear targets, constant improvements and, above all, motivated, committed employees who are aware of their personal responsibility and put these plans into practice in their daily work.
