

SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG
Products
Products and services of SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG

MOVI-C modular automation system

Motors / Electric motors

Decentralized drive technology

Frequency inverter

Control technology

Software drive technology

Security technology

Energy transmission and energy supply

Didactics
Products and services:
- Angular gearbox
- Bevel geared motors
- Brake motors
- Direct current motors
- Direct drives
- Drive technology
- Drives
- Drives, electronically controlled
- Drives, explosion-proof
- Flat gearbox
- Frequency inverter
- Gear drive
- Gear motors, electronic, infinitely variable
- Gearbox
- Geared motors
- Helical bevel gearbox
- Large gearbox
- Linear motors
- Motors
- Parallel shaft geared motors
- Planetary gearbox
- Planetary geared motors
- Positioning controls
- Production
- Servo drives
- Servo gearbox
- Servo inverter
- Servomotors
- Shaft-mounted gearbox
- Spur gearbox
- Synchronous motors, electric
- Three-phase motors
- Variable speed gearbox
- Variable speed geared motors
About us
Company description
With 17 production plants and 91 Drive Technology Centers in 55 countries, SEW-EURODRIVE is one of the international market leaders in drive technology and automation. The owner-managed family business was founded in Bruchsal in 1931. With around 22,000 employees, it currently generates sales of 4.2 billion euros (financial year 2022).
Products/Linecard
SEW-EURODRIVE supplies products and solutions for the entire value chain and moves countless machines and systems in many industries. The spectrum ranges from motors, gear units and drive electronics to life cycle services and machine and factory automation.
The right components are put together from modular systems. Customers can also choose from pre-assembled package solutions, MAXOLUTION® systems or specially tailored subsystems. These are drive solutions developed together with the customer, which are based on the extensive modular system but have a larger engineering component.
Locations/warehouse
Worldwide: https://www.sew-eurodrive.de/meta-seiten/kontakte_weltweit.html
Our services
Life Cycle Services: Services along the entire system life cycle
At SEW-EURODRIVE, we understand Life Cycle Services to mean services and support as well as aids and tools along the entire system life cycle. Starting with the initial orientation through to the use and modernization of your machines and systems. Whatever point you are currently at: We want to support you. With scalable and customized solutions from a single source. As a good partner, this is a matter of course for us - even when everything is running smoothly.
Company orientation
Our standards
We have high standards by which we measure ourselves every day: High quality in all areas, protection of the environment, ensuring occupational safety, information security and the functional safety of our products. Around 22,000 employees worldwide work every day to meet the standards we set ourselves. Challenge us and measure us against our standards - because we grow with our tasks.
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Target markets
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Automotive
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Battery cell production
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Beverage industry
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Logistics industry
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Food industry
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Airport/baggage handling
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Sewage technology
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Crane technology
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Steel industry
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Agricultural technology
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Tire industry
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Jobs
Get ahead with us
As a leading global drive and automation specialist, we keep things moving: from airport logistics to industrial processes. Discover your opportunities with a family-owned company and global player.
Moving the future together.
Shape the future of drive technology in a growth industry: with us, you can make a difference and get ahead yourself. With our numerous German locations, we not only offer our customers a regional point of contact, our decentralized German locations also open up numerous prospects and advantages for you, as well as state-of-the-art equipment. Above all, a corporate culture in which you can develop yourself and your ideas.
Do you share our passion for innovation and our practical approach? Then you will fit in well with us. Take a look around, contact us if you have any questions and take the right step: with us, forwards. We look forward to hearing from you!
To the vacancies for experienced professionals, career starters, students and school pupils
Articles

Drive technology (www.industrial-production.de)
New drive for rotary kilns
After rolling bearing damage to a rotary kiln in a cement plant, the existing gear rim was badly damaged and had to be replaced. SEW-Eurodrive worked closely with the operator to supply a new ring gear and supported the commissioning. The project contributes significantly to the long-term operational reliability and efficiency of the plant.

SEW-Eurodrive at the LogiMat (www.industrial-production.de)
Scalable solutions for intralogistics
SEW-Eurodrive will be showcasing a wide range of scalable solutions for intralogistics at Logimat from March 24 to 26, 2026. The focus will be on new drive units, modular automation modules and mobile robotics. These solutions optimize the material flow and offer users greater energy efficiency, simple integration and maximum system availability.

Market development in drive technology (www.industrial-production.de)
Insights from SEW Eurodrive at the SPS 2025 in Nuremberg
How is the market for drive technology developing and what trends are companies observing? As part of our series of short interviews on SPS, we asked Heiko Füller, Head of Market and Analysis at SEW-Eurodrive Germany, to give us an insight into current developments and challenges in the industry.

Green Logistics (www.industrial-production.de)
Shuttle bearing with energy recovery
54,000 storage spaces for mountain sports clothing and equipment in seven aisles: With its high-bay warehouse and downstream logistics, which went into operation in 2022, Bergzeit has been supplying its customers even faster and more sustainably ever since. The new shuttle warehouse is equipped with regenerative drive technology from SEW-Eurodrive.

Green Logistics (www.materialfluss.de)
Shuttle bearing with energy recovery
54,000 storage spaces for mountain sports clothing and equipment in seven aisles. With its high-bay warehouse, which went into operation in 2022, and downstream logistics, Bergzeit has been supplying its customers even faster and more sustainably ever since. The new shuttle warehouse is equipped with regenerative drive technology from SEW-Eurodrive.

SEW-Eurodrive at the SPS 2025 (www.computer-automation.de)
Software management in the cloud
With the 'OrchestrationSuite', SEW-Eurodrive provides a cloud-based platform for central software management in automation technology.

Production of high-voltage batteries (www.industrial-production.de)
Electrically mobile - sustainable on the road
High-voltage batteries for electric cars are produced at the BMW plant in Leipzig. SEW-Eurodrive supplies proven and new drive solutions from the Movi-C modular system for all process steps - from cell preparation to end-of-line testing.

SEW-Eurodrive opens training center (www.computer-automation.de)
"DriveEducation" as an investment in the skilled workers of tomorrow
SEW-EURODRIVE opens "DriveEducation" training center. SEW-EURODRIVE is thus investing over 30 million euros in the specialists of tomorrow. The new training center in Graben-Neudorf combines the promotion of young talent, training and further education under one roof and is also intended to give new impetus to the region.

Training center (www.industrial-production.de)
More space for more possibilities
Introduce, train, specialize: This triad forms the basis for the new training center of the Bruchsal-based drive and automation specialist SEW-Eurodrive. DriveEducation has now been officially opened with renowned guests from education, politics, associations and, of course, numerous employees.

Planetary gearbox (www.industrial-production.de)
Compact printed matter
Producing complexly shaped bodies of consistent quality from ceramic bodies is a science. A special machine manufacturer produces high-performance extruders for this purpose. The company is now using new, space-saving planetary gear units from SEW-Eurodrive, which optimize the adjustment of the extruders to the respective process.

Automation solution for positioning axes (www.industrial-production.de)
Adjustment tasks in logistics
SEW-Eurodrive is expanding its portfolio with an adjustable drive system based on stepper motors. It offers machine manufacturers a resource-saving implementation of adjustment axes with both open-loop and closed-loop control.

Partnership between SEW and Schaeffler (www.industrial-production.de)
Joining forces for the digital future
SEW-Eurodrive and Schaeffler announce their strategic partnership. This cooperation will be officially presented at the Hannover Messe and significantly expands the digital service offering of both companies.

Automation solution for positioning axes (www.materialfluss.de)
Adjustment tasks in logistics
SEW-Eurodrive is expanding its portfolio with an adjustable drive system based on stepper motors. It offers machine manufacturers a resource-saving implementation of adjustment axes with both open-loop and closed-loop control.

Partnership (www.industrial-production.de)
SEW-Eurodrive acquires stake in BBH Products
SEW-Eurodrive has acquired a 34% stake in BBH Products. BBH Products will continue to operate independently on the market in the future.

Partnership (www.computer-automation.de)
SEW-Eurodrive acquires stake in BBH Products
SEW-Eurodrive has acquired a 34% stake in BBH Products. BBH Products will continue to operate independently on the market in the future.

Interview about Logimat (www.materialfluss.de)
Drive technology in intralogistics
Marina Nehmiz, Strategic Business Unit Management System Solutions, SEW-Eurodrive Germany, in an interview.

Interview about Logimat (www.industrial-production.de)
Drive technology in intralogistics
Marina Nehmiz, Strategic Business Unit Management System Solutions, SEW-Eurodrive Germany, in an interview.

SEW-Eurodrive (www.computer-automation.de)
Additional Sizes for Agitator Gearbox
SEW-Eurodrive expands the agitator gearbox version of its X.e gear series with sizes starting from 29.2 kNm. Agitator gearboxes are used wherever high power is needed to stir and mix liquid or pasty materials.

Digital twin (www.industrial-production.de)
Virtual commissioning
SEW-Eurodrive offers comprehensive support for the commissioning of machines. With the "Digital Twin as a Service" service, applications can be simulated and tested before they are physically implemented and errors can be detected at an early stage. This saves time and costs.

Drive technology for parking systems (www.industrial-production.de)
Parking space concept for liveable cities
Parking space is scarce in conurbations. This is why vertical solutions are ideal here. The Munich-based start-up Vertical Parking has developed an automated paternoster parking system with drive technology from SEW-Eurodrive. The first prototype of this parking tower has been in operation for a year.

Beverage packaging with the Movi-C modular... (www.polyformnext.de)
Banderole replaces shrink film
With the Propac banding system, the Project Group enables the customer-specific bundling of bottles. The Movi-C modular automation system from SEW-Eurodrive is used to coordinate the up to 16 axes. The multi-axis system supports the modular design of the system and offers considerable advantages both in the control cabinet and with the help of prefabricated software modules during project planning.

Fully automatic sawing and storage solution (www.materialfluss.de)
Metal saws and storage technology interlock seamlessly
Kasto and SEW-Eurodrive have developed a complete solution in which metal saws and storage technology are seamlessly integrated and which centrally supplies the drive technology specialist's production with semi-finished products. Whether batch size 1 or 10,000, the system organizes all process steps fully automatically.

Interfaces (www.industrial-production.de)
Short changeover times via touch
If many different workpieces are to be processed on one machine, changeover times play an important role.

Packaging technology (www.materialfluss.de)
Automation meets sustainability
The two family-owned companies SEW-Eurodrive and Hugo Beck are working together to improve sustainability. The aim is to reduce the energy consumption and therefore theCO2 footprint of a horizontal flow-wrapping machine.

Logistics concept with modular production... (www.materialfluss.de)
Perfectly driven for sophisticated logistics at SEW-Eurodrive
SEW-Eurodrive, the market leader in drive technology, decided to build a new plant at its Bruchsal site in order to be able to meet the constantly growing demand for electronic components in the future. In addition to state-of-the-art production technology, the aim was to implement a sophisticated logistics concept with modular production islands that are supplied flexibly via driverless transport systems. Together with the Gebhardt Intralogistics Group from Sinsheim, the project was tackled and the most modern electronics plant in Europe was realized.

Energy efficiency (www.industrial-production.de)
Energy from storage
To increase energy efficiency, fittings manufacturer Hawle is using energy storage in a power and energy management solution for the new high-bay warehouse, which reduces the power requirements of the storage and retrieval machines by a factor of 7 to 10.

For building material manufacturers (www.industrial-production.de)
Sustainable drive solutions for the construction industry
Together with Knauf, SEW-Eurodrive presented drive technologies and solutions with which building material manufacturers can become fit for the future.

Sorting systems (www.materialfluss.de)
Smooth sorting - efficient and scalable solutions
Sorting systems have become an integral part of distribution and distribution centers. Their variety is just as great as the variety of goods to be transported.

INDUSTRIAL Production Products of the year... (www.industrial-production.de)
1st place, Drive Technology and Automation category: SEW-Eurodrive
The MOVIKIT CombiTelescope software module from SEW-Eurodrive wins in the Drive Technology and Automation category in the competition for the Products of the Year 2024. It enables motion- and time-optimized control of load handling attachments of the CombiTelescope type.

Logimat 2024 (www.materialfluss.de)
Coordinated system components for sorting systems
The demands on handling capacity in the logistics industry are constantly increasing. To meet these challenges, SEW-Eurodrive offers various scalable solutions for the sorter and its infeed.

Logimat: Complete solutions for storage and... (www.industrial-production.de)
Save time and energy, gain security
The demands on handling performance in the logistics sector are constantly increasing. In order to meet these challenges, modular storage and retrieval machines in a modular system for pallets, containers or small parts are a decisive success factor.

Nomination Products of the Year 2024 (www.industrial-production.de)
SEW-Eurodrive: MOVIKIT CombiTelescope
The MOVIKIT CombiTelescope software module from SEW-Eurodrive has been nominated in the Drive Technology and Automation category in the Product of the Year 2024 competition. It enables motion- and time-optimized control of load handling attachments of the CombiTelescope type.

Looking ahead (www.industrial-production.de)
Noticeable efficiency gains
Once a year, readers select the INDUSTRIAL Production products of the year. SEW-Eurodrive was successful twice last time.

Handling and production logistics (www.industrial-production.de)
Flexible workstations with classic conveyor technology
SEW-Eurodrive has created efficient and flexible processes to implement the Industry 4.0 approach.

Automation and Industrial IoT (www.industrial-production.de)
Precision servo drives lift tons
The drive concept for a robot welding system for large components presented the engineers at Wilhelm Severt Maschinenbau with a challenge.

Drive technology (www.industrial-production.de)
Ethernet-based interfaces
With Movimot performance ELV, SEW-Eurodrive is expanding its range of decentralized compact low-voltage drives with 48 V (DC) supply to include network-compatible versions.

Safety technology for switch cabinet devices (www.industrial-production.de)
Safety structure quickly configured
The Safety Configuration Library is a free software tool from SEW-Eurodrive with a focus on functional safety. It has now been expanded to include the Movi-C control cabinet devices.

Drive technology for conveyor system (www.materialfluss.de)
Process reliability in the salt store
Rheinberg, around 60 kilometers from Düsseldorf, is home to the Borth rock salt mine and salt works. Between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of salt are mined and processed there every day.

Automated guided vehicles (www.materialfluss.de)
Material flow in pure culture
Electromobility is booming and the demand for batteries is greater than ever. In order to serve this market, more and more battery plants are currently being built in Europe. Mobile systems from SEW-Eurodrive are being used in the new plant of a northern European battery manufacturer.

Conveying and lifting technology (www.materialfluss.de)
Conveyor belt perfectly integrated into AGVs from SEW-Eurodrive
SEW-Eurodrive has created efficient and flexible processes to implement the Industry 4.0 approach.

Smooth sorting
The demands on handling capacity in the logistics industry are constantly increasing. To meet these challenges, SEW-Eurodrive offers various scalable solutions for the sorter and its infeed.

IE3 energy-saving motors from SEW (www.industrial-production.de)
The success story of energy-saving motors continues
In spring 2023, SEW-Eurodrive delivered the two millionth DRN... motor to a customer in Germany - worldwide the figure is already ten million. A good estimate for the total number of these IE3 motors is more than 50,000 GWh of energy savings.

Warehouse expansion (www.materialfluss.de)
Optimized automation concept for storage and retrieval machines
The Heilbronn-based sports retailer Intersport Deutschland has expanded its central warehouse together with Körber Supply Chain in recent years.

Automation kit (www.materialfluss.de)
Intelligently networked technologies for climate-friendly logistics
At the Logimat stand, SEW-Eurodrive presented the Movi-C modular automation system as a suitable answer to current intralogistics issues such as increasing throughput, reducing CO2, flexibility, digitalization and high system availability.

Industrial trucks (www.materialfluss.de)
Reduced energy requirements in the high-bay warehouse
One of Germany's leading premium car manufacturers is already focusing on energy efficiency in the production of its new SUV model with electric drive. The storage and retrieval machines in a high-bay warehouse at the production site have been equipped with energy storage units that reuse braking energy and reduce peak loads. This solution was the result of the successful cooperation between plant manufacturer Lödige Industries and drive automation specialist SEW-Eurodrive.

Automation bundle (www.industrial-production.de)
Mastering logistics transparently and flexibly
In order to master the current and future challenges facing the logistics industry, logistics planners and service providers, system integrators and automation specialists must design their systems to be smart and future-proof.

digital networking days Robotics (www.materialfluss.de)
Two days of top program around robotics
The digital networking days are the digital event series organized by materialfluss, INDUSTRIAL Production, KUNSTSTOFF MAGAZIN, LABO and Baugewerbe. On December 6 and 7, they will focus on the trend topic of robotics with practical presentations and best-practice examples.

Drive solutions (www.industrial-production.de)
On a narrow ridge
Where high voltage is present, every detail counts. Burrs on insulators are therefore not a cosmetic problem. Until now, the burrs had to be removed by hand. A system from the Franconian special machine company Potzi now automates this process as far as possible.

Automation bundles for production logistics (www.industrial-production.de)
Logistics processes implemented smartly and flexibly
Are you a logistics planner or logistics service provider, a system integrator or plant automation specialist? Do you need conveyor technology for your intra- or distribution logistics? Do you know the needs of the industry very well and want to respond to the high demands by keeping your systems or your customers' systems smart and future-proof?

Vocational training (www.industrial-production.de)
Mobile systems set a precedent
Industry 4.0 presents the automation sector with the challenge of securing well-trained young talent in order to increase Germany's innovative strength as a business location.









