ebm-Papst
"Highest turnover in the company's history"
The ebm-Papst Group closed the 2016/17 financial year, which ended on March 31, 2017, with a turnover of EUR 1.9 billion and thus grew above the industry average, according to the company.
Compared to the previous year with a turnover of 1.680 billion euros, ebm-Papstgrew by 13.2%. Stefan Brandl, Chairman of the Group's Board of Directors, explains: "In the past financial year, we were able to further expand our leading position, create many new jobs and achieve the highest turnover in the company's history."
Moderate sales growth of 3.1% to EUR 1,960 billion is planned for the current financial year (April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018). Around EUR 112 million (+6.5%) is to be made available for research and development, including for the further development of aerodynamics/acoustics, digitalization and drive technology. In addition, the company is investing a total of 164.2 million euros worldwide this financial year, for example in a new development center at the Mulfingen site, an expansion of automotive production in Herbolzheim and a new gearbox plant in Lauf.
ebm-Papst employs over 14,000 people at 26 production sites (including in Germany, China and the USA) and 49 sales locations worldwide.
You might also be interested in
Portfolio expansion for DC motors
Faulhaber has several new additions to its range of DC micromotors: the GXR 1437 family of motors with copper-graphite commutation and the SXR 1424 and SXR 1437 motors with precious metal commutation.
read more...Danijel Sesar takes over the management of Stöber Switzerland
Since August 1, Danijel Sesar, as Managing Director of the local subsidiary, has been tasked with establishing the drive specialist Stöber as a strategic partner in the Swiss mechanical engineering sector.
read more...Dual leadership in Shanghai
Stefan Becker has been appointed Managing Director of Eckelmann Automation Technology in Shanghai and will manage the subsidiary together with Zhongwei Huang.
read more...Efficiency of 99.13 % achieved
ABB says it has set a new benchmark in the energy efficiency of large synchronous electric motors. A motor developed for a steelworks in India achieved an efficiency of 99.13% in tests, surpassing the previous ABB record of 99.05%.
read more...Clemens Maier takes over industry sector management
Clemens Maier is taking over the management of the industrial sector at Bachmann electronic. The 41-year-old automation expert is following in the footsteps of Leopold Matouschek, who will focus entirely on the management of the subsidiary Bachmann...
read more...ABB achieves expected IE6 hyper-efficiency
ABB claims to be the first company to achieve the expected efficiency class IE6 with its magnet-free synchronous reluctance motor design. According to ABB's definition, this has 20 percent less energy losses than comparable IE5 motors.
read more...Integrated measurement technology for condition monitoring
There are new variants of the high-precision motor feedback system 'EDS/EDM35' from Sick. Variants with additional sensors for monitoring vibration behavior and humidity supplement the standard variants.
read more...Hollow shaft rotary table for high torques
Hollow shaft rotary tables from Oriental Motor's 'DGII' series are now also available in combination with the servomotors from the 'AZX' series for high torques in the upper speed range.
read more...For predictive maintenance
According to the manufacturer, the new incremental encoder from Oriental Motor is particularly suitable for use in predictive maintenance thanks to its precision in measuring speed, position and direction of rotation.
read more...