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ELIN Motoren

Austrian manufacturer of custom motors and generators up to 60 MVA, supplying marine propulsion motors, thruster drives and PTO/PTI systems from 200 kW to 35 MW.

Preding/Weiz, Austria · Company

About

ELIN Motoren GmbH is based at Elin-Motoren-Straße 1 in Preding/Weiz, Austria. The company traces its history to F. Pichler Werke, founded in Preding/Weiz in 1892, and its website gives 1908 as the year of the rebranding to ELIN Motoren GmbH.

After periods under Austrian Industries, VA Technologie and TRASYS, the Voith Group took a 70% stake in 2020 and acquired the company entirely on December 14, 2021. The logo now carries the line A Voith Company. Subsidiaries named on the site are ELIN Motoren Bosnia d.o.o. in Živinice (founded 2015) and ELIN Metal Kft. in Bátonyterenye, Hungary (acquired 2017).

The company states that 900 employees worldwide manufacture around 1,900 electric motors and generators with ratings up to 65 MVA / 35 MW. Marine references include scientific research vessels, hybrid drive concepts, offshore support vessels for North Sea wind farms and naval support. The managing directors are Bodo Helm and Maximilian Giehr.

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