ELIN Motoren

What ELIN Motoren does

ELIN Motoren GmbH is an Austrian private manufacturer of rotating electrical machines, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Preding, Austria. The company designs and builds custom-engineered electric motors and generators for industrial B2B customers across at least 10 vertical markets, including wind power, conventional and renewable power generation, marine propulsion, oil and gas, mining, tunnel boring, plastics processing, and test bench applications. Core product lines span asynchronous motors (high-voltage and low-voltage configurations), synchronous motors (permanent magnet and reluctance variants), a customizable E-Pack DS drive system, and generators tailored for hydro, steam, gas, and wind turbines. The technology base emphasizes application-specific engineering rather than standardized catalog products, with a portfolio spanning rotating electrical machines across a wide power and voltage envelope.\n\nELIN Motoren augments its equipment sales with a comprehensive aftermarket and service operation covering technical consulting, rewinding, in-house testing and diagnostics, preventive maintenance and repair, retrofit and modernization programs, and spare parts supply, establishing a full lifecycle relationship with installed equipment. Revenue is generated through two complementary streams: custom hardware sales of motors, generators, and drive systems sold on a quote-based, project-by-project basis, and professional services tied to the installed base. Distribution is direct enterprise sales globally, supported by a multilingual (German, English, Simplified Chinese) corporate website and an active presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X.\n\nThe company operates as an unlisted GmbH with 501–1,000 employees and no disclosed parent, institutional investor, or financial backers in the source data. No certifications, patents, partnerships, M&A activity, or management team details are reported. International presence is implied by the three-language website and global distribution scope, but specific operating geographies beyond Austria are not enumerated.

Name

ELIN Motoren

Legal name

ELIN Motoren GmbH

Website

https://elinmotoren.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

ELIN Motoren is an Austrian manufacturer of custom-engineered electric motors, generators, and drive systems serving industrial B2B customers across wind power, power generation, marine, oil and gas, mining, and other heavy-industry sectors globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weiz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electric Motors Sales: Custom-designed and manufactured electric motors including asynchronous and synchronous motors sold to industrial customers for various applications
2. Generators Sales: Generator systems for hydro, steam, gas turbines and wind applications sold to power generation companies
3. Technical Services and Maintenance: Comprehensive service offerings including technical consulting, rewinding, testing and diagnostics, maintenance and repairs, retrofit and modernization, spare parts and replacement machines

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ELIN Motoren designs and manufactures bespoke electric motors (asynchronous and synchronous, including permanent-magnet and reluctance machines) and generators for hydro/steam/gas turbines and wind turbines, plus the integrated E-Pack DS drive package. The company also delivers a full lifecycle service portfolio — engineering consultancy, rewinding, diagnostics, maintenance/repair, retrofit/modernization and spare parts — supporting customers in wind power, conventional power generation, marine, oil & gas, mining, tunnel boring, plastics, test bench and recycling applications.

Product overview

ELIN Motoren is an Austrian manufacturer of rotating electrical machines offering a portfolio of electric motors and generators with related services. The core product lines include Asynchronous Motors (Asynchronmotoren) available in high-voltage and low-voltage configurations, Synchronous Motors (Synchronmotoren) including Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors and Synchronous Reluctance Motors, the customizable E-Pack DS drive system, and Generators for hydro/steam/gas turbines as well as wind applications. The company also provides comprehensive service offerings covering technical consulting, rewinding, testing and diagnostics, maintenance and repairs, retrofit and modernization, and spare parts supply. ELIN Motoren serves diverse industrial markets including wind power, power plant technology, industrial motors, marine, oil and gas, tunnel boring machines, mining equipment, plastics technology, and test bench drives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens: German industrial group with a sizeable large-motor and generator portfolio (now part of Innomotics) competing for the same power-plant, industrial, and marine electrification projects.
• ABB: Swiss-Swedish industrial conglomerate with a large motors and generators business serving power generation, marine, oil & gas, and process industries — a broad incumbent competitor across most of ELIN's served markets.
• Nidec: Japanese motor manufacturer with a sizable industrial motors and generators division (including acquired Leroy-Somer), competing across similar industrial and power-generation verticals.

Direct peers

• Ingeteam: Spanish specialist in wind generators and electrical equipment for renewable energy, overlapping directly with ELIN's wind-generator business.
• WEG: Brazilian global manufacturer of industrial electric motors and generators with deep presence across power generation, oil & gas, mining, and marine — the most direct comparable mid-cap competitor to ELIN.
• VEM Group: German manufacturer of industrial electric motors (including large drives) for power generation, mining, and process industries — directly comparable in product portfolio and European industrial customer base.
• Marelli Motori: Italian manufacturer of electric motors and generators for industrial, power generation, oil & gas, and marine applications — a closely analogous custom-engineering European peer to ELIN.
• Menzel Elektromotoren: German niche manufacturer of custom and special-purpose industrial electric motors — a close small-to-mid-cap peer in the bespoke industrial-motor niche ELIN occupies.
• Regal Rexnord: US-listed manufacturer of industrial motors, generators, and power transmission products serving similar heavy-industrial and process-industry end markets.

Regional players

• TECO-Westinghouse: Manufacturer of large industrial AC motors and generators primarily serving North American industrial and power-generation customers — comparable in product scope though geographically focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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