OSWALD Elektromotoren GmbH
Country: Germany
Industry: Electric Power
Markets: ZF Friedrichshafen (test bench drives), Horiba Europe (test bench engines), Noell Mobile Systems (wheel hub motors for straddle carriers), Karl Mayer Group (textile machinery), Sumitomo (SHI) Demag (injection moulding machines), Vecoplan (torque motors for shredders), FELLA (DIVE turbine), Airbus (aviation motors), CMB TECH and Boeckmans (vessel projects).
Locations: Benzstrasse 12, 63897 Miltenberg, Germany
Year Established: 1909
Main Products/Services: Development, design and manufacture of customised electric motors and generators; asynchronous motors (air‑cooled QD, liquid‑cooled FQD) from 10 to 4,000 kW, torque motors up to 150,000 Nm, permanent magnet synchronous motors, superconducting motors (R&D), cylindrical linear motors (LP series), direct drives, wheel hub motors, generator sets, and custom windings and coils. Services include electrical and mechanical design, prototyping, testing, service and repair, and 24‑hour service.
Description:
OSWALD Elektromotoren GmbH is a German family‑owned manufacturer of customised electric motors and generators, founded in 1909 and headquartered in Miltenberg, Bavaria. The company operates a modern 100,000 m² facility and employs approximately 200 people. OSWALD’s product portfolio includes asynchronous motors (air‑cooled QD, liquid‑cooled FQD series) from 10 kW to 4,000 kW with torques up to 30,000 Nm, torque motors up to 150,000 Nm, permanent magnet synchronous motors, cylindrical linear motors, superconducting motors (R&D), wheel hub motors, generator sets, and custom windings. The company serves demanding industries such as automotive test benches, textile machinery, injection moulding, mobile harbour cranes, shredders, marine propulsion, and aviation. OSWALD has been a CO₂‑neutral company since 2020 and operates its own photovoltaic systems and combined heat and power plants. It is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 50001:2018, and in 2017 received the German Environmental Award for its energy‑efficient drive technology.
