ENHANCING CUSTOMISED
DRIVE TECHNOLOGY SEW-Eurodrive is the global leader in customised drive technology for a diverse range of manufacturing industries. Philip Yorke talked to two managing directors :Daniel Philippron, (Belgium/Luxemburg) and Ton Verschuren (Netherlands) about SEW’s unique, innovative products, its enhanced range of customer services and its commitment to sustainable development.
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was founded in Germany over 80 years ago by Christian Pahr. Ernst Blickle one of the employees whose entrepreneurial flair characterised the company and drove it forward, and whose legacy lives on today. SEW’s innovative drive technology can be found in countless industries throughout the world, driving conveyer belts, escalators, assembly lines and luggage carousels at international and regional airports. They can also be seen at work in sports stadia roofs, gravel plants and throughout manufacturing facilities in the steel, paper, chemical and automotive industries.
SEW-Eurodrive employs more than 500 researchers at its headquarters in Bruchsal, Germany to create the drive technology of the future. The company has an additional 14,000 specialists focused on bringing the best drive solutions to the world’s global manufacturing industries. This is how the company has evolved throughout its long history to become the undisputed market leader in the field of drive automation, with a turnover of more than €2 billion. Today SEW-Eurodrive offers its customers individual drive solutions from its comprehensive modular business concept. The company develops and delivers state-of-
