Company Profile
Innovation on the move
Products for the best machines and production systems worldwide
Lenze is one of the most innovative companies in Germany and employs approximately 3,000 staff throughout the world. Around 300 of these are employed in research and development, working on products, solutions, systems and services for mechanical and electronic drives as well as complete automation systems.
Company profile
Since we are a world-wide specialists in drive and automation technology, we understand our customers' needs in solving their problems. We use our know-how to develop the best total solution jointly with our customers. Everything is done to identify and exploit the customer's existing potential for value creation.
During the financial year 2008/2009 (1st May to 30th April), the turnover at Lenze was €505 million. The company's head office is at Hamelin in Germany where the company was founded by Hans Lenze in 1947. Our largest sites are located at Extertal (Germany), Asten (Austria), Shanghai (China) and Uxbridge (USA). By locating our own companies and sales and service partners in more than 60 countries, we are right there - where our customers need us!
Lenze is a public limited company under European law (SE = Societas Europaea). At the same time, the company structure is such that it operates in the spirit of a family business. The mutual esteem among the staff is tangible, as is their high level of commitment.
Our products
Our product range includes frequency inverters, servo drives, drive motors, motors, clutches and brakes, connection technology and automation solutions, including controllers, industrial PCs, engineering software, visualisation, communication and I/O systems. Lenze is one of the first specialists in drive technology to integrate safety technology into its drives. Our services include consultation, engineering, commissioning, plant construction and customer service. This is supported by a world-wide service network.
Sustainability: we are fully aware of our responsibility for the future.
Increased efficiency. Increased climate protection.
Saving energy is one of the greatest challenges we face today and in the future. Lenze acknowledges this global responsibility. We are always looking for ways to cut energy consumption, for example through the intelligent use of inverters or by making much better use of the energy we do use - we call this Lenze BlueGreen Solutions (link). We are therefore significantly helping to cut pollution and reduce our use of natural resources. This also translates into reduced energy costs while retaining our current level of productivity.
Just as we deliver efficient drive solutions for our customers' machines, we also ensure that the products we use are manufactured in the most environmentally-friendly way possible. Sustainability and efficiency are integral elements of our philosophy and are a matter of course for us. Through our internal efforts and our own product portfolio, we are effective in significantly reducing harmful emissions. Our environmental management system is therefore also certified in line with ISO 14001.
Improved energy use is synonymous with reduced environmental pollution. We show you how intelligent drive and automation technology can make more efficient use of energy and we undertake to act sustainably and responsibly for future generations.
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