Menzel opens new headquarters and motor plant
GEARS , DRIVES & MOTORS CONTINUED SUCCESS
MENZEL
Menzel opens new headquarters and motor plant
Menzel Elektromotoren has celebrated the opening of its new headquarters near Berlin with a grand inauguration party . In honor of company founder Kurt Menzel , the date was set for his 120th birthday on 14 May 2024 . With increasing numbers year on year , the German manufacturer successfully markets its industrial motors and tailor-made drive systems worldwide . This continued success , now required more space with modern production facilities designed for efficient processes , and larger , heavier machines . In addition to stateof-the-art machinery , efficient paint shops and test fields that can accommodate even the largest motor configurations , the new plant is prepared for further growth . In coming years , the workforce at this site can be expanded from around 100 to 150 , allowing the manufacturer to meet all customer requests .
Menzel manufactures its own motor series and also specializes in custom models and exact replicas of existing machines . Menzel builds new motors with outputs up to and beyond 25 MW from scratch , stocks a large range of motor variants up to 15 MW and adapts them at short notice for various drive tasks .
The company also offers testing of motors , generators and rotary converter sets . Since the official factory commissioning on 2 January 2024 , the quality management system has already been certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 .
Menzel Elektromotoren has found a suitable location for a new factory building with state-of-the-art equipment in Hennigsdorf , just outside Berlin
More information : www . menzel-motors . com / article / moving-to-new-motor-plant /
Dates and figures on the construction of the new plant : - Foundation stone laying : 11 June
2022 at > 30 ° C - Topping out ceremony : 16
December 2022 at -10 ° C - Construction period : 17 months , completion on schedule - Official commissioning : 02
January 2024
- Hall floor space : 6416 m ² - Office floor space : 2096 m ² - Plot size : 22928 m ² - Earmarked expansion area : ~ 4000 m ²
- Modules and material : o 96 windows o ~ 300 steel sandwich panels o ~ 36 km low voltage cables o ~ 24 km communication lines o ~ 1,3 km building management system cables o ~ 500 sockets o ~ 600 data ports o ~ 500 lighting , inside and outside
- Staff at headquarters : o Currently almost 100 employees from over 20 nations with a combined 933 years of work experience at MENZEL o Capacity for 150 employees
- Relocation cargo : o ~ 300 truckloads o ~ 2000 moving boxes
- Broken tethers : ~ 10000
- Satisfaction barometer from handover to today , 5 months after commissioning ( mean value ): 100 %
For further information , please visit www . menzel-motors . com
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