UK motor-maker Saietta enters administration
8 March 2024 The British electric motor developer and manufacturer, Saietta, has entered administration after failing to find a buyer for a production line in Sunderland after a… Read More
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8 March 2024 
UK motor-maker abandons Sunderland production line plans
14 February 2024 The British electric motor developer and manufacturer, Saietta, has abandoned plans to manufacture electrical steering pumps at a former ZF Automotive plant in Sunderland. It… Read More
Compact, magnet-free motor uses inductive transmission
4 September 2023 The German automotive technology supplier ZF has developed an electric motor which needs no magnets but is claimed to deliver a similar performance to permanent-magnet… Read More
60MW wind turbine test rig will be world’s most powerful
12 October 2022 A team of 35 Danish engineers has started work on what will be the world’s most powerful test bench for wind power components when it… Read More
UK motor developer brings production back from China
11 April 2022 The British electric motor developer Saietta is bringing production of its axial-flux motors back from China to the UK. The company has originally planned to… Read More
Robot firm raises $30m to automate ‘impossible’ tasks
21 February 2022 A German robot control specialist has raised $30m of funding for its AI systems that, it claims, can automate manufacturing processes that could not be… Read More
ZF sets up industrial gearbox business
9 June 2016 The German engineering giant, ZF, best-known as an automotive supplier, has set up an industrial drives business based on the large gearbox operation of Bosch… Read More
Yaskawa adds The Switch to its growing renewables portfolio
24 July 2014 The Japanese motion control and robotics supplier Yaskawa Electric is buying the Finnish permanent magnet (PM) generator and power conversion specialist, The Switch, for an… Read More
€36m European project develops rare-earth-free EV motor
16 May 2014 A consortium of 30 organisations from nine European countries have built a prototype of a compact electric vehicle motor that needs no rare-earth materials, yet… Read More
