Putting innovation at the core, Kollmorgen has delivered solutions that have revolutionized motion industry, keeping the world safer and making lives better.
Driven by its world-class knowledge of motion systems and components, industry-leading quality, and deep expertise in linking and integrating standard and custom products Kollmorgen has become one of the best motion systems manufacturing partner of customers across industries worldwide, giving them an irrefutable marketplace advantage and competitive edge.
Today, Kollmorgen is one of the few companies in the world who design and manufacture all of the motion system products with very short lead-time.
A journey of success
Commencing an incredible journey in 1916 in the town of Radford in Virginia, Kollmorgen has grown to become one of the most renowned solution providers of motion control products for industrial and commercial applications. With a profound practical knowledge of electromagnetic theory and control, it is optimally placed to meet even the most demanding and complex motion control requirements worldwide.
The company’s range of automation platforms, servo drives, servo motors, linear actuators, gear heads, AGV solutions and exclusive range of robotic solutions provides a structured approach to the global market. Its products are highly precise and time-efficient.
With the presence of a high number of competitors in the Indian market, the Kollmorgen Indian office looks forward to acquiring new partnerships by successfully offering technological solutions to numerous original equipment manufacturers and meeting a wide range of production requirements.
The vision of Kollmorgen is to enable the innovators to make the world a better place and provide technologically advanced solutions in the machine automation field. It aims to become the best at solving the most perplexing motion control challenges through collaboration with end-users, customers, suppliers, and innovation partners.
Kollmorgen in India
Kollmorgen initiated its operations during 2012 in Mumbai, India. Presently, under the umbrella and represented by Portescap in India, an Altra Motion Group company, the company recently inaugurated its sales office on 3 June, in Pune. In an exclusive interview with Machine Maker, Jan Treede, General Manager of Kollmorgen Europe GmbH and Vinod Sharma, the Country Manager for Kollmorgen in India shared their incredible journey as well as their future plans.
Jan Treede, General Manager, Kollmorgen says, “India is a fast-growing economy and also is one of the most important growth markets for us. The technologies here are advancing every minute and so are the companies. Pune being a hub for various Industrial automation companies and widespread of motion suppliers in the region, it is our preferred choice to set up our office here. We are here to provide world-class motion systems and components, industry-leading quality, and deep expertise in linking and integrating standard and custom products which continually delivers breakthrough solutions that are unmatched in performance, reliability, and ease-of-use.
The next step in the journey will be to entirely localize our business in India. We plan to have a service /repair centre which would help us to better serve our customers in India. Kollmorgen in India also launched a Knowledge Centre in the new office for its associates and the customers to get hands-on experience on our world-class products, software and applications. This knowledge centre will help Kollmorgen in India to conduct regular customer training, strengthen its brand image and its growth plans, said Treede.
Kollmorgen- Innovation in DNA
Kollmorgen has been brainstorming every now and then, coming up with something unique every time. As the company works diligently toward solving the biggest motion challenges of the future, it prepares to do so under the Altra umbrella. The move places Kollmorgen among a distinguished group of brands, respected as established leaders in the markets they serve. Backed by Altra, Kollmorgen will now be optimally positioned to anticipate, create, implement and accelerate solutions that meet their customer’s most critical needs.
Vinod Sharma says, “We at Kollmorgen have been developing innovative products to scale new heights in Motion controls and Automation which makes a remarkable impact and keeps us ahead of our competition. Our customers are leaders and innovators in many industries such as Printing; Packaging & Converting; Food & Beverage Processing; Medical Imaging; Material Forming and; Cutting; Robotics; Aerospace &Defence and AGV solutions. All our customers and innovators demand high performance and high quality while satisfying their specific needs. Kollmorgen is one of the few companies in the world who design and manufacture motion products to meet intense new demands and challenges in the motion control industry.
With Altra Business System and its Values at our core, it is the foundation of everything we do. It guides how we grow within our markets, how we invent new products, how we drive strong results across our businesses, and how we develop our people. It inspires us to be and do better.
It is not just that motion is at the heart of the machines and equipment that define modern life. What is more important is that all of these critical elements in our daily lives must be able to operate under the constraints of new demands and challenges. Kollmorgen not only understands this, but it is also at the core of their vision, mission and values. Motion matters because motion can help with all of these challenges. Kollmorgen not only understands this but is also at the core of its Vision, Mission and Values.
To know more about the Kollmorgen’s presence in the Indian market and its future plans, write to Vinod Sharma at vinod.sharma@kollmorgen.com, or visit www.kollmorgen.com