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INDUSTRY NEWS
WEG to Build Motor Factory in Portugal for Euro Expansion, Continues Innovation
was inaugurated in 2018 and incorporates a verticalized production
line that counts on machining processes, rotor manufacturing,
winding, assembly and dedicated electrical testing
laboratories.
The hydrogenerators will be part of Sao Roque Hydroelectric
WEG, the Brazilian maker of industrial motors, generators and
impregnation materials, plans to build a new electric motor
factory in Santo Tirso, Portugal in concert with its expansion in
Europe. In other recent developments, it is building its largest
hydroelectric generator ever and been awarded for its achievements
in technology innovation.
Hydroelectric plant in Brazil
Power Plant in Brazil, with 142 MW installed capacity. WEG´s
package includes three 50.5 MVA, 13.8 kV and 180 rpm SLW
4000 hydrogenerators and the auxiliary equipment. Weighing
285 tons each and approximately 8 meters in diameter, they
are the largest electric hydrogenerators ever produced by the
company.
In March of 2022, WEG was a winner in Brazil's largest inBuilding
massive generator for Brazilian hydroeletric plant
In Portugal, the company intends to invest 23.5 million euros
to build 22,680 square meters of manufacturing facilities on
the same area where it already has a 16,300 square meter low
voltage industrial motor factory. Purpose of the new unit is to
expand the production of large electric motors and transfer its
factory located in Maia to Santo Tirso, centralizing all operations
in a single manufacturing site.
" We are not only making investments to increase production
capacity, but also improving our operations in Portugal. In addition
to moving the production of medium and high voltage,
flameproof motors, electrical panels, automation solutions and
service support to Santo Tirso, we are also planning to increase
electrical motors range for larger sizes in the country " , says
Alberto Kuba, managing director of WEG Motores - Industrial
Business Unit. The new factory should start operating in the
first quarter of 2024.
WEG started its own operations in Portugal twenty years ago
with the purchase of an electric motor factory in Maia. In 2015,
the company started the construction of a new electric motor
factory in Santo Tirso, 24 kilometers away from Maia. This unit
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novation program, winning the award for Innovation Management
- Large Company category. " It is a great honor to receive
recognition for the research, development and innovation
work that has been carried out by WEG continuously, even at
challenging time periods such as this pandemic, " said Rodrigo
Fumo, WEG's global director of engineering and technological
innovation, who received the trophy. " In recent years, " he
noted, " WEG has invested an average of 2.7% of its revenue
in research and development initiatives. In 2021, 55.7% of the
company's revenue was generated with products developed
within five years. "
For more info, see www.weg.net.
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