1963 headquarters mulfingen germany key people thomas borst stefan brandl hans peter fuchs dr. bruno lindl dirk schallock thomas wagner 1 products electric motors and fans revenue approximately 1.680 billion eur 2015 16 2 number of employees 12 553 2015 16 2 website www.ebmpapst.com the ebm papst group is the world s leading 3 manufacturer of electric motors and fans . it came into existence in 2003 when the companies elektrobau mulfingen gmbh & co. kg ebm papst motoren gmbh in st. georgen and motoren ventilatoren landshut gmbh mvl merged . the company employs around 12 500 employees at 18 production facilities including those in germany china and the usa and 57 sales offices worldwide . the headquarters is located in mulfingen in the hohenlohe district of germany . contents 1 history 2 products 3 greentech 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1963 gerhard sturm founded elektrobau mulfingen gmbh & co. kg . along with heinz ziehl . 4 the company then had 35 employees and concentrated on developing and producing small external rotor motors . in 1965 the first compact fans with ec technology were developed which at this time was still known as non commutator dc motors . papst motoren gmbh in st. georgen in the black forest was acquired in 1992 the plant in landshut was purchased from alcatel in 1997 and was simultaneously renamed motoren ventilatoren landshut gmbh mvl . in the following year the first energy saving centrifugal and axial fans with integrated electronics were developed ; among other products the ebm papst ec fans brought to market maturity in the following years were based on these . in 2003 the three companies were renamed ebm papst mulfingen ebm papst st. georgen and ebm papst landshut . 4 in 2007 construction of the energy independent factory for energy saving fans began in mulfingen hollenbach which was put into operation in 2008 . plant in hollenbach for the first time ebm papst surpassed the turnover threshold of a billion eur in 2007 . gerhard sturm became the chairman of the advisory board . since 2008 only managers from outside the family have been employed as managing directors . the export share of turnover was 75 % in fiscal year 2015 16 . 2 products edit computer cooler fan made by papst motors and fans of the ebm papst group are used in a variety of application areas some of which are in dresden s semper opera on the roofs of australian supermarkets in computers and refrigerators . with nearly 20 000 products the company has the largest product range in the world by its own account and supplies customers from the most diverse industries . ebm papst products are used in applications such as ventilation air conditioning and refrigeration technology household appliances heating engineering in it telecommunications applications as well as those in automotive and commercial vehicle engineering . 5 the fans are mostly based on external rotor motors since these enable implementation of particularly compact axial centrifugal and diagonal fans . motors for drive technology are in part also designed as internal rotor motors . in recent years quiet electronically commutated motors with increased energy efficiency have been finding use . 6 these are available in versions for 1 or 3 phase alternating current and for direct current between 12 and 48 volts . by means of the already integrated electronics ec motors have very good control characteristics including integrated pressure temperature or air flow control . the integrated electronics also reduce the wiring effort as opposed to a comparable conventional solution . the option of a bus connection makes it possible to network these units and control them centrally . many new and innovative options can be adjusted in a user friendly way via the bus system ebmbus or modbus . this is why various computer programs are offered ranging to wireless configuration of a fan or motor by mobile phone . classic ac motors for 1 or 3 phase alternating current are still available as alternatives . the fans produced have axial or centrifugal impellers with a diameter between approximately 30 mm and 1250 mm and are likewise developed in house . cross flow blowers as they are used in fa ade ventilation are also in the product range . the impellers are made of either plastic metal or more recently also a metal plastic material combination . this innovative combination enables high strength as with metal impellers while retaining their conventional variable moldability . in 2009 the green fan series hyblade came to market . the product group consisting of plastic blades with inserted aluminium reinforcement enables low power consumption and is quiet . the newest product to be introduced in spring of 2011 is a motor with housing sections made of a wood plastic composite material . greentech edit ebm papst summarises its environmental protection efforts and energy saving measures with the term greentech . measures include a co oriented conversion of the fleet heat insulation on buildings energy savings with compressor stations and production equipment . selection of awards in the area of greentech nomination for the hermes award 2010 hannover messe 7 for invention of a fan that reduces energy consumption and noise by 50 % the savings potential of 1 large scale power plant in europe environmental technology award 2009 baden wuerttemberg 8 for a hybrid axial fan topic energy efficient use of materials dena energy efficiency award 2009 9 10 for a new plant in germany 20 million eur investment . the plant requires no energy for heating ventilation and air conditioning environmental prize 2008 baden wuerttemberg 5 11 for environmentally oriented actions of an industrial company including operating its own bus lines for mulfingen for 1 200 employees less traffic volume and less parking space necessary strategy for new developments each new product has to be better than its predecessor ; co reduction in production including a new plant ; green roof and processes including an enamelling line ; heating and compressor systems . references edit ebm papst passionate about air technology and drive engineering . www.ebmpapst.com . retrieved 14 july 2016 . a b c ebm papst up to date facts and figures . www.ebmpapst.com . retrieved 2016 07 12 . florian langenscheidt bernd venohr hrsg . lexikon der deutschen weltmarktf hrer . die k nigsklasse deutscher unternehmen in wort und bild . deutsche standards editionen k ln 2010 isbn 978 3 86936 221 2 . a b gerhard sturm der windmacher aus dem jagsttal . stimme.de . retrieved 2011 10 28 . a b ebm papst mulfingen gmbh & co.kg startseite umweltpreis bisherige preistr ger 2008 . uvm.baden wuerttemberg.de . retrieved 2011 10 28 . ebm papst gewinnt asercom energy efficiency award 2008 marktnachrichten in german . konstruktionspraxis.vogel.de . 2008 10 21 . retrieved 2011 10 28 . hermes award 2010 anw rter stehen fest . www.computer automation.de . 2010 03 25 . retrieved 2011 10 28 . anlage umwelttechnikpreis.pdf pdf . www.uvm.baden wuerttemberg.de . retrieved 2011 10 28 . energy efficiency award 2009 . industrie energieeffizienz.de . retrieved 2011 10 28 . 1 dead link preistr ger 2008 startseite umweltpreis bisherige preistr ger filme und bilder preistraegerfilme . uvm.baden wuerttemberg.de . retrieved 2011 10 28 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ebm papst & oldid 742707065 categories manufacturing companies of germanycompanies established in 1963hidden categories cs1 german language sources de all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2011official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 08 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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