About ATB
The history of ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG dates back more than 90 years. Today, the Group ranks among the leading global suppliers of electric drive systems for industrial applications and home appliances.
The ATB Group product range extends from 25W to 25MW and includes standard solutions, customised solutions and design-to-order solutions including complete drive systems for a wide range of applications.
The Company, which includes famous brands such as Schorch, Morley, Laurence Scott and Brook Crompton, currently has twelve manufacturing bases – in Spielberg, Welzheim, Moenchengladbach, Nordenham, Leeds, Norwich, Cradley Heath, Tarnow, Subotica and Bor – and employs more than 3,500 people.
With a shareholding of 100 %, WOLONG, the Chinese parent company, is the strategic investor and a strong partner of the ATB Group. The industrial and financial Group WOLONG HOLDING GROUP Co. Ltd. ranks as a top company in China, having received many government business awards, and is one of the leading electric motor manufacturers in the country. Wolong has many years of expertise and works in close cooperation with a number of well-known international companies.
ATB Company Structure (PDF)
ATB History 1919 - 2012
| January 2014 | Joint Venture with Wolong Electric for a co-ownership of ATB Wuhan (Motors) Co. Ltd. |
| November 2012 | Formation of ATB Motors (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., China |
| October 2012 | Company name change of ATB Motorentechnik GmbH, Nordenham and Schorch Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe GmbH, to: ATB Nordenham GmbH, ATB Schorch GmbH |
| October 2011 | Wolong Investment GmbH acquires 99% of the shares of ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG |
| March 2011 | Disposal of ATB Technologies, Lustenau, Austria |
| June 2010 | Transfer of the shares in Schorch Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe GmbH and Fabryka Silników Elektrycznych Tamel S.A. to ATB Austria Antriebstechnik AG |
| June 2010 | Formation of ATB RUS OOO, Moscow |
| January 2010 | Disposal of ATB Selni SAS, Nevers, France |
| July 2007 | Acquisition of David McClure, UK. Integration into ATB Morley Ltd. |
| May 2007 | Acquisition of Laurence Scott & Electromotors Ltd. UK – ATB Laurence Scott Ltd., 2006 sales: approx. EUR 19 million |
| From May 2006 | Staged investment in Lindeteves-Jacoberg Ltd., Singapore; Brands: Schorch, Tamel, Brook Crompton, Western Electric |
| December 2004 | Acquisition of Sever Holding International a.d., Subotica; Privatisation – ATB Sever Holding International a.d., Subotica; |
| October 2004 | Acquisition of Morley Electric Motors Ltd. from private shareholders - ATB Morley Ltd., Leeds |
| April 2004 | Acquisition of Brandt Components SAS from Elco-Brandt-Group – ATB Selni SAS, Nevers; |
| February 2003 | Acquisition of Thien Group from Rauber – ATB Thien Antriebstechnik GmbH, Rankweil; |
| November 2002 | Acquisition of Moeller Antriebstechnik GmbH from Moeller Group – ATB Motorentechnik GmbH, Nordenham; |
| December 2001 | M. Kovats / C. Schmidt join ATB Beteiligungs GmbH as a result of the take-over of ATB Spielberg & ATB Welzheim by GBI |
| 2001 | ATB Beteiligungs GmbH, Vienna, takes over ATB Antriebstechnik AG |
| 1997 | GBI GmbH, Vienna, takes over ATB Antriebstechnik AG |
| 1995 | Company name change to Flender ATB-Loher Antriebstechnik AG, Welzheim |
| 1992 | Flender AG increases its holding in ATB to 84%. ATB AG acquires the majority shareholding of AAT AG in Spielberg/Austria and Loher/Ruhstorf |
| 1989/1990 | 12,000m² expansion of the Welzheim site and construction of a new 5,000m² manufacturing facility |
| 1989 | A. Friedrich Flender AG, Bocholt, takes over the majority shareholding in ATB |
| 1986 | ATB shares are listed on the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchange |
| 1985 | ATB GmbH is converted into a stock corporation |
| 1982 | Formation of ATB, Antriebstechnik G. Bauknecht GmbH. Emerged from the Bauknecht GmbH insolvency. As well as being a production site, Welzheim is now also the location of the head office. |
| 1980 | Third expansion of the assembly shops in Welzheim |
| 1976 | Bauknecht acquires the majority shareholding of Himmelwerk AG, Tuebingen. |
| 1974 | The newly constructed small-size motor factory, with a production area of 36,000 m², is commissioned in Spielberg, Austria |
| 1969 | G. Bauknecht GmbH celebrates its 50th anniversary |
| 1961 | Second expansion of the Welzheim plant – construction and occupation of a further manufacturing site |
| 1952 | Construction of the assembly shop above the foundries at the Welzheim plant |
| 1951 | Bauknecht introduces his first refridgerator, which is also manufactured in Welzheim. The manufacturing of cooling appliances is later relocated to Calw. |
| 1947 | The business employs 1,000 people |
| 1938 | Welzheim plant is acquired and manufacture of electric motors established |
| 1932 | Gottlob Bauknecht builds a fully sealed electric motor which becomes the prototype for many generations of electric motors |
| 1930 | Production of electric motors starts in Stuttgart |
| 1919 | Gottlob Bauknecht sets up an electro-technical workshop |
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