Electric motors-making industry of Ukraine – brief overview

1. Wide range of electric motors 

Ukraine produces wide range of electric motors. The range includes both general industrial motors series АІRU, 4АМU, 6АМU, 8АМU, 4АМN, 4АМSU, 4АМRU, АМU etc.; and explosion-proof motors for chemical, gas, crude oil processing industries (for instance, АІМ, АІММ, 2АІММ, АІММV series), for coal industry (АІU, 2АІU, VАІU, АІUМ series) and others.

Also the special purpose electric motors are produced: marine electric motors of DR, DМ, DММ, 2ДМG, 3DМG, 2DМSh, ЗDМSh, 4DМSh etc. series [1], electric motors for Nuclear Power Plants, for air cooling units (for instance,  АSVО 5К, VАSО 5К, VАSО 7К series), electric motors for railway transport (4АZH112-225 series) and others. [2]

Due to plants’ having their own design bureaus and engineering centers the product assortment keeps expanding and being regularly added to by new technological solutions. For instance, ‘SKB Ukrelectromash’ company nowadays produces own-made products as per 156 different technical assignments in more than 2000 types of execution. [3]

2. Large production volumes 

According to the results of 2018 Ukraine has produced more than 174.5 thousand electric motors of all types, including: 96.7 thousand multi-phase electric AC motors with the power of up-to 750 W, 54 thousand single-phase electric AC motors with the power of up to 750 W and 16.9 thousand multi-phase electric AC motors with the power of 0.75 kW to 7.5 kW. 

It has also been produced 2.6 thousand AC electric motors and generators with the power of 750 W to 75 kW, 1 thousand pieces of AC electric motors and generators with the power of 75 kW to 375 kW and 1.8 thousand pieces with the power of more than 375 kW. The number of AC multi-phase electric motors with the power of 37 kW to 375 kW produced reckoned 1.3 thousand pieces. [4]

The 2018 revenue from the sales of electric motors, generators and transformers totaled USD251.3 million (UAH6,624.5 million) and the revenues from the sales of electrodistributive and control equipment amounted to USD187.4 million (UAH4,939.6 million). [5]

3. Largest producers 

‘SKB Ukrelectromash’ LLC [6] is a prominent designer of general industrial and special electric motors of low and middle heights. It specializes in design of the new constructions of electric motors, pumps, aggregate devices, generators, heating equipment. The Plant is the only ex-USSR designer and supplier of 2DMSh, ЗDMSh, 4DMSh series of motors, marine motors and specially executed motors.

‘Kharkov Electrical Engineering Plant ‘Ukrelectromash’’ PJSC [7] is the largest Ukrainian producer of asynchronous electric motors, generators and electric pumps. The enterprise produces more than 5 thousand types of electric motors for various industry branches, housing-and-communal services, fuel-and-energy-, mining-and-metallurgical- and agrarian complexes.

‘Electromashina’ JSC [ 8] is one of the prominent Ukrainian enterprises with 150 years of history. For the last 50 over years main products of the enterprise have been represented by electric machines of 0.37 to 315 kW DC in any constructive or climatic execution, crane-and-metallurgical electric engines, electric engines for railway transport, electric engines for mine, traction, contact and battery electric locomotives, mine outfit, AC electric motors.

‘Plant Elektrotyazhmash’ SE [9] is an industry leader in terms of development and production of powerful hydro generators, hydro generator engines, turbo generators for thermal and nuclear power plants. All products correspond to international МЕК: 34-1, 34-2, 34-3, 34-4, 34-5, 34-6, 34-8 and VDE-0530 standards.

‘NVP NKEMZ’ LTD [10] specializes on development and production of three-phase asynchronous electric motors and generators with short-circuited rotor in explosion-proof and general industrial versions.

‘Dniproresurs’ LLC [11] specializes in design, production, sales and maintenance of asynchronous electric motors.

‘Uzhgorod Plant Elektrodvigun’ PrJSC [12]  produces general industrial electric AC asynchronous motors with short-circuited rotor of 30 W to 2500 W power. 

4. High quality

Electric motors by Ukrainian producers are made using highly productive equipment and applying modern technologies. Products go through tests and correspond to all necessary standards and technical safety requirements. Quality system at the enterprises is certified according to ISO 9001:2009, ISO 9001:2011 and ISO 9001:2015. [13]  

5. Export volumes 

According to the results of 2018 Ukraine has exported 100 thousand electric motors (11.9 thousand tons) for the value of USD77.6 million. The CIS countries have accomplished the greatest purchases: 45.8 thousand pieces for USD59.9 million (out of those Russia has accounted for 27 thousand pieces for USD56.2 million), European countries have purchased 3.7 thousand pieces for USD2.6 million. 

Also 1.8 thousand electric generators and rotating electric converters have been exported for the amount of USD1 million. [14]

6. Sales markets

Ukraine-made electric motors are exported to more than 80 countries of the world. For instance, ‘Plant Elektrotyazhmash’, supplies the products to about 40 countries: Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Vietnam, Georgia, Greece, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, China, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mexico, Norway, Germany, Panama, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Croatia, and Estonia. [15]

‘Electromashina’ and ‘Uzhgorod Plant Elektrodvigun’ are export-orientated companies. More than 80% of their products are exported among others to such countries as: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vietnam, Germany, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic and Estonia. [16]

‘NVP NKEMZ’ LTD has its representative offices in Azerbaijan, Poland and Russia. [17]

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[2] - http://nkmehz.com.ua/ 

[3] - http://www.ukrskb.com.ua/about/ 

[4] - http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/ 

[5] - https://ukrstat.org/en/operativ/operativ2013/pr/orp/orp_u/orp1218_u.htm 

[6] - http://www.ukrskb.com.ua/ 

[7] - http://helz.ua/about/ 

[8] - https://electromashina.com.ua/ua/ 

[9] - http://spetm.com.ua/index.php/ua/produktsiya 

[10] - http://nkmehz.com.ua/ 

[11] - https://elmo.ua/uk/pro-kompaniyu/ 

[12] - https://www.uzed.com.ua/uk/about 

[13] - http://nkmehz.com.ua/news/iso_9001_2015/ 

[14] - https://ukrstat.org 

[15] - http://spetm.com.ua/index.php/ua/about/istoriya-zavoda 

[16] - https://electromashina.com.ua/ua/produkcziya/geografiya-postavok.html 

[17] - http://nkmehz.com.ua/dilery/