KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbH

KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbH is a German industrial electronics company based in Erlangen. Established in 1989, it develops, manufactures, and sells equipment for electronic drive technology and power electronics. Its product portfolio is centered on the control, starting, braking, speed regulation, and energy recovery of electric motors and industrial drive systems. Reported product categories include motor soft starters, DC-injection braking units, voltage controllers, braking choppers, variable-frequency drives, and regenerative frequency drives. The company serves applications requiring the controlled operation of electric motors and other high-power electrical equipment. Its stated drive-solutions range extends from 0.25 kW to 2,000 kW and from 110 V to 690 V, covering equipment from relatively small industrial installations through high-power systems. This range places KIMO within the specialist industrial automation and power-conversion sector rather than the consumer-electronics market. KIMO is also associated with patented power-electronics solutions and braking-chopper technology. One reported application involved braking-chopper solutions for port cranes at Fort-de-France in Martinique, illustrating the use of its technology in heavy-duty material-handling infrastructure. Beyond this application, the available reference material does not identify specific customers, distribution arrangements, financial results, ownership details, or a current executive team. The company is described as a German private limited company. Publicly available information is limited, so its present geographic sales footprint, detailed corporate structure, founding management, and current product-generation information cannot be established reliably from the supplied sources.

KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbH was founded in 1989 in Germany and is located in Erlangen. From its stated business scope, the company was established as a specialist industrial-electronics manufacturer rather than as a general-purpose electrical-equipment producer. Its work focuses on electronic drive technology and power electronics, two fields concerned with converting, controlling, and managing electrical power for motors and industrial machinery. The company’s reported portfolio includes several complementary classes of drive equipment. Soft starters are used to limit the electrical and mechanical stresses associated with motor start-up. DC-injection braking units provide controlled stopping by applying direct current to a motor. Voltage controllers regulate the electrical supply delivered to equipment, while braking choppers manage braking energy in drive systems. Variable-frequency drives control motor speed by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to the motor. Regenerative frequency drives extend this concept by allowing braking energy to be recovered or returned to an electrical system where the installation permits it. KIMO’s published operating range is reported as 0.25 kW to 2,000 kW and 110 V to 690 V. This indicates coverage across a broad span of industrial-drive requirements, from lower-power machinery to large installations. The company is additionally described as holding patents in power electronics, suggesting that proprietary engineering and application-specific solutions form part of its technical identity. A documented example of the company’s technology is a braking-chopper solution used for port cranes at Fort-de-France in Martinique. Port-crane systems require controlled acceleration, deceleration, and handling of regenerated energy under demanding load conditions. The example connects KIMO’s power-electronics expertise with heavy industrial material-handling equipment and demonstrates an application beyond basic motor-starting products. The available reference material provides no reliable details about the company’s founder, ownership, revenue, workforce, export markets, management, acquisitions, or subsequent corporate events. It also does not establish a complete chronology of product introductions or explain whether all listed products remain in production. Consequently, KIMO’s history can be described with confidence at the level of its founding, location, technical specialization, product categories, power range, and reported crane application, but not as a detailed year-by-year corporate narrative.

• 1989

  Company founded

  [1]KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbHen.wikipedia.org

  KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbH was founded in Germany and subsequently operated from Erlangen.

Specialist supplier of industrial electric-drive and power-electronics solutions for motor starting, control, braking, speed regulation, and energy recovery.

• Motor-control equipment

  Soft starter

  KIMO manufactures motor soft starters for controlled motor energization. Soft starters are designed to reduce the electrical inrush and mechanical shock associated with direct-on-line starting, making them suitable for industrial machinery where smoother acceleration is required.

• Motor-braking equipment

  DC Injection Braking Unit

  These units use DC injection braking to help bring AC motors to a controlled stop. They belong to KIMO’s broader range of industrial drive and motor-control equipment and are intended for applications requiring managed stopping rather than uncontrolled coast-down.

• Power electronics

  Voltage Controller

  KIMO lists voltage controllers among its power-electronics products. The available material does not specify the exact control topology, target motor types, or individual model specifications, but the category forms part of the company’s industrial voltage and drive-management offering.

• Drive braking and energy management

  Braking Chopper

  Braking choppers manage excess energy generated when a motor or drive decelerates. KIMO is associated with braking-chopper solutions for industrial applications, including a reported port-crane installation at Fort-de-France in Martinique.

• Motor-drive system

  Variable Frequency Drive

  Variable-frequency drives regulate motor speed and operating behavior by controlling the frequency and voltage supplied to the motor. KIMO includes this category within its electronic drive-technology portfolio, with the overall product range reported to extend up to 2,000 kW.

• Regenerative motor-drive system

  Regenerative Frequency Drive

  Regenerative frequency drives are intended for applications in which braking energy can be recovered or transferred back to an electrical system. KIMO lists regenerative drives as part of its industrial power-electronics and drive-solutions range.

1. 1KIMO Industrie Elektronik GmbHen.wikipedia.org