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Brand Introduction

Founded in Switzerland. Available worldwide.

maxon, founded in 1961, is a Swiss company with headquarters in Sachseln (Central Switzerland). For more than 50 years, we have focused on customer-specific drive solutions, quality, and innovation. Please see for yourself!

Precision DC motors since 1961.

Our micromotors move everything that has to be rotated with high precision and reliability.

At maxon, we develop and build electric drives that pack some real power. Our DC motors are leading the industry worldwide. They are used wherever the requirements are high and engineers cannot afford compromises: maxon motors drive NASA's Mars rovers. They are installed in insulin pumps and surgical power tools. You can find them in humanoid robots and in high-precision industrial applications, in tattoo machines, passenger aircraft, camera lenses, race cars, and cardiac pumps.

For more than 50 years, we have focused on customer-specific solutions, quality, and innovation. As a result, our modular product range has constantly been expanded and now includes:

  • Brushless and brushed DC motors

  • Brushless flat motors

  • Planetary gearheads, spur gearheads, special gearheads

  • Sensors

  • Servo amplifiers, positioning controllers

  • High-tech CIM and MIM components

  • Custom drives

Numbers and facts about maxon. 

Founding1961
Legal formFamily-owned joint-stock company;
majority shareholder: Dr. Karl-Walter Braun
Company focusDrive technology
Number of employeesApprox. 3,050 worldwide, of which over 1,316 are based in Sachseln, Switzerland
Production volume5 million units and approx. 12,000 variations
Distribution networkWorldwide, in 40 countries
SalesCHF 568 Mio. consolidated (2019)
ProductsBrushless and brushed DC motors
Planetary gearheads, spur gearheads, special gearheads
Sensors, encoders
Servo amplifiers, positioning controllers
CIM and MIM components
Customized drives and system solutions
Main marketsMedical technology
Industrial automation
Security technology
Measuring and testing technology
Communication
Automotive industry
Consumer applications
Aerospace


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