With more than 5.000 employees, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed, produced and sold drive technology since 1965, and is one of the leading global providers in the industry. In addition to standard drives, NORD delivers application-specific solutions for special requirements such as energy-saving or explosion-protected systems. NORD has subsidiaries in 36 countries and with further sales partners represented in 62 countries overall. NORD develops and produces a wide range of drive solutions for more than 100 industries: gear units from 10 Nm up to over 280 kNm, electric motors in the range of 0.12 kW to 1,000 kW and frequency inverters of up to 160 kW, available for conventional control cabinet installations as well as for decentralised units.