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EMG - Perfecting your performance

Who we are – and what we make possible

EMG Automation GmbH is a leading provider of automation and quality assurance systems for continuous production processes – with a focus on the metals industry and safety components. Our technologies improve process reliability, product quality and efficiency across production lines.

With our commitment to "Perfecting your Performance", we combine innovative engineering, global experience and close customer collaboration to deliver measurable added value – for over 80 years.

At a glance: company profile

Founded

1946

Employees

Approx. 560 worldwide

Headquarters

Wenden, Germany

Customer reach

Active in over 100 countries

Industries

Steel and Aluminum Service Centers, Steel Industry, Aluminum Industry, Automotive Industry, Electrical Steel Processing, Non-ferrous Metals, Port Logistics, Power Plants, Raw Material Extraction, Refineries, Rope Ways, Wastewater Treatment Plants

Our mission

At EMG, our mission is to make industrial production processes safer, more efficient, and more reliable through intelligent automation and quality assurance systems.

We combine decades of expertise with innovative sensor technology, data-driven control, and digital connectivity. Our goal: to help our customers achieve perfect product quality, maximize efficiency, and secure long-term competitiveness in dynamic global markets.

As a trusted partner to the metals, battery, and mobility industries, EMG stands for technological excellence, precision, and sustainability – from the first measurement to the final result.

Our solutions & industries

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Our strip guiding and quality assurance systems as well as safety components provide safe, low-maintenance and innovative components and complete solutions.   

EMG Industries

EMG offers strip guiding and quality assurance systems, as well as safety components for the manufacturing of metal strips, industry ports, and many more.

History & Milestones

  • 1946

    EMG Elektro Mechanik GmbH is founded as a subsidiary of the National Automobile Company (NAG), a wholly owned subsidiary of AEG.

  • 1947

    EMG Elektro Mechanik GmbH's first trend-setting milestone bears the ELDRO® trademark.

  • 1951

    The first Föttinger converter with 800 hp transmission power leaves the factory.

  • 1961

    Use of optical sensors for strip guiding solutions

  • 1973

    Use of inductive sensors for strip guiding solutions

  • 1977

    Foundation of EMH Electromecânica e Hydráulica Ltd. Brazil

  • 1980

    Acquisition of Bielefelder Servo-Technik (BST) - today BST GmbH.

  • 1986

    Market launch of  EMG BREIMO (strip width measurement)

  • 1999

    Foundation of EMG US.

  • 2000

    First EMG IMPOC system installed at end customer   

  • 2002

    Market launch of the online roughness measurement system EMG SORM®

  • 2005

    EMG Elektro Mechanik GmbH now operates under the name EMG Automation GmbH. 

  • 2006

    Foundation of EMG Automation (Beijing) Ltd. in China.

  • 2007

    Market launch of the electromagnetic strip stabilization system EMG eMASS® 

  • 2009

    Foundation of EMG Automation Private Ltd. in India. 

  • 2016

    EMG SOLID® product launch based on infrared-technology, later also based on laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy.

  • 2022

    Market launch EMG iCAM® for (slit) strip width measurement

  • Today

    Global technology leader with sites and service partners across all key markets