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THE POWER BEHIND POWER.

"Superior solutions for manufacturers and operators of critical equipment for regulating the load flow and power quality in resilient power grids." (MR mission statement)

Leader in global energy technology

MR has an important job in the transmission and distribution of electrical energy: 50% of the electricity produced worldwide is regulated using our products. Founded in Regensburg, Germany, in 1868, we are a majority family-owned business, already in our sixth generation. Currently, around 3,600 employees work at the Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH headquarters in Regensburg as well as in 41 associated companies and 28 countries.

We help our global customers – energy producers, public and industrial grid operators and transformer manufacturers – with intelligent systems to regulate load flow and power quality for a safe, economical and resilient power supply. We provide high-quality products such as on-load tap-changers and de-energized tap-changers, innovative sensors, automation technology and analytics. As well as an increasing number of digital solutions.

Figures, data, facts

(Wo)man Power 3600

employees worldwide, including 400 engineers and 200 service technicians

Present 8000

customers in 185 countries

Global 55

locations in 28 countries, plus 7 training centers

Energized 50 %

of the world's electricity flows through MR products

Creative 1000

ideas each year and currently more than 1,500 patents worldwide

In Germany 90 %

of our production, 70% of our employees

Management

Management

Wilfried Breuer
Born 1965, engineering graduate, Managing Director of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH since 2019

Dr. Nicolas Maier-Scheubeck
Born 1961, business studies graduate (Univ.), Spokesman of the Executive Board of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH since 1996

Holger Michalka
Born 1974, business administration graduate, Managing Director of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH since 2020

Holger Michalka, Dr. Nicolas Maier-Scheubeck, Wilfried Breuer

History
Always leading the pack

History
Always leading the pack

Since the company's founding in 1868, we have always been a step ahead of the competition in terms of technology. Our inventions have caught on globally and set the standard in energy technology to this day. The VACUTAP® on-load tap-changer, TAPCON® voltage regulator, ETOS® transformer operating system, MTraB® intelligent dehydrating breather and TESSA® asset performance management are five examples from our innovative product range that set the standard globally and are therefore rightly sold under the MR brand.

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We are proud of the prestigious awards that confirm our status as an excellent company and responsible employer

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PQ goes upnorth – Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen's power quality division provides 21 kV harmonic filter system into Norway

Already since decades the MR-PQ group provides solutions for the chemical industry all over the world. As the requirements for a reliable and continuously power supply becomes more and more important and also the unscheduled down times of the production plant should be as less as possible, specific power quality solution are mandatory in order to comply with those requirements.

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Four become one – C.a.p.t. at a new location

Via Rizzi 2, Trissino, Italy: this the new address of C.a.p.t. S.r.l., affiliated company of MR and manufacturer of de-energized tap changers for distribution and power transformers. Constantly oriented to the future since 1972, C.a.p.t. has been developing new solutions to satisfy its customers to keep its strong position on the market. After joining the Reinhausen Group in 2013, the established new plant has reunited the four previous locations spread across the town of Trissino in northern Italy under the MR logo: with the new facility, operations and processes will be optimized to serve customers with even more efficiency and quality.

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MR technology supports digital transformation in China

China has also seen a surge in online purchases during the Corona pandemic, necessitating an expansion of its IT infrastructure. Alibaba therefore built its largest cloud computing data center in East China to date in Nantong last year. In the final expansion stage, 300,000 servers are to work here. Three substations secure the power supply to the data center. Our subsidiary MR China supplies six VACUTAP® on-load tap-changers for the project to always ensure stable voltage conditions.

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New Power Composites building in India nearing completion

The groundbreaking ceremony took place in the middle of February to kick off construction of the factory where hollow composite insulators will be manufactured. Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are still on schedule and the factory will be completed at the end of 2020.

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New location: Reinhausen Middle East expands service activities

Reinhausen Middle East (RME) was founded in 2006 as a 100% subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen in Dubai and has been known as a high-quality service provider for on-load tap-changers ever since. Over the years, the colleagues have continuously expanded their portfolio. Besides premium OLTC service, RME offers comprehensive transformer services and automation solutions. To meet this growth, RME has moved and changed its company form.

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MR among Germany's best Employers

“Germany's 500 best employers” is the title of a study lunched by the magazine “stern”, Hamburg. The aim was to identify - from an employee's point of view - the most attractive German companies by an independent survey of 45,000 employees in Germany. Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) reached the leading group in the category of Mechanical and Plant Engineering.

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