SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH last week partnered with TTTech Digital Solutions to integrate its drive systems with TTTech’s UBIQUE software-based control and automation platform. The company also opened a Drive Technology Center in the United Arab Emirates.
“By integrating our products into UBIQUE, we enable our customers to think about their automation solutions in an open, flexible, and scalable way,” stated Dr. Hans Krattenmacher, managing director of innovation mechatronics at SEW EURODRIVE. “In doing so, we are consistently pursuing our strategy of integrating drive technology into digital ecosystems.”
Founded in 1931, SEW-EURODRIVE said it is a global leader in drive automation and motion technology. The family-owned company has more than 22,000 employees, 18 production plants, and 92 Drive Technology Centers in 57 countries.
Bruchsal, Germany-based SEW-EURODRIVE provides parts and services to support applications and systems in sectors ranging from airport logistics to industrial processes. With about 800 employees in research and development, the company said it is innovating for drive technology’s future.
The U.S. headquarters of SEW-EURODRIVE Inc. is in Lyman, S.C. It recently expanded U.S. production of heavy-duty planetary gears and launched its DriveTag labeling service in the U.S.
TTTech Digital Solutions teams up for machine controls
SEW-EURODRIVE and TTTech Digital Solutions said their collaboration offers customers “an open, modern, and forward-looking concept for their machine automation.” SEW brings its experience in drive technologies, while TTTech contributes its expertise in real-time controls and automation.
Vienna-based TTTech offers secure, networked, and scalable software for the automation of machines and plants. It claimed that UBIQUE “unites all disciplines of automation — from engineering to deterministic microsecond real-time, including motion control and safety.”
The cloud platform connects IT with operational technology (OT) and IT, ensuring cybersecurity according to IEC 62443 and supporting EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230, said the company. It also offers functions such as real-time motion control, safety, a web-based human-machine interface (HMI), I/O, and edge/Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
The partners asserted that the combination SEW-EURODRIVE’s axes and UBIQUE “creates an open, integrated system that offers machine builders and plant operators a powerful and flexible solution for modern automation requirements.”
“UBIQUE users get direct access to the MOVI C automation kit from SEW EURODRIVE and all associated gearmotor solutions,” they said. “UBIQUE makes customers independent of special hardware such as IPCs, servo controllers, or HMI platforms in the long term, while the combination of proven mechanical drives and modern-control systems shortens development times.”
Save the date for the 2026 Robotics SummitUBIQUE connects systems through their lifecycles
TTTech Digital Solutions added that UBIQUE can maximize productivity throughout the entire lifecycle of machine software, including edge devices, remote maintenance, and lifecycle management. This supports the transition to “software-defined factories,” networked systems, and sustainable production, it said.
“The cooperation with SEW EURODRIVE opens up completely new approaches to motion-control solutions for machine builders,” said Christoph Trappl, managing director of TTTech Digital Solutions. “The seamless integration of UBIQUE allows users to change and archive all parameters and configurations, from the motor to the cloud.”
Selected machine and production-line customers of SEW EURODRIVE can initially use UBIQUE-based controls, including edge functionality, remote monitoring, and lifecycle management.
In the meantime, both companies are developing a joint engineering roadmap to offer standardized, modular automation packages in the long term. Their stated goal is to make them available not only for new systems, but also for retrofitting existing systems.
SEW-EURODRIVE opens Drive Technology Center in the UAE
SEW-EURODRIVE last week opened its new Drive Technology Center (DTC) in Dubai. It has maintained a presence in the city since 2016, managing business throughout the Persian Gulf region and Egypt from there.
The company has consolidated development, production, and service operations at its Drive Technology Centers. The new building encompasses roughly 8,000 sq. m (86,111.2 sq. ft.), including about 2,500 sq. m (26,909.7 sq. ft.) of office space and 5,300 sq. m (57,048.7 sq. ft.) of production hall space.
SEW-EURODRIVE already has about 40 employees speaking 10 languages at its Dubai location. The center will officially begin operations in January 2026.
“With the new DTC, we have created a state-of-the-art and future-proof working environment for our employees,” explained Philippe Acar, managing director of SEW-EURODRIVE in the UAE.
Katherina Reiche, the German federal minister for economic affairs and energy, was part of the delegation at the opening ceremony.
“We are delighted to welcome such a prominent guest from our company’s home country,” Acar said. “We were able to show her that even in these challenging times, there are German industrial companies that are investing around the globe in space for innovation, customer proximity, and sustainable growth, and that they are looking to the future with confidence.”
