Family-owned technology firm, founded 1867, supplying hydropower turbines, papermaking machinery and drive systems to customers in more than 60 countries.
Voith GmbH is a global technology company operating in hydropower, papermaking and drive systems. Founded in 1867 and still family-owned, the group employs approximately 22,000 people and records annual sales of €5.2 billion, with operations in more than 60 countries. Its engineering work spans turbine technology, papermaking machinery, drive systems, marine propulsion and the application of digital tools to industrial plant.
Three divisions anchor the business. Voith Hydro supplies turbines and hydropower equipment; the company states that its machines generate a quarter of the world's hydropower electricity. Voith Paper builds the papermaking machines used to produce much of the global paper supply. Voith Turbo develops drive technologies for rail, road and maritime transport, alongside electric propulsion systems for shipping. Recent work also includes AI-based predictive maintenance aimed at improving the reliability and efficiency of industrial operations.
Technical domains at the company include hydropower engineering, turbine technology, papermaking technology, drive systems, marine and electric propulsion, digital innovation and decarbonisation technologies. Voith positions its work around the energy and mobility transition, sustainable industrial engineering and the decarbonisation of the industries it serves, drawing on more than 155 years of engineering heritage.
