WEG Industries

WEG Equipamentos Elétricos SA is a company from Brazil with headquarters in Jaragua do Sul in the state of Santa Catarina. The company is listed on the financial index IBOVESPA.

WEG was da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus under the company name (company) Eletromotores Jaragua founded on September 16, 1961 by Werner Ricardo Voigt, Eggon Joao. The present company was established in later years from the initial letters of the company founders.

WEG Electric Motors manufactures and sells worldwide in over 100 countries. The company owns seven major plants in Brazil - São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo, Guarulhos, Manaus, Guaramirim, Blumenau and two plants in Jaragua do Sul - and two plants in Argentina, one in Mexico, one in Portugal and one in China.