About Us


ElectroDrives is a spin-off of the company International Electronics S.A. (IES) created in 2009 with the mission to provide technical support to the large installed base of Slip Energy Recovery systems (SER Drives, SRDs and LRS) manufactured by IES. Since IES’s main mission was concentrated exclusively in manufacturing and product design, ElectroDrives provided a perfect fit to develop further the business of IES. Following the decease of Dr Carlos Mañueco, founder and sole owner of IES in 2017, ElectroDrives took over the IES business and merged both companies intending to continue developing customer-focused solutions.

ElectroDrives has its headquarters in Madrid-Getafe, Spain. Thanks to its extensive pool of skilled staff and engineers, Madrid-Getafe offers a great locational advantage for our engineering services and global service hub. The manufacturing of some large drives (i.e. SER Drives, etc) is also done in Madrid-Getafe. Production of other equipment is carried out in other ElectroDrives locations in Spain as well as by external production partners in Europe.

Currently, ElectroDrives is focused on the design, manufacture, supply and service of medium voltage electrical equipment. The company is the world market leader in Slip Energy Recovery Systems for Slip Ring Motors, with a special presence in the mining industry, supplying SER Drives for SAG mills.

Additionally, it provides medium voltage soft starters and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) for Squirrel Cage Induction Motors (SCIM) and it develops custom solutions for harmonics’ filtering and reactive power compensation.

We supply equipment to most of the countries worldwide and support them regularly with preventive maintenances and other services for the above equipment.

One of the main value propositions to our customers is immediate access to technical remote support. We understand that our equipment is required to run critical applications that need immediate support in case of any event. For this reason, we encourage direct contact of customers with our engineers so they can get immediate feedback to solve their doubts.

Company History

1985
1985

Foundation of IES

International Electronics SA (IES) founded by Dr Carlos Mañueco, former Chief Development Engineer of GE Spain.
1986
1986

1st LV Soft Starter

IES developed its first LV soft starter for Rio Tinto / Abengoa (380V 380kW).
1987
1987

1st LV VFD

IES developed in collaboration with Alstom Power, the first motor LV VFD (380V 600HP) for Degremont
1990
1990

1st MV Soft Starter

Manufactured the first MV soft starter (5kV 1,000kW) for Arcelor Mittal.
1991
1991

1st SER Drive

Commissioned the first SER Drive (rated 5kV 1,250kW) for Lemona Cement Plant. Initiation of the first generation of Slip Energy Recovery Drives.
2000
2000

1st MV VFD

Commissioned the first MV VFD (3.3kV 1,300kW) for the test bench of Sulzer Pumps.
2001
2001

Wind Business Launch

Opening of a second manufacturing plant in Spain. Started series production of Full-Size Converters (FSC) for Gamesa/Made AE-5X wind turbines. In total, 481 units manufactured.
2002
2002

1st MV 8,500kW Soft Starter

Three MV soft starters (6kV 8,500kW) for compressors developed for Siemens (Germany).
2006
2006

1st MV SVC

First MV Static Var Compensation (SVC) developed for Schneider Electric (8,000kW).
2009
2009

Foundation of Electro Drives S.L

Founded as an IES spin-off with new management to focus on customer technical support and hydropower generation systems.
2018
2018

Merge with IES

Electro Drives S.L. acquired International Electronics SA (IES) after its founder and Director (Dr Carlos Mañueco) passed away in 2017.