History

Newage

Cummins Generator Technologies (formerly Newage AVK SEG) has nearly one hundred years experience in building electrical machines on its main manufacturing site in Stamford, UK. Previous to the merge with AVK SEG, Newage (the name created from the full title, Northern Electric Wireless And General Engineering Company) was founded in Manchester, England in 1935 to manufacture generator sets and air compressors. Through manufacturing and international expansion of distribution in the 1960s and 1970s and acquisition and corporate restructuring in the 1980s and 1990s Newage is acknowledged as the world leader in generators in the range 8 kVA to 2000 kVA.

AVK SEG

AVK was founded in Frankfurt/Main, Germany by Mr. Arthur van Kaick to manufacture electrical machines. AVK grew quickly during the 1920s and 1930s through the application of innovative solutions to power generation problems of the time. With the development of special electrical windings, AVK were the first company to solve the problem of power generation and transmission across the regions of Germany using different mains voltages. In 1938, AVK developed and launched the world`s first self regulating generator. SEG was founded in 1969 in Kempen, Germany, by Mr. Werner Schmitz and Mr. Kurt Leyendeckers for the production of control systems and control and protection devices. In the more than 30 years if its existence SEG has pioneered many developments in system protection devices and variable speed applications. In 1985 AVK and SEG merged to form the group AVKSEG.