Alva Industries

Supply chain relationships

• RLS

  Inbound - Sensing Perception - Alva offers housed motor evaluation kits incorporating SlimTorq motors and RLS AksIM absolute magnetic encoders

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• 2026-07-02 - Equity financing - $18.5M - €16M equity financing expands Alva FiberPrinting motor production

  Alva Industries raised €16 million in equity financing to expand manufacturing capacity, develop its motor portfolio and grow internationally. - source: alvaindustries.com

• 2025-12-09 - Strategic investment - Samsung Electro-Mechanics invests in Alva Industries to scale robotics actuation supply

  source: alvaindustries.com

• 2023-03-17 - Series A - $11M - Alva Industries raises $11 million Series A to scale motor production and product portfolio

  source: alvaindustries.com

• Samsung Ventures - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-12-09 - latest 2026-07-02
• Statkraft Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-03-17 - latest 2026-07-02
• Drone Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-03-17
• Emerald Technology Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-02
• EnvisionTech - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-02
• Jakob Hatteland - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-03-17
• Nabtesco Technology Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-02
• NRP Zero - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-03-17
• Nysnø Climate Investments - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-02
• Samsung Electro-Mechanics - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-12-09
• Sandwater - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-02

• Oliver Skisland - Chief Executive Officer - Leads Alva's strategy, scale-up and commercialisation of frameless electric motors.
• Jørgen Selnes - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer - Sets long-term strategy, technology roadmaps, market priorities and strategic partnerships.
• Nicolas Giraudo - Chief Commercial Officer - Leads commercial development and global customer growth for Alva's motor portfolio.
• Will Hawkins - Chief Technology Officer - Oversees product design, validation, production tooling, manufacturing-process design and engineering standards.
• Anniken Tiset - Chief Financial Officer - Leads Finance and Corporate Services, including finance, HR, legal, risk and compliance.
• Thomas Bergan - Chief Operating Officer - Leads Alva's operations and supply chain as the company expands manufacturing.
• Reinhard Mauerschitz - Global Sales Director - Leads global sales expansion and relationships with OEMs, integrators and channel partners.

Events

• 2026-07-02 - Funding - €16M equity financing expands Alva FiberPrinting motor production

  The round was led by Nysnø Climate Investments, Sandwater and Emerald Technology Ventures on behalf of Nabtesco Technology Ventures. Existing investors Statkraft Ventures and EnvisionTech participated, and Samsung Ventures converted its December 2025 investment into shares. The round targets demand across robotics, aerospace, medical devices, defence, industrial automation and autonomous systems.

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• 2026-06-17 - Product Launch - Alva Industries launches GearTorq frameless motors for geared actuators

  GearTorq uses Alva's FiberPrinting manufacturing process and a longer motor form factor designed to place gear sets within the motor centre. The initial launch covers 39 mm, 64 mm and 88 mm outer-diameter sizes with winding and customisation options.

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• 2026-04-09 - Product Launch - Alva Industries expands SlimTorq portfolio with new STM-190-35 motor size

  Alva added the STM-190-35 to the SlimTorq range as a larger frameless slotless motor designed for higher-torque direct-drive applications. The new size expanded the commercial envelope of the SlimTorq family for customers needing more torque without giving up compact form factor and design flexibility. The release showed continued expansion of Alva's standardized motor portfolio rather than one-off custom-only commercialization.

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• 2026-01-20 - Product Launch - Alva launches TorqStudio motor design and analysis platform

  Alva launched TorqStudio as a software platform for electric motor design, optimization, and analysis ahead of physical prototyping. The platform was built to let engineers evaluate motor architectures digitally, reducing iteration time and dependence on hardware-first development workflows. The launch added a software layer to Alva's commercial stack alongside its motor hardware and manufacturing technology.

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• 2025-12-09 - Funding - Samsung Electro-Mechanics invests in Alva Industries to scale robotics actuation supply

  Samsung Electro-Mechanics invested in Alva through Samsung Ventures, with the companies framing the deal around scaling compact high-performance motors for robotics and humanoid applications. Alva said the investment would support accelerated scaling while preserving its position as an independent global motor supplier. The announcement also established a strategic collaboration around robotics actuation, combining Samsung's systems scale with Alva's FiberPrinting motor technology.

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• 2025-06-18 - Demonstration - Alva demonstrates SlimTorq motors powered by Elmo drive technology

  Alva announced the live demonstration on 18 June 2025 for display at Automatica 2025. The setup paired Alva SlimTorq frameless motors with Elmo high-performance servo-drive technology. The source proves a demonstrated operating configuration but does not identify a specific Elmo drive model or a procurement agreement.

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• 2025-06-16 - Partnership - Alva Industries and Neugart collaborate on integrated AGV drive units

  Alva and Neugart announced an integrated drive-unit collaboration pairing Neugart NGV gearboxes with Alva SlimTorq frameless motors for AGVs and mobile robotic platforms. The companies presented the concept around compact high-torque wheel-drive units with load capacity above one ton per drive wheel. The partnership extended Alva's product story from standalone frameless motors into more complete mobility-drive assemblies for robotics applications.

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• 2025-02-19 - Executive Hire - Alva Industries appoints Reinhard Mauerschitz as Global Sales Director

  Mauerschitz brought more than two decades of experience in direct-drive motion systems, torque motors and linear motors. The role covers global commercial expansion and OEM, integrator and channel relationships.

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• 2024-12-12 - Contract Award - Lockheed Martin awards Alva Industries $1.85 million contract for advanced UAV propulsion technologies

  Alva signed a $1.85 million contract with Lockheed Martin to develop specialized motor and electric-propulsion capabilities for small unmanned aerial vehicles. The work focused on interchangeable technology options that could optimize systems for priorities such as endurance or reduced acoustic signature depending on mission requirements. The contract marked a material defence and UAV validation point for Alva's motor technology beyond general commercial motion applications.

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• 2024-12-03 - Partnership - Alva Industries partners with RLS on housed motor evaluation kits

  The evaluation kits pair Alva SlimTorq motors with RLS AksIM absolute magnetic encoders. Available motor diameters are 39, 75 and 130 millimetres. The packaged kits let engineers test motor-and-encoder combinations without first building a custom housing.

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• 2024-10-01 - Product Launch - Alva Industries launches SlimTorq Lite and Max precision torque motor series

  Alva introduced the SlimTorq Lite and Max series as a new family of slotless thin-section frameless motors for high-precision applications across land, sea, and air systems. The launch expanded Alva's commercial product portfolio around its FiberPrinting manufacturing process, with initial sizes ranging from 39 mm to 130 mm outer diameter. The company positioned the range around higher torque density, low cogging behavior, and design flexibility for precision motion systems.

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• 2023-08-23 - Partnership - Field Group and Alva Industries partner on UAV propulsion systems for infrastructure inspection services

  Field Group and Alva announced a partnership to use Alva propulsion technology in UAV infrastructure inspection services in the United States and Norway. The collaboration was framed around improving safety and efficiency in Field's drone-based inspection work through higher-performance electric propulsion. For Alva, the partnership extended commercial validation of its motor technology into real infrastructure-inspection operations rather than lab-only evaluation.

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• 2023-03-17 - Funding - Alva Industries raises $11 million Series A to scale motor production and product portfolio

  Alva said the Series A would fund expansion of production capacity from roughly 1,000 motors per year to 15,000 in 2024 and support a broader motor product portfolio. The company positioned the round around becoming a larger supplier of electric motors for industrial drones, with additional relevance to robotics, optics, power generation, and maritime propulsion. Named investors included NRP Zero, Statkraft Ventures, Drone Fund, Jakob Hatteland, and existing investors and employees.

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Relationships

• Lockheed Martin

  UAV Propulsion Development Contractor - Lockheed Martin awarded Alva a $1.85M, 24-month contract to develop electric propulsion technologies for small UAVs.

• RLS

  Technology Partner - Evaluation-kit partnership combining Alva motors with RLS encoder technology.

• Neugart

  Agv Drive Unit Integration Partner - Neugart NGV gearboxes and Alva SlimTorq motors were combined in two functional AGV drive-unit demonstrators.

• Elmo Motion Control

  Slimtorq Servo Drive Test Partner - Alva and Elmo jointly tested SlimTorq motors with Platinum Harmonica, Platinum Whistle and Titanium Castanet servo drives.

• Field Group

  Partner - Alva and Field Group partner on electric propulsion for infrastructure-inspection UAVs.

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Context tags

• Frameless torque motor supplier - Peer Group - SlimTorq frameless motors are a defining external motor offer; motor kits do not imply integrated robot joints. Official evidence: https://www.alvaindustries.com/
• Motor component supplier - Stack Layer
• Robot motor component supplier - Peer Group
• Precision motor supplier - Peer Group
• Robotic motor drive supply - Workflow
• Robotics motion-component supply layer - Stack Layer

• Lockheed Martin awards Alva Industries $1.85 million contract for advanced UAV propulsion technologies

  2024-12-12 · Order / contract

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