Swedish induction motors made in the USSR

The Swedish electro-technical company ASEA reached very early a leading position in development and manufacturing of 3-phase generators and motors. Russia was one of ASEA's most important markets and it planned to start local production in the country. The revolution delayed these plans but finally an ASEA motor factory started in Yaroslavl in 1928. It was then one of the world's most modern induction motor factories. The factory was sold to the USSR in 1932 and it still remains an electric motor factory, nowadays named ELDIN.