Jim Peterson

Our Mission Statement

At Gulf Electroquip Ltd., we are committed to continuously improving our products & processes to provide the highest quality, maximum value and outstanding service to our customers.

Message from the Owner

“Thank you for visiting us. Gulf Electroquip was founded by Jim Petersen almost 60 years ago on the principle of providing you with innovative motor engineering, quality products, and unequaled service support to help keep your power equipment running efficiently and cost effectively. We have lived by this standard of excellence since the day we opened our doors.”

Jim Petersen Jr, President

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About the Company

Gulf Electroquip is located in Houston, Texas, USA. We specialize in new, remanufactured and repaired AC and DC motors and generators for the oil & gas, dredging, paper, petrochemical, mining, utilities and transportation industries. Our power equipment can be engineered and manufactured to meet the specific needs of your industry. All our engineering is performed at our facility making sure that your exact specifications are met.

We are one of the largest electric motor manufacturing and repair centers in the greater Houston area.  We have over 50 successful years in business, 150 employees, no debt, and a dynamic, entrepreneurial culture. Our facility features complete machine, welding, and sheet metal shops and complete full load and no load testing capability.

Our industry proven 400 HP, 600 VAC, VFD driven motors are manufactured in our 250,000 square foot facility, including CNC component production, winding, assembly and full dyno-testing.

We offer one of the largest motor and generator parts inventories, with full distribution support, in the country.

Our Customer Response Team is only a call or email away so you’ll get a timely response 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our strong business model emulates the security, support and strength of a larger company while our size yields the agility to make decisions quickly, offering our specialists the unique opportunity to directly experience their individual contribution to the team.

Gulf Electroquip. Count on us!