MEMZ is a brand of vehicle engines related to Melitopol Engine Factory (; literally "Melitopol Motor Plant" ), which is located in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast and it is a part of AvtoZAZ motor vehicle manufacturer out of Zaporizhzhia.
The factory was founded in 1908 by a Ukrainian Mennonite entrepreneur Izrail Davidovich Zaferman, intending to build diesel engines. After the October Revolution, it was nationalized, In 1931, the factory was included to the state owned combinat Soyuzdiesel, focusing on engines for fishing boats. The original engine had a peak power output of ,