The American company was founded in 1972 to manufacture electric motors. Less than a year later, the first engine was produced, and in June 1975 production was moved to the Grafton plant. In 1985, the company acquired Dynamics Unison, a DC motor manufacturer. In 1988, the brand bought Motronics Corporation, a manufacturer of sub-low-power AC and DC motors and gear motors. Gear Systems was acquired in 1995 and Sandor Corporation in 1997. Today the company supplies large volumes of products to the electric motor segment in the USA, Canada and the world.
In 2000, the company became part of the Regal Beloit group. The company's sales offices and warehouses are located all over the world. The company's motors can be found in material handling equipment, pumps, fans, machine tools, agricultural equipment, treadmills, food processing equipment, data processing equipment, medicine, and a variety of other industrial and commercial products. Since 1993 the company has been certified according to ISO 9001 international quality management standards.
