Allient Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty-controlled motion components and systems used in a broad range of industries globally.
The company’s target markets include Industrial, Vehicle, Medical, and Aerospace & Defense (A&D). The company has global production operations and sells to markets across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. The company is known worldwide for its expertise in electro-magnetic, mechanical and electronic moti...
Allient Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty-controlled motion components and systems used in a broad range of industries globally.
The company’s target markets include Industrial, Vehicle, Medical, and Aerospace & Defense (A&D). The company has global production operations and sells to markets across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. The company is known worldwide for its expertise in electro-magnetic, mechanical and electronic motion technology.
The company sells component and integrated controlled motion solutions to end customers and OEMs through the company’s own direct sales force and authorized manufacturers’ representatives and distributors. The company’s products and solutions include nano precision positioning systems, servo control systems, motion controllers, digital servo amplifiers and drives, brushless servo, torque, and coreless motors, brush motors, integrated motor-drives, gear motors, gearing, incremental and absolute optical encoders, active (electronic) and passive (magnetic) filters for power quality and harmonic issues, Industrial safety rated input/output Modules, Universal Industrial Communications Gateways, light-weighting technologies, and other controlled motion-related products.
In 2024, the company continued to refine its strategy to expand the company’s vertical market focus to accelerate its growth. Throughout its history, the company has expanded its capabilities to be a leading global provider of motion solutions. More recently, the company has been building its controls and power technologies, both organically and through acquisitions.
On January 11, 2024, the company acquired 100% of the interest in SNC Manufacturing Co., Inc. (SNC), a privately-owned premier designer and global manufacturer of electrical transformers serving blue-chip customers in defense, industrial automation, alternative power generation and energy, including electric utilities and renewable energy. SNC has experience in industrial automation, defense, medical, and alternative energy markets, and their offerings are complementary to existing power quality capabilities and provide additional low-cost manufacturing capacity.
Markets and Applications
The company’s growth strategy is focused on becoming the recognized leader in designing products and innovating controlled motion solutions in its selected target markets by further developing its products and service platform to utilize multiple Allient technologies to provide enhanced solutions, products, and value for its customers. The company’s strategy further defines Allient as being a ‘technology/know-how’ driven company and to remain successful, the company continuously invests in its area of excellence.
This platform development emphasizes a combination of technologies to create enhanced products, solutions, and value to meet the emerging needs of the company’s selected target markets. The emphasis on new opportunities has driven the company from being an individual component provider to becoming a solutions provider emphasizing the utilization of multiple company technologies in a system solution approach. In addition to enhanced products, solutions, and value for the company’s customers, this approach is allowing the company to improve margins. The company expects its recent acquisitions will further drive its success. The company’s strong financial condition, along with Allient Systematic Tools (‘AST’) continuous improvement initiatives in quality, delivery, and cost provide a positive outlook for the continued long-term growth and profitability of the company.
The company sells its products and solutions into a subset of the following broad markets:
Industrial: Products and solutions are used in factory automation, specialty equipment, material handling equipment, commercial grade floor polishers and cleaners, commercial building equipment, such as welders, cable pullers and assembly tools, the handling, inspection, and testing of components and final products, such as PCs, high definition printers, tunable lasers and spectrum analyzers for the fiber optic industry, test and processing equipment for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, power quality products to filter distortion caused by variable frequency drives and other power electronic equipment, nano technology motion systems in silicon photonics, micro assembly, digital pathology, genome sequencing, laser processing and microelectronics, PLC manufacturers and distributors.
Vehicle: Electronic power steering and drive-by-wire applications to electrically replace, or provide power-assist to, a variety of mechanical linkages, traction / drive systems and pumps, automated and remotely guided power steering systems, various high performance vehicle applications, actuation systems (e.g., lifts, slide-outs, covers, etc.), HVAC systems, solutions to improve energy efficiency of vehicles while idling and alternative fuel systems such as liquified petroleum gas (‘LPG’), fuel cell and hybrid vehicles. Vehicle types include off- and on-road construction and agricultural equipment; trucks, buses, boats, utility, recreational (e.g., RVs, ATVs (all-terrain vehicles), specialty automotive, automated and remotely guided vehicles).
Medical: Surgical robots, prosthetics, electric powered surgical hand pieces, programmable pumps to meter and administer infusions associated with chemotherapy, pain control and antibiotics, nuclear imaging systems, radiology equipment, automated pharmacy dispensing equipment, kidney dialysis equipment, respiratory ventilators, heart pumps, and patient handling equipment (e.g., wheel chairs, scooters, stair lifts, patient lifts, transport tables and hospital beds).
Aerospace & Defense: Inertial guided missiles, mid-range smart munitions systems, weapons systems on armed personnel carriers, unmanned vehicles, security and access control, camera systems, door access control, airport screening scanning devices, and light-weighting vehicle technologies.
Sales and Marketing
The company designs and develops its products within its Technology Centers and can manufacture these products and solutions in various facilities located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company also operates Allient Solution Centers that evaluate and focuses all Allient products to create integrated controlled motion solutions for the company’s customers. The company sells its products and solutions globally to a broad spectrum of customers through the company’s own direct sales force and authorized manufacturers’ representatives and distributors. The company’s customers include end users and original equipment manufacturers (‘OEMs’).
Allient Organization:
The company’s sales organization is focused on becoming the best sales and service force in its industry. Through the One Team approach for providing products and controlled motion solutions that best address customers’ needs, the company has broadened the knowledge and skills of its direct sales force, while creating sales and service support in its Solution Centers. This enables the entire sales organization to be capable of selling all products designed, developed and produced by Allient globally. The company’s primary channels to market include the direct sales force and external authorized Sales Representatives, Agents and Distributors that provide field coverage in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Canada, Israel and the Americas. While most of the company’s sales are directly to OEMs, it has expanded its market reach through Distribution channels.
Allient Solution Centers:
Allient has Solution Centers in China, Europe and North America that enable the design and sale of individual component products, as well as integrated controlled motion systems that utilize multiple Allient products and technologies. In addition to providing sales and applications support, the solution center function may include final assembly, integration and tests as required to support customers within their geographic region.
Competition
The company’s competitors include Ametek, Inc., Parker Hannifin Corporation, Regal Rexnord, and other smaller competitors.
Engineering and Development Activities
The company’s engineering and development expenditures were $39,761 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
International Operations
The company’s operations outside the United States are conducted through wholly owned foreign subsidiaries and are located in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific.
History
The company was founded in 1939. It was incorporated in 1962 under the laws of Colorado. The company was formerly known as Allied Motion Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Allient Inc. in 2023.