South Beloit, IL: Minarik Drives is celebrating its 50th year of manufacturing AC & DC variable speed controls. From starting as a motor and parts distributor in a modest storefront operation in Downtown Los Angeles in 1952, to developing and manufacturing the DC Speed Control in 1954, Minarik Drives has evolved into a worldwide-recognized provider of motor controls.In addition to creating the industry standard footprints for industrial DC drives in SCR, PWM, and Regenerative control technology, Minarik Drives continues to grow with the needs of the market.
They now produce a variety of AC motor controls, low voltage controls for battery powered motors and vehicles, Brushless motor controls, and multiple axis motor controls, using microprocessor technology.Dan Schnabel, Vice President and General Manager of Manufacturing said, "Our products are all used with motors, and the heart of the United States industrial motor engineering world is here in the Midwest". He added, "Our business model revolves around providing unique, custom adapted controls for particular motors in particular machinery. We moved to the Midwest to make ourselves more user-friendly to our existing customers, and get closer to more potential new customers.
Our move has added fuel to our model...we're much more accessible to more prospects and engineers here. We're really pleased to see them taking advantage of that!" For 50 years, Minarik Drives has lead the industry with state-of-the-art manufactured solutions for DC motor controls 5 Hp and below.
To better serve our growing customer base, the product offering and the global distributor network continue to be expanded, which is supported by factory-trained engineers, sales representatives and customer service personnel. Call 800-Minarik (646-2745) or visit www.minarikdrives.com .
