Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Menomonee Falls, in the Greater Milwaukee area, Magnetek is a New York Stock Exchange listed company (NYSE: MAG) specializing in the development, manufacture and marketing of digital power and motion control systems for material handling, people-moving, alternative energy, mining and communications applications. Our power control systems serve the needs of selected niches of traditional and emerging commercial markets that are becoming increasingly dependent on “smart” power.

Magnetek is:

• America’s largest supplier of digital drive systems for industrial cranes and hoists. We provide Energy Engineered™ drives, radio remote controls, braking and collision avoidance subsystems, motors and more.
• The world’s largest independent builder of digital motion control systems for elevators. We specialize in designing and manufacturing highly integrated Energy Engineered motion-control subsystems for elevators, serving the world’s foremost ‘lift’ builders .
• A provider of digital power interfaces that tie fuel cells, wind turbines and solar arrays to the utility grid. In fact we’re the leading builder of power conditioners for commercial fuel cells.
• In underground mining, we focus on coal, building a new generation of digital drive systems that enable mining equipment to recover this resource for refinement to produce “clean coal” energy.
• A supplier of mobile and back-up power systems for wireless and cellular companies, including complete communications equipment integration for telecommunication networks or other mission-critical installations.

The Company operates three ISO-certified research and manufacturing facilities in North America and employs approximately 400 people.