He sold the business to Kinsale Capital, a private equity group. In 2015, after 42 years, Robert Larsen decided to retire. Elwood Motors (formerly Elwood-Gettys) is also known for its special Explosion-Proof and Food-Grade AC motors.īetween 20, the Elwood Corporation achieved significant organic growth. These motors are used in many different applications, including hand-held medical devices, slot machines, global positioning systems and many types of factory automation and motion control equipment. This group manufactures AC "brushless" Servo, DC "brushtype" servo and standard step motors. In 2001, Elwood purchased the Gettys Group from the Danaher Corporation. In 1992, the two corporations were merged into the Elwood Corporation, which consisted of 5 groups, Electronics, Fluid Power, Press, Coil, and Autotron. In early 1986, both Elwood Electronics and Elwood Hydraulics moved to its current location at 195 West Ryan Road, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. This division was merged into Elwood Hydraulics. The following year Elwood also purchased the Press Division from Rexnord. The business became the Elwood Hydraulics Company, Inc. In June of 1983 we purchased the Hydraulic Products Division of Rexnord.
The Mini Micro III has enjoyed spectacular success and has been updated over the years to incorporate many new technologies. was incorporated in the state of Wisconsin and in 1978 began the development of a new computer for the industrial market, known as the Mini Micro III. In 1977 the Elwood Electronics Company, Inc. Over the years many of these systems have been installed.
Elwood developed the hardware and the operating system software for what was to become known as System 76 (1976 being the year the unit was first shipped). Shortly after this move, Elwood entered the micro-computer area of electronics and applied it to the industrial market.
In July of 1974, the business moved to a rented building at 1351 Washington Ave. He named this new company Elwood Electronics and owned it as a sole proprietorship. In his basement in January of 1973, Robert Elwood Larsen started a small company to design and manufacture specialized electronic and electrical control systems for local machinery manufactures.
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