public industry manufacturing power transmission founded 2004 headquarters braintree massachusetts united states key people carl christenson president & ceo christian storch cfo craig schuele vp marketing & bus dev david ebling vp & general manager gerry ferris vp sales glenn deegan vp legal & human resources general counsel and secretary mark stuebe vp & general manager mark klossner vp & general manager todd patriacca vp finance corporate controller and treasurer number of employees 3 000 divisions electric clutches & brakes couplings clutches & brakes gearing slogan the power of experience website www.altramotion.com altra ceo carl christenson together with a wichita clutch kopperkool brake on an anchor winch in singapore . a marland clutch installed at the coal loading facility in port hedland wa australia together with two employees from altra s sales and support office in castle hill nsw . warner electric s united states facility and grounds in columbia city indiana . a warner electric elevator brake installed on a japanese traction motor . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 product platforms 4 production locations 5 notes overview edit altra industrial motion is a manufacturer of mechanical power transmission products brakes clutches couplings and the like . while the products sound automotive to the layman in fact most altra products are used on industrial machinery such as fail safe brakes for elevators and forklifts gearboxes on conveyors heavy duty brakes on mining equipment clutches for beverage capping equipment etc. altra is the parent company of several power transmission industry brands including ameridrives boston gear warner electric tb wood s stieber clutch twiflex matrix international and wichita clutch . 1 the company is headquartered in braintree massachusetts . in 2005 they recorded sales of 748m usd . history edit the company was founded in 2004 through the acquisition of the colfax power transmission group cptg and kilian manufacturing by private equity firm genstar capital . which at the time consisted of several brands including ameridrives boston gear formsprag marland nuttall delroyd stieber warner electric and wichita clutch . following the foundation altra has made several strategic acquisitions including tb wood s hay hall bibby matrix twiflex huco and inertia dynamics svendborg brakes bauer gear motor guardian couplings lamiflex couplings and bear linear now warner linear . while altra is a relatively young company the brands have been in existence for many many years . 2 the brands and the year they were founded are as follows tb wood s 1857 boston gear 1877 svendborg brakes 1884 nuttall gear corp. 1897 bibby transmissions 1919 kilian manufacturing 1922 delroyd worm gear 1922 warner electric 1927 bauer gear motor 1927 ameridrives 1928 industrial clutch corp. 1930 marland clutch 1931 matrix international 1939 stieber clutch 1944 twiflex limited 1946 formsprag clutch 1946 guardian 1947 centric 1948 wichita clutch 1954 huco engineering 1965 inertia dynamics 1971 all power 1986 lamiflex 1999 bear linear 2001 altra industrial motion went public in december 2006 . it trades on the nasdaq exchange under the symbol aimc . 3 product platforms edit altra s broad product range can be divided into three distinct divisions 2 4 electric clutches & brakes ecb the electric clutches & brakes division consists of four brands that are grouped for maximum engineering and sales efficiency . warner electric matrix international inertia dynamics and warner linear design and manufacture braking and positioning systems that are utilized in global markets including material handling packaging machinery food & beverage elevator & escalator medical turf & garden off highway forklift marine and agriculture . couplings clutches & brakes ccb altra s coupling heavy duty clutch and brake overrunning clutch and belted drive brands are grouped together to allow for extensive cross brand engineering collaboration . tb wood s ameridrives bibby turboflex lamiflex ameridrives power transmission and huco together with wichita clutch twiflex limited svendborg brakes industrial clutch formsprag clutch marland clutch and stieber clutch provide drivetrain component solutions for global industries including energy metals mining marine oil & gas food processing pulp & paper packaging aerospace & defense wastewater concrete and material handling . gearing altra s gear drive gear motor and engineered bearing brands include boston gear nuttall gear delroyd worm gear bauer gear motor and kilian manufacturing . these brands offer energy efficient gearing and bearing solutions designed for industrial applications . global key markets include metals food & beverage energy wastewater turf & garden pulp & paper textile concrete oil & gas material handling and aerospace . production locations edit altra operates production facilities in the united states europe and asia . since the company s founding in 2004 many of the factories produce more than one brand . 5 notes edit http www.altramotion.com main aboutaltra.asp a b company presentation altra industrial motion stock information . ir.altramotion.com . retrieved 2016 06 01 . mechanical power transmission products company overview . www.altramotion.com . retrieved 2016 06 01 . annual report 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title altra industrial motion & oldid 724681514 categories machine manufacturersconglomerate companies of the united statescompanies based in braintree massachusettscompanies listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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