Aspen Motion Technologies, A Pentair Company, located in Radford, VA is a manufacturer of high volume brushless DC motor and DSP intensive motion control products. By integrating the motor and control design with the OEM customer's products, Aspen is enhancing the features and competitiveness of the OEM's products in a wide variety of markets: medical, computer peripheral, appliance, transportation, instrumentation and automation. By taking a motor and DSP based control system approach, Aspen is bringing new and innovative features to our OEM customer's products-features that were unimaginable just a few years ago and which are now possible by fully integrating the DSP control with motor design.

Aspen specializes in custom designs of permanent magnet brushless DC motors. Customers turn to Aspen when they need low cost yet very sophisticated brushless motor and control solutions that can fully integrate with the customer's end product to significantly enhance its features. Aspen's goal is to put a computer (DSP-Digital Signal Processor) in every electric motor.

Aspen Motion Technologies is owned by Pentair, Inc., a diversified operating company headquartered in Minnesota. Its Enclosures Group is a leader in the global enclosures market, designing and manufacturing standard, modified and custom enclosures that house and protect sensitive electronic and electrical components. Pentair's Water Group is a global leader in providing innovative products and systems used worldwide in the movement, treatment, storage and enjoyment of safe, clean water. Visit Pentair's website (www.pentair.com) for more information.