Power Engineering and Manufacturing

What Power Engineering and Manufacturing does

Power Engineering and Manufacturing (PEM), founded in 1994 and headquartered in Andover, Minnesota, is a privately held custom electric actuator and control systems manufacturer. The company designs and builds linear actuators (up to 5,000 lbs force), rotary actuators, radio-controlled actuators with 915MHz frequency-hopping RF, and hydraulic valve strokers, integrated with electronic controls supporting CAN bus, Ethernet/IP, USB, and RF protocols. PEM explicitly does not operate as a catalog supplier; instead, it collaborates with customer engineering teams to design application-specific solutions and manufactures them in either low or high volumes, with documented precision of 0.10 degree accuracy, sub-1-second response times, and engineered cycle life exceeding 500,000 cycles.

PEM serves enterprise OEM customers across six primary verticals: industrial automation, turf care (golf and commercial mowers), transmission and throttle controls, precision HVAC, vehicle carriers, and utility vehicles. The customer base includes named Fortune 500 and middle-market OEMs such as Toro, Indian Motorcycles, Pierce Manufacturing, Phoenix Controls, Nilfisk, and Grasshopper, with multi-decade relationships and case studies demonstrating 20-30% cost reductions versus prior suppliers and 100% speed improvements. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and operates with 11-50 employees from its Andover facility.

The business model is direct enterprise field sales: PEM engages with customer engineering, procurement, quality, logistics, and service teams to design custom solutions, with quote-based pricing, flexible development fee structures (zero, reduced, amortized, or rebated), zero to minimal tooling costs, and Just-in-Time delivery including 24-hour shipment turnaround. Revenue derives from hardware sales of these customized actuator systems across multiple industries.

Name

Power Engineering and Manufacturing

Legal name

Power Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc.

Website

https://powerengmfg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Power Engineering and Manufacturing (PEM) is a US-based custom electric actuator and control systems manufacturer founded in 1994, serving Fortune 500 and middle-market OEMs across industrial automation, turf care, precision HVAC, vehicle carriers, and utility vehicles through application-specific engineering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Actuators

NAICS

Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Motors & Generators (3621), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Actuators & Motion Devices (Linear, Rotary, Electric Actuators for Motion Control) (IMAHAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Motor Drive & Motion Control Electronics Manufacturing Services (VFDs, servo drives, controllers) (IMAGAGAJ), Automotive Electric Motors & Actuators Manufacturing (EPS/Brake-by-wire/Seat/Window) (IMACAJAL)

Keywords

• Custom electric actuators
• Linear actuators
• Rotary actuators
• Motion control systems
• Hydraulic valve actuators

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Electric Actuator Manufacturing: PEM generates revenue through the design and manufacture of custom electric actuators and control systems. Revenue is derived from product sales to OEM customers across multiple industries including industrial automation, turf care, HVAC, vehicle carriers, and transmission controls. The company offers flexible development fee options including zero up-front fees, reduced fees, amortized fees, and rebated fees, with zero to minimal tooling costs. Products are sold in both low and high volumes with flexible volume commitments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Power Engineering and Manufacturing (PEM) engineers and manufactures custom electric actuators and control systems for OEM customers whose applications cannot be met by off-the-shelf products. The company designs and produces linear actuators, rotary actuators, radio-controlled actuators, and hydraulic valve strokers with integrated electronics including CAN bus, Ethernet/IP, and 915MHz RF control. PEM serves Fortune 500 companies and private middle market firms across industrial automation, turf care, HVAC, vehicle carriers, transmission/throttle controls, and utility vehicles, providing design-to-prototype cycles measured in weeks and supporting both low and high production volumes.

Product overview

Power Engineering and Manufacturing (PEM) is a custom actuator and control systems manufacturer that does not sell catalog/stock products. The company engineers and manufactures electric actuator and control solutions for unique problems and applications. The core product portfolio consists of four main actuator types: Linear Actuators (for lifting, pulling, tilting, or pushing), Rotary Actuators (for dampers and valves), Radio Controlled Actuators (wireless remote operation), and Hydraulic Valve Strokers (for hydraulic system control). These actuators can be customized with various communication protocols (CAN Bus, Ethernet/IP, USB, radio frequency), built with different motor types (brush, brushless), and configured for specific force, speed, precision, durability, and environmental protection requirements. Products are sold with or without embedded electronics and are customized to customer specifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Linear Actuators

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% cost reduction for Indian Motorcycles windshield actuator vs. competitive model
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tolomatic: Tolomatic manufactures electric and pneumatic linear actuators, including custom and standard products, serving OEMs across industrial automation, packaging, and material handling — a directly comparable custom-actuator peer.
• LINAK: LINAK is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electric linear actuators, serving OEMs in healthcare, agriculture, industrial automation, and outdoor power equipment — directly comparable in product category and OEM customer base.
• Progressive Automations: Progressive Automations designs and manufactures electric linear actuators for OEM and industrial customers, with custom and standard offerings — comparable in custom-engineered actuator manufacturing and OEM-direct model.
• Helix Linear Technologies: Helix Linear Technologies manufactures precision electric linear actuators for OEM industrial applications, with custom engineering capabilities — a direct custom-actuator competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Exlar (Parker Hannifin): Exlar, now part of Parker Hannifin's Motion & Control Group, manufactures electric rod-style actuators serving industrial automation customers — a closely comparable electric actuator line within a much larger industrial motion control incumbent.
• Thomson Industries: Thomson manufactures linear motion components including electric linear actuators, screws, and slides, serving a broad set of industrial OEM customers — a broad incumbent in the same product space.
• Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth is a global broad-line supplier of industrial automation including electric motion control and actuators, serving factory automation and machine builders — a large incumbent that can offer both standard and engineered solutions.
• Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin operates a large motion and control group with electric and electromechanical actuator products (including Exlar), competing broadly across PEM's customer industries as a diversified industrial incumbent.
• Festo: Festo manufactures pneumatic and electric actuators, motion controllers, and automation components globally, serving industrial OEMs and process automation — a broad incumbent with overlapping actuator product lines.

Emerging players

• Actuonix Motion Devices: Actuonix designs and manufactures miniature electric linear actuators with custom and standard configurations for OEM customers — a smaller, emerging peer with overlapping product focus on electric linear motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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