JIE USA

What JIE USA does

JIE USA Inc. is the North American arm of Hangzhou JIE Drive Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese industrial power transmission manufacturer founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bloomingdale, Illinois, the firm designs, sells, and supports gear units, gearmotors, electric motors, and integrated drive solutions for industrial customers across heavy manufacturing, infrastructure (escalator and elevator drives), food and pharmaceutical processing, agriculture, and industrial automation. It operates within a four-country network that includes a Canadian regional office in Drummondville (Quebec), a European regional office in Saassenheim (Netherlands), and the Hangzhou parent manufacturing facility in Zhejiang, China, with the US entity serving as the headquarters for North American operations.

The company's product portfolio spans seventeen branded product lines covering helical inline, parallel shaft, helical-bevel, and helical-worm gearmotors (JRT family); industrial gear units configured for bucket elevators, palm oil processing, and cooling towers (JRH family); planetary gear units for high-torque applications including rotary, RV inline, and right-angle configurations (JRP); worm gear reducers compliant with both IEC and NEMA standards (JRW); three-phase asynchronous motors, servo motors, and explosion-proof motors (JD); and the JC Intelligent Drive Solutions family combining variable frequency drives, distributed VFDs, VFD gearmotors, and the JCI IoT-based monitoring system using WiFi, 4G, and RS485 connectivity with Profinet, EtherCAT, CANOPEN, and ModbusRTU protocol support. Specialized offerings include JRESR and JRES stainless steel hygienic gearmotors compliant with EU hygienic equipment directive DOC.8 for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical applications; JEC escalator units rated at up to 96% efficiency and 146,000-hour public escalator service life; JN agricultural machinery gear units; and additional lines spanning screw lifters, transfer cases, shaft-mounted reducers, electric rollers, spiral bevel right-angle units, and hypoid gear units.

JIE USA operates a direct, sales-led go-to-market targeting enterprise industrial buyers, with all commercial engagement routed through quotation-based pricing (no public list pricing). The company website supports product specification via downloadable catalogs, technical manuals, engineering drawings, and a 3D CAD configurator, supplemented by trade exhibition presence. Revenue mechanics are 100% hardware sales across four streams: industrial gear units and gearmotors, electric motors, intelligent drive solutions, and custom/special products; there is no disclosed recurring software, service, or subscription revenue. Pricing is opaque and project-specific, customer logos are not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no disclosed venture or private equity backing, no public listing, no published patents or trademark portfolio, and no formal partnerships or alliances in the source data.

Name

JIE USA

Legal name

JIE USA Inc.

Website

https://jie-drives.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JIE USA Inc., the North American subsidiary of Hangzhou JIE Drive Technology Co., manufactures and sells industrial gear units, gearmotors, motors, and IoT-enabled drive solutions to industrial customers in manufacturing, infrastructure, food processing, agriculture, and automation across the USA, Canada, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Power Transmission Equipment

NAICS

Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (333613), Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing (333612), Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (33361), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353)

SIC

Motors & Generators (3621), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620), Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Motor Drive & Motion Control Electronics Manufacturing Services (VFDs, servo drives, controllers) (IMAGAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Power & Energy Electronics Manufacturing Services (UPS, converters, inverters, chargers) (IMAGAGAI), Industrial Networking & Communication Electronics Manufacturing (Ethernet switches, Fieldbus, Wireless) (IMAGAGAE)

Keywords

• Industrial gearmotors
• Power transmission equipment
• Planetary gear units
• Variable frequency drives
• Electric motors

Headquarters

HQ city

Illinois City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Gear Units and Gearmotors: Sale of mechanical power transmission equipment including gearmotors, gear units, and reducers for industrial applications.
2. Electric Motors: Three-phase asynchronous motors, servo motors, and explosion-proof motors meeting IEC and NEMA standards.
3. Intelligent Drive Solutions: Variable frequency drives, distributed VFDs, VFD gearmotors, and IoT monitoring systems for industrial automation.
4. Custom/Special Products: Custom gear transmission products developed according to specific user requirements and project needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

JIE USA Inc. manufactures and sells industrial power transmission equipment, including a comprehensive portfolio of gearmotors, industrial gear units (helical, bevel, worm, planetary), electric motors, and intelligent drive solutions with IoT monitoring. The company serves industrial manufacturers across sectors such as material handling, food and pharmaceutical processing, escalators, agricultural machinery, and palm oil processing, with products manufactured in China and distributed through regional offices in North America and Europe.

Product overview

JIE USA is a manufacturer of industrial power transmission equipment offering a comprehensive portfolio of gearmotors, gear units, motors, and intelligent drive solutions. The product portfolio spans multiple product lines including: JRT Gear Units & Gearmotors (helical inline, parallel shaft, helical-bevel, and helical-worm configurations), JRH Industrial Gear Units (parallel shaft, helical bevel, bucket elevator, palm oil, and cooling tower applications), JRP Planetary Gear Units (including rotary, RV inline, and right angle configurations), JRW Worm Gear Units (IEC standard, NEMA standard, double reduction, and industrial models), JD Three Phase Asynchronous Motors (including servo motors, IEC/NEMA standard, premium efficiency, and explosion-proof variants), and JC Intelligent Drive Solutions (VFD gearmotors, monitoring systems with WiFi/4G connectivity, and variable frequency drives). Additional specialized products include stainless steel hygienic gearmotors for food/pharmaceutical applications, escalator units, agricultural gear units, screw lifters, transfer cases, shaft mounted gear units, electric rollers, and hybrid right angle gearmotors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JRT: Gear Units and Gearmotors product line
• JRH
• JRP
• JRW
• JD
• JC
• JGT
• JRESR
• JRES
• JRTW
• JRGC
• JTA
• JEC
• JN
• JRSS
• JRTM
• JRKM/JRKB

Quantifiable outcome

• Transmission efficiency up to 96% or higher for certain JEC escalator units
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SEW-Eurodrive: Global market leader in gearmotors, gear units, motors, and drive electronics. Closest direct comparable to JIE USA across product scope (helical, bevel, worm, planetary), industries served, and integrated-drive + IoT positioning.
• Nord Drivesystems: Manufacturer of gearmotors, gear units, motors, and frequency inverters with strong industrial and hygienic-application offerings. Directly competes with JIE's helical, bevel, worm, and intelligent drive portfolio.
• Sumitomo Drive Technologies: Global manufacturer of gear reducers, gearmotors, and drive systems with strong helical-bevel, worm, and cyclo/planetary lines. Directly comparable in product breadth and industrial customer base.
• Hansen Industrial Transmissions (Sumitomo group): Manufacturer of industrial gear units and gearmotors for heavy-duty applications. Directly comparable to JIE's JRH industrial gear unit line in markets such as conveyors, mixers, and bucket elevators.
• Bonfiglioli: Italian-headquartered manufacturer of gearmotors, gear reducers, and drive solutions serving industrial, mobile, and renewable markets. Highly comparable to JIE in product range, including planetary, helical-bevel, and worm gear lines.
• Bauer Gear Motor (Nidec): Specialist in helical, bevel-helical, and worm gearmotors for industrial applications. Closely comparable in niche gearmotor focus and target customers.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens (Flender / Motion Control): Global industrial conglomerate offering gear units (via Flender), motors, drives, and automation. Competes with JIE in integrated-drive opportunities, especially in large industrial and infrastructure accounts.
• ABB: Major supplier of motors, drives (VFDs), and industrial automation with overlap to JIE's JD motor and JC drive lines. Competes most directly on integrated motor-and-drive opportunities.
• Regal Rexnord: Diversified industrial manufacturer with significant power transmission and motion control businesses (e.g., Grove Gear, Falk, Boston Gear). Overlaps with JIE's gearmotor/gear unit portfolio but at much larger scale and broader product scope.
• WEG Industries: Brazilian-based global manufacturer of motors, gearboxes, drives, and generators. Overlaps with JIE across motors, gearboxes, and integrated drive solutions for industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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