Founded in 1964, Autotrol Corp. is one of the leading manufacturers of customized electric sub-fractional horsepower gear motors in the United States. Located in Crystal Lake, Ill., the company provides domestic as well as global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) with solutions for AC and DC gear motor applications. Its product portfolio includes a wide variety of permanent magnet synchronous ac gear motors, hysteresis synchronous motors, stepper motors and DC gear motors. Specializing in OEM and custom applications, the firm s ROHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances ) compliant electric gear motors are used in a broad range of products, including appliances, agricultural, automotive, display, HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning), lighting, medical, vending and many others.