With partner ANI Motion Tech, we invest in a new Korean manufacturing and research facility for semiconductor and display manufacturing equipment.Our cleanroom capacity doubles to 6,500 sq. ft. (600 sq. m.) of ISO Class 6 space with cell-specific areas of ISO Class 5 space to manufacture ultra-clean automation systems.Stephen J. Botos, Aerotech’s founder and President/CEO, retires. Mark Botos, son of Stephen, becomes the new President and CEO.We establish our UK subsidiary. For future expansion, we acquire an additional 8.9 acres adjacent to the Pittsburgh headquarters.Operations move to the current RIDC Park Pittsburgh site when we build the original facility on 4.57-acres.We’re founded in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood by three mechanical engineers – Stephen J. Botos, Dallas B. Perkins and Emery Hornok – who begin operations in a garage.Since 1970, we’ve been solving motion control and automation challenges for the most complex applications in the world’s most demanding industries. Our depth and breadth of experience reduces your technical and business risk and total cost of ownership.Located around the world and with direct representation in more than 15 countries, our precision motion experts support your team from design to delivery to daily production. You’ll get the help you need – when and where you need it.For 50+ years, we’ve solved some of the most complex and challenging motion applications. Using this experience, we developed the industry’s broadest toolbox of standard precision motion products – all designed to integrate together seamlessly. We are a one-stop-shop for all precision automation needs.We don’t just build your motion system. We also can custom design and engineer the best solution for your specific need, pulling on our collective expertise in precision automation applications across numerous industries. You get to market faster with a solution that’s easy to implement with lower financial and technical risk.Customizing our products and creating new motion designs for a specific application are at the heart of our business. We can help as much or as little as you need to be confident that motion and precision will never be limiting factors in your success.We produce some of the most precise motion control products on the market because of our ability to achieve precision tolerances and alignments down to the sub-micron level throughout our manufacturing process. While the number of products you need may vary from one to many, the precision of each will not.