About Us
"I wanted to be the best servo company in the world. I didn't want to be the biggest... I just wanted to be the best."Daniel Schoenewald, Co-founder
Sándor Barta and Daniel Schoenewald founded ADVANCED Motion Controls in 1987 driven by their shared desire to design, manufacture and sell the best servo drives. With our original private ownership still active we have proudly built and shipped nearly 3 million servo axes worldwide. From our 86,000 ft2 (8000 m2) headquarters in Camarillo, CA USA, we continue to be driven to be the best by offering a wide range of motion solutions that provide reliability and high performance in any motion control system… Any Controller, Any Motor, Any Feedback, Any Application, Any Network, Any Environment, Any Industry!

Years Manufacturing
Production Applications
Millions
Servo Axes Sold
Custom Possibilities
Industries
Various Industries and Applications
Our extensive experience enables us to quickly find solutions that are both cost-effective and high-performing in a wide variety of industries.

- Assembly Automation and General Factory Machinery
- Entertainment
- Lab Automation
- Medical and Healthcare
- Robotics
- Communications Control
- Homeland Security and Defence
- Machine Tool and Metalworking
- Packaging
- Semiconductor
- Electric Mobility and Mobile Robotics
- Inspection, Testing and Rapid Prototyping
- Material Handling and Conveyed Systems
- Power Generation and Alternative Energy Sources
- Simulators
Our advantages
What Makes Us Different

Our People and Service
Our Application Support team is just a phone call away to help get our customers up and running as soon as possible.

Breadth of Product
We have a wide selection of products and technologies to meet every application.

Modifications and Customs
If we don't have exactly what you need, we can build it custom.
Certified and registered:
Making it Happen
Customer retention rate of >91% at 7 years with very first OEM still a customer today
Our manufacturing facility was specifically designed to integrate Engineering, Manufacturing, Testing and Support in a single location giving us unmatched scheduling flexibility and quality control. Prototypes are built on the same line using the same equipment as production units enabling rapid development, fast delivery and exceptional reliability for OEMs.
Engineering
Multi-Industry Expertise
Engineering to engineering interaction with our customers is key to our ability to address your technical and technology needs. By selecting ADVANCED Motion Controls as your servo drive supplier you will be adding an integral member to your design engineering team with multi-industry expertise. Often we make suggestions that weren't considered by the customer so as to make a better product than what may have originally been conceived. We help bring great new products to the market faster.
- Customers have direct access to engineering staff
- 40% of 140+ employees are engineers
Testimonials
What Our Clients Share About Us:
Location
Visit us
Factory visits are our unfair advantage to impress our customers. On-site inspections of our manufacturing facilities and quality audits are encouraged! With a single visit you will gain an understanding of the company structure, our way of working and our capabilities.
Address
3805 Calle Tecate, Camarillo, CA 93012 USA
Phone
Mon-Fri 8AM to 5PM Pacific Time
Support
Our experienced team is here to help.
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