February 2024
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Founded: 2010
Based In: Waterbury, CT, USA
Markets: General Industrial / Food and Beverage / Industrial Automation / Laboratory Instrumentation / Medical Device and Equipment / Robotics / Semiconductor / Transportation

AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman Motion Solutions (HKP) is a leader in engineered motion solutions. HKP serves customers around the world, with its headquarters in Waterbury, CT, and multiple locations across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Recognized as experts in customization for application-specific requirements, this AMETEK business delivers maximum value to customers by manufacturing highly engineered linear actuators, brushed and brushless DC motors, lead screw and nut assemblies, linear rail systems, and sealed switches. These products are used across various industries, including industrial automation, transportation, and more medical, instrumentation, semiconductor, food and beverage, transportation, business machines, and industrial automation.

AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman team outside of their office in Milford, New HampshireThe HKP team in Milford, NH celebrates five years of no lost time accidents

The Difference We Make

Haydon Kerk Pittman became a part of the AMETEK family of businesses since 2010, providing customers with innovative products that revolutionize the world we live in.

HKP has an illustrious history of innovation that dates all the way back to the 1930s with the founding of Pittman – a manufacturer of small precision DC motors and gear motors. Twenty years later, Haydon Switch and Instrument was established to produce aircraft sealed switches, and later developed a portfolio of stepper motor-based actuators. In the 1970s, Kerk Motion Products was founded and began producing rolled leadscrews and molded nuts for the growing machine and process automation industries, later developing complete linear guides systems and linear stages with anti-backlash features.

The three business lines catered primarily to machine builders by offering seemingly infinite customization combinations. This common business model was one of the reasons AMETEK combined the three businesses to produce complete linear and rotary motion solutions.

Haydon Kerk Pittman employee assembles a productHKP has provided customers with complete linear and rotary motion solutions since 2010

Meet the Team

Meet Esra – a Project Manager for Haydon Kerk Pittman. As a Project Manager, Esra acts as a customer advocate to ensure project goals are delivered on time and to the highest quality.

She sets program milestones, translates user requirements into engineering specifications, and delegates tasks to teams of professionals across multiple departments and locations.

Esra has been with HKP since 2022 and is embracing the opportunities that the business has offered her.

“No two projects are the same, but we leverage experiences from other industries to apply them to solving problems for our customers,” she says. “The breadth of products in our portfolio offers extensive avenues for professional development.”

“We bring the best value when we deliver customized products that meet or exceed the customer's vision."

Embracing community

HKP exemplifies what it means to support their community. In partnership with the AMETEK Foundation, this AMETEK business supports several non-profit organizations in the Waterbury, CT area and beyond. HKP is a longtime supporter of Connecticut Foodshare – a food bank serving the people of Connecticut and a member of the national Feeding America Network – and annually volunteers and donates to the non-profit. The team also supports the United Way of Greater Waterbury, holding Giving Tree and Stock the Pantry fundraisers to support the organization.

Find out more about AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman Motion Solutions at haydonkerkpittman.com

About Haydon Kerk Pittman

Haydon, Kerk and Pittman are three world class AMETEK brands that supply advanced linear and rotary motion solutions to a mix of global customers.  HKP offers superior performance for demanding applications in markets such as medical equipment, laboratory instrumentation, industrial automation, semiconductor, transportation, food and beverage, material handling, and robotics.

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