User:Actus123/Actus manufacturing

Actus Manufacturing is a United States-based corporation headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Actus is a manufacture of various electric linear actuators, rubber latches and hand controls.

History
John A. Nicholson formed Nicholson Company (a.k.a. Actus Manufacturing) in 1953. Nicholson Company became the first air-cooled Deutz AG diesel engine distributor in the United States. In the 60’s, Nicholson Company began supplying control products to the construction industry. Our first linear and rotary electro-mechanical actuators were manufactured. In the '70s, Nicholson Company began designing and building various heavy duty mechanical hand levers, controls, and cables, giving birth to Nicholson Company’s product line. The '80s found Nicholson Company looking for new applications for the Deutz AG engine. This search led to using the Deutz AG engine to power the DOT-SIGN®, the first flip disk, portable, changeable message sign. This sign prompted entry into the traffic control industry. A new company name, ADDCO, was born. In the '90s, ADDCO developed innovations such as the Energy Manager software for control of diesel engines and The BRICK® modular message sign system. ADDCO also developed the first radio-linked portable traffic signal and introduced and the ERC (Electric Remote Control) system. In 2007, the traffic portion of ADDCO was sold and the industrial products group broke off and became Actus Manufacturing.

Products
Actus Manufacturing product lines are all made in the USA.

Actuators
Actus’ has an array of linear actuator products and controlling electronics. They specialize manufacturing customizable low voltage, low force actuators with variable inputs and outputs. These are most commonly used in engine throttle and hydraulic valve applications.

Latches
A portion of Actus’ business is in the manufacturing of rubber latches.

Hand Controls
Actus also manufactures various customizable hand controls.