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Hansen Corporation (formerly known as Hansen Manufacturing Co., Inc.) is an American company that manufactures a variety of DC Motors, Synchronous Motors, AC Clock Movements, and Stepper Motors used in applications for automotive, HVAC systems, instrumentation, office equipment, and medical equipment. Hansen is located in Princeton, Indiana and employs approximately 300. It is part of the Minebea group of companies.

History
Hansen Manufacturing Co., Inc. was founded August 1, 1907 by Julius W. Hansen. He was born in 1864 in Denmark and came to the U.S. at the age of fourteen where he finished his formal schooling in Cincinnati, Ohio and later attended the Jaegermann Watch-making School in St. Louis, MO. He originally moved to Owensville,Indiana but later relocated his jewelry and clock-making business to the square in Princeton, Indiana.

The real launch for Hansen came after the principal of the Patoka High School, W.C. Fisher, approached Julius in 1906 with an idea to come up with an automatic bell ringing system for his school. By the spring of 1907 Julius had designed the first bell ringing system for the school. After a successful trial Julius setup production of his bell ringing system in the back of his jewelry store. After a few years with increasing demands for his systems he had to expand. In 1912 he relocated his business to the current site which has become to be known as “Hansen Hill” at 901 South First Street in Princeton, Indiana.

The company was destroyed by The Great Tri-State Tornado on March 18, 1925. After a year the factory was once again up and running. Shortly after, in 1927 the first electric motor was introduced to wind the clocks. Hansen was incorporated in 1927.

In 1938 the first synchronous motor was introduced. This motor allowed timing for direct drive clock movements.

The business continued to grow with introduction of other products and then for the factory was destroyed again on May 17, 1939 by a fire. The fire was so great nearly all the buildings, tooling, and equipment were destroyed. There was an all out effort to rebuild the factory and within a year the factory was up and running.

During WWII, Hansen converted some of its production capacity over to the war effort by producing components and later a servo unit use in target ships.

In September, 1972 Bob Hansen announces to the employees he is selling the business to P.R. Mallory of Indianapolis. Hansen remained part of Mallory until February 28, 1977 until it was sold to IMC Magnetics of Westbury, NY. Later IMC Magnetics became part of Minebea, Ltd.

Nearly 50 percent of its production is exported outside the United States.

Products Synchron®

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified