DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2009-- Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AMOT) today announced that Rudy Colwell has been appointed as the new Director of Sales - North America for Allied Motion, effective immediately. Rudy has 15 years' experience with Allied Motion and more than 20 years' experience overall in the motion control industry. His sales experience in North America, and his extensive experience working with North American companies to transition production for manufacturing in Asia, meets Allied Motion’s requirement for leadership that understands how to compete effectively in a global economy. In addition to his new role, he will continue in his current role as the General Manager of Asian Operations. This combined new role allows Rudy to guide the process to ensure that Allied Motion meets the needs of our customers in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA/Global Management.

“We recently restructured our North American sales organization to create ONE TEAM by combining the sales teams from both our Industrial and Commercial sales groups,” stated Dick Warzala, President of Allied Motion. “The newly formed ONE TEAM sales organization improves our sales coverage by creating a focused regional sales force to sell all Allied Motion products through one organization. The regional sales team will be supported by market, technology and service specialists. Rudy brings excellent industry knowledge as well as technical and sales experience and will provide the leadership to our North American sales team to ensure we meet our strategic goals for growth in sales and profitability.”

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Allied Motion designs, manufactures and sells motion control products into applications that serve many industry sectors. Allied Motion is a leading supplier of precision and specialty motion control components and systems to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world.

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