For more than 40 years, Artisan Controls Corporation has been recognized world wide as a leader in the design and manufacture of electronic timers and controllers. Founded by military groomed engineers, Artisan's expertise includes the early design and manufacture of controllers for test firing explosives for the US military in the 1960's; test firing the Engines in the Apollo Space program in the 1970's; creating a line of industrial controllers for machinery, HVAC and elevator systems in the 1980's; railroad brake and coupling systems in 1990's; controllers for the food service industry in 2000's, Emergency Lighting on Amtrak passenger cars and state of the art Dimmers for Movie Theaters in 2005 and more recently controllers for conveyors, agriculture feed systems and disbursing lubricants for the railroad. In 2012, Artisan rolled out its Nex-Gen Line of Cooking and Frying Controllers for the Food Service Industry.