History
                                        
                                            For more than 40 years, Artisan Controls Corporation has been recognized world wide
                                             as a leader in the design and manufacture of 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 1960s; test firing the Engines in the Apollo Space program in the 1970s; 
                                              creating a line of industrial controllers for machinery, HVAC and elevator systems 
                                              in the 1980s; railroad brake and coupling systems in 1990s; controllers for the food
                                               service industry in 2000, 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.