About ARIS Stellantriebe
ARIS has been engineering electric actuators in Troisdorf, Germany since 1974. For more than five decades the company has built compact, robust drives for valves, dampers, and flaps in some of the world's most demanding process environments. Every ARIS actuator is designed, machined, assembled, and functionally tested under one roof at the Troisdorf headquarters, and ARIS has shipped over 100,000 units worldwide. The "Made in Germany" label is the real thing here, with vertically integrated production, an in-house test laboratory, and a culture of engineering rigor that has earned ARIS a loyal following among OEMs and plant engineering firms in Europe and well beyond.
How ARIS and Kinetrol Fit Together
ARIS is a brand of Kinetrol Ltd., the UK-based actuator manufacturer founded in 1958. Kinetrol acquired ARIS in May 2025, formalizing a long-standing technical relationship that already included joint development of spring-return failsafe assemblies for the ARIS Tensor and ExTensor series. ARIS continues to operate from its German facility under its existing leadership, with production and the ARIS brand fully intact.
The combination is straightforwardly complementary. Kinetrol's pneumatic rotary vane actuators and ARIS's premium electric actuators are offered through one company, one technical support team, and one stocking and distribution network. If your plant mixes pneumatic and electric duties on the same line, you can specify the right tool for each valve without juggling vendors.
The ARIS Product Range
The ARIS portfolio covers a wide range of duty levels. The Nano and Nano+ series handle compact part-turn applications with IP66/IP67 protection for outdoor and washdown environments. The Tensor2 and Tensor2 Highspeed lines bring full electronic control, adjustable stroke, real-time torque monitoring, and optional WiFi or CAN-bus modules for plant integration. The Tensor2XL pushes torque output up to 500 Nm for larger valves. The ExTensor is the flagship explosion-proof drive, certified for hazardous Zone 1 areas, with a HART communication interface launching in early 2026. The lineup also includes the Pico HVAC drive, Linearis linear units for damper duty, and complete gas control trains with safety shut-off valves and valve-proving systems.
These drives are built for the same industries Kinetrol USA serves every day: chemical and petrochemical plants, oil and gas, biofuel, power generation, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, water and wastewater, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, and transportation. Where precision positioning, certified safety, and long service life matter, ARIS earns its place on the spec sheet.
Quality and Certification
ARIS quality assurance runs end-to-end, from incoming-goods inspection of individual parts through final functional testing of every finished actuator before it leaves the building. The certifications across explosion protection regimes, including ATEX, IECEx, and ECAS, and the IP66/IP67 ingress protection ratings on the Nano and Tensor families, position ARIS firmly in safety-relevant and harsh-environment service. Combined with Kinetrol's own ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing operations, the joint portfolio is built around the standards that demanding plants require.
Contact Kinetrol USA
Kinetrol USA is headquartered at 1085 Ohio Drive, Plano, Texas 75093. To request a quote on ARIS electric actuators, speak with an application engineer, or find the authorized distributor for your region, call 972-447-9443 or visit kinetrolusa.com. The team is ready to help specify the right actuator for the valve, the environment, and the project timeline, backed by more than 65 years of Kinetrol heritage and 50-plus years of ARIS engineering, supplied and supported through a single American partner.
