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UMC®-built products help drive 95% of all center pivot irrigation systems in more than 90 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia/New Zealand. But why? Why, when offered the choice, do so many growers and equipment manufacturers choose UMC®?

The Right Formula for Success

When you bring the right people, the right processes and the right equipment together in an environment that champions teamwork, innovation, honesty and integrity, the results are nothing short of inspiring.

We’ve taken great care to build just that here at UMC®.

Over the past 40 years, Universal Motion Components® has assembled a team of top engineers, quality assurance technicians, and production supervisors with decades of experience and an unparalleled track record of asking the right questions at the right time. Now, that dedicated team is running UMC’s global research and development operation. With center pivots in so many countries around the world, we’re continually testing, optimizing and adapting our products to keep those center pivots running longer and stronger—and we’ve got the people and processes in place to do the job.

Researched, Developed & Engineered for Value

From droughts in the Southwestern U.S. to challenging terrain, dust and mud in Australia, our products are field-tested, literally. Every day. We not only talk with our customers, but we get out in the field with them, gathering real-time operating feedback to troubleshoot issues. Our engineering team uses that feedback to evolve our products to meet the challenges of irrigating crops under any condition, and to anticipate changing demands in agricultural irrigation worldwide.

ISO 9001:2015 Certified

Universal Motion Components® is certified ISO 9001: 2015 and committed to constantly improving processes to ensure our customers receive the finest quality products and service.

Quality Assurance at Every Stage

From the outset, UMC® products are expertly designed and manufactured according to domestic and international ANSI, ISO, IEC, NEMA, DIN and UL standards, among others. Our QA team uses a wide range of fully automated and portable testing equipment to ensure that quality is built into UMC® components from the raw materials, through each stage of processing. Our dedication to design excellence ensures that our products perform with the highest possible level of quality and reliability where it counts: in the field.

Strategic Distribution, Global Product Availability

We consider ourselves an extension of your team, and we partner with original equipment manufacturers and distributors around the world to ensure you’re never without the UMC® products you need. Our logistics team uses UMC’s proven approach to identify the most efficient and expedient shipping methods and to maintain the optimal inventory mix at key distribution points across the globe.

What you need. Where you need it. When you need it. Period.

At UMC®, we never stop working to build the best components you can buy, because our job is to make your job easier. Experience the UMC® Advantage first hand. Contact us today.

“I'm incredibly proud of what we've accomplished in this industry over the past 40 years, and we're not slowing down. Every single member of our team is tasked with finding ways - big and small - to help irrigate the world's crops in the most efficient, effective and sustainable way possible.”

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