Yaskawa is the world's largest manufacturer of AC inverter Drives. Yaskawa Electric America serves the North and South American markets from several manufacturing locations. All Yaskawa inverter drives are designed by Yaskawa and manufactured by Yaskawa. Prior to 2001, Yaskawa drives were marketed in the U.S. under brand labels such as MagneTek, EMS, IDM, and Saftronics. Yaskawa inverter drives are now marketed though their own sales organization, reps, and distributor channel. Being a global company with a heritage of technological innovation since 1915, Yaskawa associates are committed to Customer Satisfaction through designed-in reliability, manufactured-in reliability, and the best customer support in the industry. Quality Magazine listed Yaskawa in their 2008 Quality Leadership 100. Yaskawa is the only drives manufacturer to have received the Deming Prize for Quality. Yaskawa received the 2008 Global Micro Electric Drives (AC Drives less than 10 kW) Customer Value Leadership of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan. The J1000 and V1000 micro-drives are the newest additions to the Yaskawa family.