Avtron was founded in 1953 and is located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It has a 50-year history of developing and manufacturing heavy-duty encoders and is one of the major manufacturers of heavy-duty encoders in the world. Its products are widely used in heavy-duty industries such as metallurgy, lifting, ports, wind power, mining, and petroleum machinery.

There are many customers of steel companies in China: Delong Iron and Steel (hot-rolled main rolling), Hanbao Steel (galvanized line), Puyang Iron and Steel (hot-rolled main rolling), Liuzhou Iron and Steel (hot-rolled main rolling), Panzhihua Iron and Steel (hot rolled main rolling) Rolling line), Xinjin Iron and Steel (hot-rolled main rolling), Liancheng Iron and Steel (hot-rolled main rolling), Yichang Quantong (cold rolling, pickling), Shandong Fulun Iron and Steel, Handan Zongheng (hot rolling line)