In collaboration with Emotron AB, Paul Hackett founds Emotron Inc. to serve the North American market. The company’s first office space is shared with an accounting firm and a software firm.

Emotron AB launch the DLM (Digital Load Monitor). The product is used to protect against abnormal conditions and is the basis for its successor, the M20.

The ETV (Emotron Technology Vehicle) is born! ETV contains various pieces of driven-equipment being protected and controlled by Emotron products. The vehicle is taken across much of the United States to customer facilities and events.

Emotron AB launch the M20 Shaft Power Monitor as the replacement to the DLM (Digital Load Monitor). The product offers accurate and reliable monitoring of motor-drive equipment. To-date, the over 600,000 M20’s have been installed worldwide.

The new M20 Shaft Power Monitor is awarded the 2001 Plant Engineering Product of the Year.

Emotron AB launch the MSF, a torque-controlled soft start. With it’s many advanced features, the product becomes widely viewed as the catalyst for all soft starts in the industry.

Emotron Inc. moves from their offices at Granite Circle to a new facility on Holland-Sylvania Rd. The move more than doubles the square footage and includes a significantly larger area that can be used for production.

The second variation of the ETV (Emotron Technology Vehicle) is born! ETV2 is 36-feet long and utilizes various types of industrial equipment to demonstrate Emotron equipment and logs over 75,000 miles during it’s 6-year existence.

Emotron AB launches the FDU 1.0 (at the time, known simply as FDU) Variable Frequency Drive. The product is ground-breaking, in that it offers the protection of shaft power monitoring, comes as standard in a NEMA 12 cabinet, and offers many other advanced features.

Emotron Inc. becomes a UL508 / UL698 certified panel builder.

Emotron Inc. moves from their 3,000 sq.ft. facility on Holland-Sylvania Rd. in Toledo, to a new, 5,000 sq.ft. facility in Briarfield, Maumee.

Emotron Inc. becomes it’s own entity, with the U.S. based management and several investors taking over ownership from Swedish-based Emotron AB.

The new ownership group decides to rebrand the company. The new name H2flow Controls is chosen along with a waterdrop logo containing the H2flow name.

H2flow Controls launches the PSP20; a premium solution to prevent the dangers of swimming pool drain entrapment. This signals the company’s foray into the pool and spa industry.

Emotron launch the new FDU 2.0 and VFX 2.0 Variable Frequency Drives to replace the pre-existing first-generation models. The new design includes many unique features, including adaptive load curve monitoring, smaller frame sizes, removable keypads, and much more.

The company launches the all-new FlowVis flow meter. Viewed by many as a revolutionary flow meter, FlowVis boasts unrivaled accuracy and reliability, and a unique design, too!

FlowVis wins a Pool & Spa News Readers’ Choice award. The award comes on the heels of also being named best new product at the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo.

With an average accuracy of 97.9%, the FlowVis flow meter model FV-C earns NSF 50 certification. It is the first of several FlowVis models to earn this distinction.

FlowVis wins a Pool & Spa News Readers’ Choice award for the second consecutive year. The award is given annually to the Top 50 products in the industry, as voted by the publication’s readers.

The company moves again, this time to a much larger, 8,400 sq.ft. facility at 3545 Silica Road, Sylvania, Ohio. The building has the space needed for an increasing amount of FlowVis manufacturing.

Emotron launches the all-new compact TSA Soft Start.

Emotron launches IP20 / NEMA 1 versions of the company’s renowned FDU and VFX Variable Frequency Drives.

New FlowVis flow meters, FV-3 and FV-4, for 3” and 4” pipe respectively, are launched.

H2flow Controls introduces new branding, including a new logo and ‘Progress Through Innovation’ marketing tagline. The new logo is still familiar, retaining the waterdrop.

The third iteration of the Emotron / H2flow technology vehicle hits the road. The HDV is 27-feet in length and has a more decisive focus on pool and spa applications and products.

New, large FlowVis units for 6” and 8” pipe diameters are launched.

New FlowVis Digital is launched. FlowVis Digital (FV-D) is compatible with all existing analog FlowVis models and includes an array of advanced features and functionality.

FlowVis and FlowVis Digital become the only NSF 50 Level 1 certified flow meters in the world.

After 22 years leading the company, Paul Hackett retires. He retains his position as Chairman of the BOD and continues to serve in an advisory capacity.

Having been with the company for more than 16 years, Gavin Hackett becomes H2flow Controls President, following the retirement of his father.

Continuing its foray into the flow measurement market, the company launches the FaraMag FM750 mag meter.

The company launches the ProcessDefender load monitor. A direct replacement for the Emotron M20 with more features and functionality.

AcuFlow and AcuFlow Digital flow meters are launched. Specifically intended for light industrial and gray / potable water applications.

H2flow Controls announces the construction of its new facility at New West in Sylvania. The building will almost double the square footage in its existing facility - with room for future expansion. Completion is expected in early-2024.

H2flow Controls launches the LevelSmart wireless autofill system for pools and spas. LevelSmart helps homeowners, property managers, builders and maintenance companies to maintain water levels in pools, spas, ponds, water features, and tanks.