Anko Products, Inc., founded in 1980, maintains total commitment to manufacturing excellence, product quality and customer satisfaction, recognized with our ISO9001 Certification. Anko founders David Anderson and Larry Kottke established manufacturing operations in 1980 to help meet demand for a rugged gearmotor to open and close drain valves on commercial-quality washing machines. Since then, Anko MityDrive® motors have remained the OEM pump component of choice in the industry, and remain on the job in some 90% of all commercial laundry drain valves in the world.