Exhibit 21.1

| **MOTORS AND GEARS HOLDINGS, INC.      SUBSIDIARIES ****Subsidiaries** **Jurisdiction of Incorporation**

Kinetek, Inc. (1)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

Kinetek Industries, Inc. (2)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

Merkle-Korff Industries, Inc.      (3)1776 Winthrop Drive      Des Plaines, IL 60015 

Illinois

Merkle-Korff de Mexico S.A. de      C.V. (4)Av. C.F.E. No. 830, Parque Industrial Millennium      Zona Industrial del Potosi      San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.      C.P. 78395 

Mexico

The Imperial Electric Company      (3)1503 Exeter Road      Akron, Ohio 44306 

Delaware

Gear Research, Inc. (5)4329 Eastern Avenue, S.E.      Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508 

Delaware

Motion Holdings, Inc. (3)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

Motion Control Engineering,      Inc. (6)11380 White Rock Road      Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 

California

Electrical Design and Control      Company (3)2200 Stephenson Highway      Troy, Michigan 48084 

Delaware

Advanced D.C. Holdings, Inc.      (3)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

Advanced D.C. Motors, Inc.(7)6268 East Molloy Road      East Syracuse, NY 13057 

New York

MW Corporation (8)6268 East Molloy Road      East Syracuse, NY 13057 

Georgia

Sermed S.A.R.L. (9)Eternoz - 25330 Amancey      France 

France

Advanced D.C. Motors GmbH (10) 

Germany

FIR Group Holdings, Inc.(3)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

FIR Group Holdings Italia,      S.r.l. (11) 

Italy

SelinSistemi, S.p.A. (12)Via Chiaravagna, 28      16153 Genova-Sestri P 

Italy

FIR Electromeccanica, S.p.A.(12)Via Roma n. 19      26041 Casalmaggiore  CR 

Italy

Kinetek Asia Holdings, Inc.      (3)ArborLake Centre, Suite 550      1751 Lake Cook Road      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Delaware

Kinetek De Sheng (Shunde)      Motors Co., Ltd. (13)No. 82, Jizhou Section      Shiliang Road, Lunjiao Town      Shunde City, Guangdong Province      The People’s Republic of China, 528308 

China

KII Canada, Inc.      ArborLake Centre      1751 Lake Cook Road, Suite 550      Deerfield, IL 60015 

Nova Scotia
 

Footnotes
(1)A wholly owned subsidiary of Motors and Gears Holdings,      Inc.(2)A wholly owned subsidiary of Kinetek, Inc.(3)A wholly owned subsidiary of Kinetek Industries, Inc.(4)Merkle-Korff Industries, Inc. owns 99.99% of the capital      stock of the corporation and Kinetek, Inc. owns the remaining capital      stock of the corporation.(5)A wholly owned subsidiary of The Imperial Electric      Company(6)A wholly owned subsidiary of Motion Holdings, Inc.(7)A wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced D.C. Holdings, Inc.(8)A wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced D.C. Motors, Inc.(9)A 99% owned subsidiary of Advanced D.C. Motors, Inc.(10)A 90% owned subsidiary of Advanced D.C. Motors, Inc.(11)A wholly owned subsidiary of FIR Group Holdings, Inc.(12)A wholly owned subsidiary of FIR Group Holdings, Italia,      S.r.l.(13)A 80% owned subsidiary of Kinetek Asia Holdings, Inc.
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