Exhibit 99.1

Allied Motion Reports Results For the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2013--Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AMOT) today announced the results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 with net income of $960,000 or $.11 per diluted share compared to net income of $1,158,000 or $.14 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Revenues for the quarter decreased 6.3% to $25,143,000 compared to $26,847,000 last year. Cash increased to $8,420,000 for the quarter compared to $4,581,000 at the end of the same quarter of 2012.

Beginning in 2013, we are no longer including the full value of blanket purchase orders when received from customers and will only report them as bookings when they are released to production. To ensure an accurate comparison, we will also present bookings and backlog throughout 2013 in the same manner as the prior year. Bookings for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 were $25.3 million compared to last year’s bookings of $23.0 million using the prior method and $21.0 million using the new method. Backlog as of March 31, 2013 was $28.0 million using the new method and was $31.4 million using the prior method compared to $40.9 million as of March 31, 2012.

“Sales in the first quarter of 2013 were down 6.3% compared to the first quarter of 2012, with sales in Europe flat and sales in the U.S. down 11.6%. During the quarter, our served markets of medical, vehicle and electronics were down, while the industrial and aerospace and defense markets were up,” commented Dick Warzala, President and CEO of Allied Motion. “On the positive side, the quarter to quarter downward sales trend we experienced throughout 2012 was reversed in the first quarter of this year, with sales increasing by 4.9% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. During the remainder of 2013, we will continue to closely monitor our served markets as we expect them to stabilize and provide growth as we move through the year. Our balance sheet is strong which puts us in a good position to support our growth strategy in the future. To further support our growth, our platform product development efforts continually create new opportunities for our company by designing innovative 'Motion Solutions That Change the Game' and meet the current and emerging needs of our customers in our served market segments.”

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Allied Motion designs, manufactures and sells motion control products into applications that serve many industry sectors. Allied Motion is a leading supplier of precision and specialty motion control components and systems to a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world.

The statements in this press release and in the Company’s May 10, 2013 conference call that relate to future plans, events or performance are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate, or imply future results, performance, or achievements, and may contain the word “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “should” or words or phrases of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include those associated with the present economic circumstances in the United States and throughout Europe, general business and economic conditions in the Company’s motion markets, introduction of new technologies, products and competitors, the ability to protect the Company’s intellectual property, the ability of the Company to sustain, manage or forecast its growth and product acceptance, success of new corporation strategies and implementation of defined critical issues designed for growth and improvement in profits, the continued success of the Company’s customers to allow the Company to realize revenues from its order backlog and to support the Company’s expected delivery schedules, the continued viability of the Company’s customers and their ability to adapt to changing technology and product demand, the loss of significant customers or enforceability of the Company’s contracts in connection with a merger, acquisition, disposition, bankruptcy, or otherwise, the ability of the Company to meet the technical specifications of its customers, the continued availability of parts and components, increased competition and changes in competitor responses to the Company’s products and services, changes in government regulations, availability of financing, the ability of the Company’s lenders and financial institutions to provide additional funds if needed for operations or for making future acquisitions or the ability of the Company to obtain alternate financing if present sources of financing are terminated, the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel who can design new applications and products for the motion industry, the ability of the Company to identify and consummate favorable acquisitions to support external growth and new technology, the ability of the Company to successfully integrate an acquired business into the Company’s business model without substantial costs, delays, or problems, the ability of the Company to establish low cost region manufacturing and component sourcing capabilities, and the ability of the Company to control costs, including relocation costs, for the purpose of improving profitability. The Company’s ability to compete in this market depends upon its capacity to anticipate the need for new products, and to continue to design and market those products to meet customers’ needs in a competitive world. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has no obligation or intent to release publicly any revisions to any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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