Applied Electronics Corporation. is a privately held group of companies providing integrated equipment design, steel fabrication and electrical installation services for the seed industry. AEC Group, Inc has seen a dramatic growth during the year 2000. To better represent ourselves throughout the industry, AEC Group, Inc. was formed as the parent corporation to manage three separate companies.

Applied Electronics Corporation was the original company within AEC Group which is based in St. Charles, Iowa. The company provides electrical process control systems, UL and CUL listed industrial control panels, field installation, support services including a 24 hour technical support telephone line, E-mail and a corporate web site. The design staff has extensive experience with Allen-Bradley PLC’s including the PLC/5, SLC/500 and MicroLogix product families. Project work to date includes experience with various A-B control networks including DH-485, DH+, Remote I/O and DeviceNet. The panel shop is UL listed for flame management systems and also rebuilds various components such as Interroll motorized pulleys, Maxitrol modulating valves, Fisher regulators, and Maxon safety shutoff valves. The current field staff includes 3-5 installation crews with capability to work on both domestic and international projects.

AEC Net, Inc. provides commercial and industrial computer networking services including system planning, facilities wiring, software installation, and support. In addition to internal work within AEC Group, the staff can provide assistance with industrial control networks and project related facilities planning.

AEC Enterprises, Inc. operates the manufacturing facility near New Virginia, Iowa which was formerly owned by Seed & Grain Systems, Inc. The acquisition included the engineering designs and records for many seed facilities constructed over roughly 25 years of operation including international plants built in various foreign countries. The current staff includes most of the former Iowa based employees of Seed & Grain Systems. This retention has permitted the company to offer continuity from a design and technical support perspective. The operation is currently focused on providing steel fabrication and design services for the seed and related industries and is actively working to document and market many of the “custom” products built by the former company. The product line included a wide variety of plant components including ear corn receiving systems, belt conveyors, seed dryers, burner systems, rectangular bulk storage systems and seed conditioning tower structures. The majority of the steel components are produced directly by our fabrication shop. Burner units and other products requiring integrated controls are built in conjunction with our electrical company in St. Charles. In addition, turnkey facilities can be provided through agreements with qualified contractors. We also provide custom fabrication services for proprietary products and trucking delivery services within the continental United States.