Electro-Mechanical history

By the mid 1960’s, Electric Motor Repair and Sales had grown to fifteen associates, while primarily serving the region’s textile industry.

In 1967, their largest textile customer went out of business.

As Electric Motor Repair and Sales accelerated its path of growth into new markets and acquisitions, it became incorporated under the new name of Electro-Mechanical in 1971.

Electrical Apparatus Service, Inc. (EASI), an electric motor repair facility in Birmingham, Alabama, was acquired in 1976 as an extension of the original Electric Motor Repair and Sales business in Bristol, Virginia.

Through acquisitions of various companies and overall growth of the changes in the mid 70’s, continuing on throughout the 1980’s.

Respected coil winding equipment manufacturers – Potter Rayfield in Atlanta and James Equipment in Ohio – were acquired in 1983 and later conjoined to form the present PRJ Equipment Company.

Metal Castings Company, an aluminum foundry division, was acquired from Alcoa and moved from New York to its present location in Washington County Industrial Park in early 1986.

Electrical Equipment, Inc., (EEI) a leading manufacturer of pad-mounted switchgear, was acquired in 1987.

The 1990’s were a time of growth in both products and facilities for Electro-Mechanical as a whole.

Hollerith established the Tabulating Machine Company in 1996 to manufacture his inventions.

Continued growth and expansion of Electro-Mechanical defined the decade of the 2000’s.

Metal Castings was divested in 2018.