OUR STORY
I'm a Navy-trained electronics technician. I served on USS Constellation (CV-64) on temporary additional duty to ship's company from VS-37. I did not work in the squadron. I was assigned to AIMD — aviation intermediate maintenance, I-level — where I repaired the electronic assemblies the squadrons sent down. Organizational maintenance stays with the squadron. Depot-level work goes back to the manufacturer.
We deployed to the Western Pacific in 1985. I crossed the line on that cruise and am a Trusty Shellback. Constellation won the battlegroup race that year, and everyone assigned to the ship received the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
Reed Chatwood (formerly Barber-Colman) was the first shop. I came up through assembly, then service, then chief erector, installing machinery around the world. Reed Chatwood went bankrupt in 1999. International Parts Supply was born from those ashes. After that I installed for Morrison Textile Machinery and other customers — still traveling, still commissioning.
Those machine installations are where the Rockwell expertise came from. Twenty-five years installing and commissioning machinery around the globe, primarily Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley. When I was done with the travel, I put that experience into the warehouse.
We stock new, used, and surplus industrial automation at our warehouse in Loves Park, Illinois. Same-day shipping on orders placed by 2:00 PM CST. We also drop-ship. If you need us to ship to your customer, let us know.
OUR EXPERTISE
PowerFlex 70, 700, 525, 40, and 755 are the core of the inventory, along with ControlLogix, HIM, communications and encoder cards, and Reliance GV3000. I test basic function on most items. We cannot test every application.
Veteran owned. (815) 262-5062.