Electronic Engineering Co.

• Private
• US

Dow Jones Description

Electronic Engineering was founded in 1946 as a service organization for the two-way radio industry in Iowa, which mainly consisted of cab companies, utility companies and police and fire departments. Because of a lack of qualified technicians, most of Electronic Engineering's knowledgeable "tech'xperts" traveled throughout the state supporting business requiring two-way technology. In January of 1950, WOI-TV in Ames began broadcasting television programming, and with that a new Electronic Engineering division was born-television repairs. Then in 1953, when air-conditioning came along, we began servicing and installing air-conditioners for business and residents in central Iowa. This opened the door for us to become a home appliance service center. In fact, we even became an authorized warranty repair center for washers and dryers. In the '60s as our service division continued to expand, we began to offer tone paging. The service was run by an operator, who callers informed whom they needed paged. A few years later we replaced the service with a fully automated paging terminal. During this time we became known as "The Beeper People" by our customers because of the sound our pagers made. While we continued to be the pacesetter in the local paging business, many of our customers counted on us for other communication needs-including mobile phones. As these areas continued to grow and show promise, we decided in the early '70s that we were going to focus upon our roots-the...

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Number of Employees 60

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