COMPANY PROFILES
Founded in 1957 by Herman H. Albers to serve an emerging computer industry and quality conscious defense contractors. Our original location was 117 Second Street, North Minneapolis. We have since relocated to 3515 Marshall Street, Northeast Minneapolis.
Since 1957 we have grown steadily alongside our valued customers, and have gained a position of leadership in the industry.
Today our corporate goals are to maintain that competitive edge by placing high priority on:
- Quality
- On-time deliveries
- Cost saving for our customers
Production Engineering produces precision machining with modern CNC machining centers. Large or small, prototype, short run or production runs.
Our quality control department is fully equipped with state of the art inspection equipment.
We offer close tolerance sheet metal fabrication with an experienced staff and the latest in metal working technology.
The welding department has certified welders whose experience ranges from 13 years to 45 years. Welding is accomplished using the GTAW and GMAW processes, using manual, semi-automatic and robotic applications. Equipment is state of the art including Miller Aerowave technology and Lincoln and Miller pulsed arc machines. Welding is performed on precision ground surfaces using special clamps and fixtures to achieve the close tolerance requirements of our customers.
Production Engineering also owns a separate metal finishing facility for project control from start to finish.
PEC has been very active in the NW section scholarship program by sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for each of the last 7 years and has committed to continue to support the section. We also have on staff a certified welding inspector.
LeJeune has been in the structural steel fabrication and steel detailing business since 1944. They have grown to become the largest structural steel fabricator in the upper mid-west. LeJeune fabricates approximately 40,000 tons per year. They have steel fabrication shops in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. LeJeune is a division of APi Group, Inc. API is a multinational corporation providing services in five areas: Construction, Fire Protection, Special Systems, Steel Fabrication and Building Materials Distribution.
The LeJeune commitment to excellence is accentuated in their proactive engineering efforts that come with high quality steel detailing standards. With LeJeune, you're assured of commitment to excellence, plus the integrity it takes to follow through on every project. They've always built their business on one premise: “Meeting Our Customers' Requirements”. Expect complete support and service from LeJeune with assurance that your job will be done on time… and done right every time.
For over 60 years structural steel fabrication has been the backbone of their business. Their Iron Workers truly are men of Steel. To give them every advantage, the LeJeune shops are equipped with the latest in steel fabrication equipment. This includes Controlled Automation 5 press CNC beam line and ESAB 2 torch CNC with optical tracer. Precision is a must when it comes to welding, cutting, bending, cambering, drilling and punching structural steel components. Data required for shop fabrication is downloaded directly from their Detailing System to their shop equipment, allowing them to ship more error-free steel than ever before. Their QA/QC requirements and procedures provide further assurance that LeJeune's quality is the BEST in the industry. At LeJeune their highly skilled work force has an arsenal of tools to fabricate accurately and quickly.
Both shops, LeJeune-Minneapolis and Wissco- Barronett, are AISC Certified. Specifically LeJeune has earned the highest certification level from AISC in these areas:
- Conventional Steel Structures
- Simple Steel Bridges
- Complex Steel Building Structures
- Major Steel Bridges
- Sophisticated Paint Endorsement
- Fracture Critical Endorsement
LeJeune adheres to the following codes and guidelines:
- AISC Construction Manual
- AISC LRFD Manual
- Uniform Building Code
- AWS-Structural Welding Code
- AASHTO Spec. for Highways
- MN. State Building Code
- SPSC Systems & Specifications
- ASTM Spec. for Structural Steel
- MNDOT Standards & Spec.
- City of Los Angeles Building Code
- City of Portland Building Code
LeJeune Steel continues to donate steel to the “Behind the Mask” contest and Skills/USA competition.
For more information about LeJeune Steel, go to their web site at: www.lejeunesteel.com.
For the past 36 years, Scott Equipment Company has been driven to produce custom quality products for a diverse group of industries. What R.V. (Dick) Lucas started as a small shop in Jordan, Minnesota, aimed at serving the feed processing industry, has grown to successfully supply processing equipment in numerous industries throughout the United States and many foreign countries.
The corporate office is one of two manufacturing facilities and is located in New Prague, Minnesota, with the second manufacturing plan located in Arlington, Minnesota. A network of technical support and consulting services is available to solve a customer's unique application. Scott Equipment is responsive to a customer's special needs through on-going design, engineering, fabrications and installations. Currently, Scott Equipment employs 96 qualified individuals (70 laborers and 26 office personnel, 9 of which are project managers and engineer). 12 field service technicians headquartered out of the New Prague office are a valued asset to the Scott team along with regional contracted representatives who also offer limited field support.
Our in-house testing facilities and rental program create a win-win situation by demonstrating superior effectiveness of our equipment with the customer's products to meet their needs and expectations. Our customers can test our machines using their products before they purchase it.
Superior quality and service are the back bone at Scott Equipment Company. Annually, we manufacture 250 - 270 units from our entire product line, totaling $11 - $13 million in sales. Our machines are built for today, to last for tomorrow.
Chart Industries, Inc., formerly known as Minnesota Valley Engineering (MVE), began operating in 1963 in New Prague, Minnesota, to service the breeding industry. MVE started out manufacturing highly engineered liquid nitrogen dewars used to preserve and store bull semen. Over the years, MVE expanded its product lines and operations to include two additional plants in the U.S., one in China, one in Australia, and one in the Czech Republic. In March of 1999, Chart Industries acquired MVE to create the largest cryogenic equipment company in the world. The Chart/MVE plant located in New Prague, Minnesota, is the MVE founding site and is in its 42nd year of operation. At the company’s 240,000-square-foot plant in New Prague, workers manufacture bulk storage tanks,
transport tanks and trailers, helium and hydrogen storage tanks, railcars, insulated pipe, nitrogen storage systems, and low temperature storage freezers for the artificial insemination market and the medical research industry. These products are used in many cryogenic applications.
Currently, this facility employs 400 people and manufactures 750 tanks per year. There are over 50,000 Cryogenic Bulk Tanks installed in the U.S. alone, and Chart builds 70 percent of the current demand.
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