IMCO Industries Ltd. (TASE: IMCO), and its subsidiaries Advanced Defense Technologies (ADT) in Baltimore, USA and Atena Ltd. and Nir-Or (Israel) Ltd. in Israel provide a full line of military and commercial electrical harnesses, control boxes, assemblies and electromechanical devices to the global defense and aerospace markets.

From its roots in the military and aerospace industries three decades ago, Imco has grown to encompass more than three hundred employees in four facilities in Israel, and one facility in USA.

Imco''s top-level manufacturing teams continue to provide reliable industry-leading electrical harnesses and a variety of electromechanical devices for customers in the defense industry:

• Airborne Products and Systems: Aircraft and helicopters systems such as Nomex® coated cable harnesses, control boxes (including illuminated panels), power boxes, pilot sticks and throttles, PITOT tubes, Fuse boxes, contactor boxes, thermocouples for jet engines and test equipment for airborne fuel systems and drop tank universal testing apparatus. 
• Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Test equipment, Control systems and cable harnesses for Missile Launchers, Special Harnesses, Gimbals, control boxes, relay boxes and fuse boxes.
• Land Systems (Battle Tanks, Combat and Armored Vehicles, Artillery Systems, Tracked and Wheeled Vehicles, Combat Engineering, Mine Clearance Equipment): Automotive control and electrical systems, including: cable harnesses , driver and commander control panels, tank commander and gunner turret control handles, smoke grenade launching (SGL) systems, slip rings, front head lamp and rugged, military-grade cabin lighting systems for battle tanks & Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) , Tactical lighting systems inside and outside of vehicle with blackout function and low-battery indication as well as control boxes for Heating, Ventilation & Air-Conditioning systems.
• Naval applications: Electrical harnesses, electromechanical and electronic boxes

Customers in Israel include the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with its Merkava Mk. 4 main battle tank (MBT), Merkava Namer Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) M-113 APC upgrades as well as helicopters and fighting aircraft, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Elbit Systems Ltd., IAI – Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., IMI – Israel Military Industries Ltd., Tadiran, Kinetics Ltd., El-Op, Soltam Systems, BAE Systems Rokar and Azimuth Technologies Ltd. Global customers include the US Army (M-IAI tank), US Air-Force, GD Land Systems, MBDA, EFW, L-3 Communications and AAI Corporation.

With manufacturing capability on two continents, the company is well positioned to respond quickly to customer requirements. Designed-in flexibility allows rapid product customization to meet specific customer requirements.

All Imco facilities are ISO 9001: 2008 certified. Imco complies with IPC-WHMA-A-620 , AS-9100 and US MIL-STD requirements. Our design, manufacturing and quality assurance functions are integrated under Imco’s global organization, ensuring our customers a fast time-to market with our products.

Imco Group is a market leader in military and commercial applications, ranging from airborne, missiles, naval, ground vehicles and UAV to custom and off-the-shelf commercial systems for automotive, medical and industrial markets.

Capabilities

Outstanding design and engineering skills in combination with stringent quality control make Imco Industries a leading force in the electrical harnesses and electromechanical devices industries. Decades of technological excellence result in ability to provide cost-effective and reliable solutions for defense programs PMs (program managers). Imco has an in-house team of experts and all the relevant technologies, facilities and tools for all the aspects involved in implementation of turnkey projects: development, design and manufacturing of electrical, electronic and electromechanical systems. Imco persist in setting new standards in efficiency and flexibility

Technology

The company operates at the forefront of cable harnesses and electro-mechanical technology manufacturing.
We have the following capabilities:

• Mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical and electronic manufacturing, assembly and testing
• CAD, CAM, ECAD
• Machining, Forming, Welding, Brazing, Painting, Soldering and Harnessing capabilities
• Braiding machines

Experienced Team

For decades, Imco has been providing innovative and comprehensive solutions to our clients’ requirements, which have been successfully developed and expanded over the years - solutions for wiring harnesses and electro-mechanical systems as well as our unique LED lighting systems for wheeled and tracked vehicles. Our teams of engineers and technicians have a proven track record in delivering sophisticated devices for complex systems while meeting challenging schedules. We pride our team’s expertise, know-how and their ability to provide ultimate solutions to every challenge posted by industry needs.

Facilities

• 91,500 Square feet
• Mechanical Design (in-house)
• Automatic Test Equipment
• CAD , CAM and ECAD systems (AutoCAD)
• Variety of Computerized-Numeric-Controlled (CNC) machines, milling machines and lathes,
• In-house production and assembly lines with expandable capacity
• Quality assurance team, working according to military standards monitoring our in-process and final inspections 

Design-in Support

Our support starts at the design phase. Our Engineering Group works in cooperation with your design engineers during all stages of the product design process. Our engineering staff & test facilities are available whenever required.

Global Presence

Imco Group, having facilities in North America and Israel provides its customers with all the local support they require. Each facility has a warehouse, production and assembly lines and repair department. Pre and post sales support and logistics personnel address all customer support requirements before, during and after the sales of our products.

 

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Last update by Boaz Weiss, Mon 18 Jan 2010