We Build the Best Control Panels by Refusing to Be a "One-Stop Shop"

UCEC has existed for more than sixty years by building the best control panels, period. To keep our focus on quality custom panels, we’ve never defined ourselves as a “one-stop shop."  To be all things to all people with something as complicated as a control panel should send up a red flag. When panels shops try to do everything (a “one-stop shop”), that’s when things get diluted and messy.

There is so much talent and work that goes into a UCEC panel. We know our industry thoroughly, and we want to remain leaders in the field. We won’t get there by being all things to all people. Today we’re sharing two examples of this philosophy in action.

Partnering With Experts to Serve Our Clients Better

Our talented craftsmen contribute their years of knowledge of panel building to each project. Conversely, most engineering firms who try to build panels quickly learn there is more to them than meets the eye! As our President and CEO, Mark Inboden said, “Two specialized companies collaborating to solve a customer’s problem often leads to a better result for the end user.”

We find that the best results happen for our clients when we partner with other experts and this case study demonstrates exactly that.

Engineering firm, Logical Systems, Inc., had a client who is an international beverage maker with plants around the world. Each plant contains several machine shops with milling machines, lathes and other equipment. After a serious injury occurred when an unqualified employee operated equipment in a plant machine shop in another state, the customer needed to find a solution that guaranteed only trained employees would be permitted to operate dangerous machinery.

Download our case study, “UCEC + Logical Systems, LLC” to see how these two experts partnered together to engineer and build a safety-focused control panel.

Quality Craftsmanship Speaks for Itself

A major Bakken oil and gas operator was rapidly outgrowing the separator platform they were using, which relied heavily on remote telemetry units (RTUs). When a move to a PLC platform was decided on due to the large number of controls, the operator knew they would have to find a panel shop with the experience, skill and technical knowledge to turn its designs into reality.

After touring several firms, this major oil and gas operator selected UCEC to take on the project of updating their separator control panels.

Read more in this case study, “UCEC + A Major Bakken Operator”, how our honed craftsmanship made our panel shop the perfect partner for this custom job.