Advanced Integrated Technologies (AIT)
Advanced Integrated Technologies is essentially a manufacturing service company with two major divisions. The resistance welding and reflow soldering tool division grew out of our early work building micro tools for Hughes Aircraft. About the time that Microsoft was turning computers into a household item, computer hardware manufacturers were looking for companies to build reflow tools used in the assembly of hard drives and other components. The major players like Seagate found A.I.T. and we quickly grew into the industry leader, building more reflow tools and resistance welding electrodes than any other single manufacturer. We still hold that position today.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Manufacturing, Other
- Market Focus:
- Nationally (across the country)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
The precision machining division machines and finishes custom products to the customer’s specification. We build in all quantities from single prototypes to production runs numbering in the thousands. We machine all materials from plastic to diamond. AIT serves all industries from Aerospace and Medical to Architectural and Energy. Our capabilities range from precision electrical discharge machining (EDM) to production CNC milling and turning. We also have capabilities in product finishing including polishing, plating, anodizing, assembly, and packaging. AIT is best known for its precision micro machining.
Industries Served
Advanced Integrated Technologies can serve all industries. Below is a partial list of industries and examples of our customers.
- Medical – Baxter Laboratories, Medtronic
- Aerospace – Dassault Falcon, Boeing
- Defense - Raytheon
- Architectural – 3-form Inc
- Electronics – Panasonic
- Energy – Applied Materials via Automatic Tooling Systems
History
In 1975, Paul and a friend, Joe Gatti, decided to start their own machine shop. Paul sold his Triumph 750 motorcycle to buy a milling machine, lathe, and a drill press. Paul and Joe rented a building and started their business with no customers and little knowledge of how to do business. Gross sales the first year were less than $5,000. In 1976 they split the business and Paul and his family moved to Stone County Arkansas. He built a shop immediately and started Ozark Machine and Tool.
Much of his early work came from fixing local machinery for farmers and loggers. One of his first contracts involved rebuilding starter housings for Aero Automotive. During this time an Aero Automotive engineer who was familiar with Paul and his background with Timex had moved to southern California to work for Hughes Aircraft. Hughes was developing a micro parallel gap welding tool called a duo tip. They were unable to get these micro tools successfully built anywhere in California. The engineer that was familiar with Paul suggested they give him a try. Paul successfully built the micro tools by grinding them on a lathe fitted with a tool post grinder. Later when he had secured the contract he built a specialized grinding station with a camera and overlay system to control the grinding process.
Three phase power was not available at the remote shop Paul was operating from in the early 1980’s. Growth potential was limited. About 1987 he decided to move his company to the industrial park in Mountain View, AR. He built a new metal building, changed the company name to Advanced Integrated Technologies, and began hiring employees. Growth was slow but steady in the early years. Contacts and work gradually trickled in from companies like White Rodgers division of Emerson Electric and Baxter Laboratories.
