Kontron America’s Springfield operation supplies high-performance power systems and electronic chassis for physics research, demanding test work, and data-acquisition and control applications. Founded in Springfield as W-IE-NE-R Plein & Baus Corp. in 1997, it joined Phoenix Mecano in 2008 and became part of Kontron in 2023. Its work supports nuclear and high-energy physics programs as well as military and aerospace testing.