Started by Chuck and Terri Yost in Gorham, Kansas, in 1978, Yost Electric remains under the Yost family’s control while serving customers across western Kansas and beyond. The company is best known for oil-field electrical service, including an early role in bringing variable-frequency drives to rod-pumping units, and it supports industrial customers from its Gorham-area operation.
KJ ElectricFamily-owned since its founding in 1981, KJ Electric has grown from the ground up by investing in its employees, equipment, and manufacturer relationships. The company is known for helping industrial customers keep equipment running through its distribution business, in-house repair work, and on-site support across New York and beyond. Its 10,000-square-foot custom panel shop and 24/7 emergency service reflect a business built around long-term customer relationships.SYRACUSE, NY
Volland ElectricFounded in Buffalo in 1943 as an electric-motor and transformer repair shop, Volland Electric now repairs motors and supports industrial operations with custom control panels and crane and hoist services. Still family-run by founder Alexander T. Volland’s grandsons, the company has grown to more than 70 employees across three facilities totaling over 50,000 square feet. Volland marks its motor-repair work with Western New York’s only vacuum pressure impregnation capability and provides UL 508A-listed panel fabrication.BUFFALO, NY
Wuest Electric CompanyFamily-owned and operated in Cincinnati since 1924, Wuest Electric provides industrial and commercial electrical contracting, engineering, and control-panel fabrication. The company grew from Oscar Wuest’s Depression-era wiring work into a multigenerational operation serving petroleum refineries, processing plants, asphalt facilities, and packaging operations. Its Cincinnati shop is recognized by Underwriters Laboratories for industrial and intrinsically safe control panels, including panels certified for Canada.CINCINNATI, OH
Motor Technology, IncFamily-owned since its founding in 1981 by former U.S. Navy electro-mechanical technician Thomas J. Ryan, Motor Technology, Inc. has grown from a five-person shop into a York, Pennsylvania, company with more than 100 employees. For over four decades, MTI has helped industrial customers keep critical equipment operating through electro-mechanical repair and 24/7 emergency field support.YORK, PA