Industrial Electronics of the Carolinas (IEC) began as an integration house and quickly grew to become an engineering resource for manufacturers and OEM’s in eastern North Carolina. IEC moved into engineering, design, and consulting as clients requested assistance in determining equipment needs. Although the leaders in industrial automation courted IEC, IEC chose to remain unaffiliated in order to eliminate any bias, or the appearance, in their recommendations. Their opinions are based upon technical information, ROIs, and long-term goals of the client. The result is that IEC is involved in most of the major decisions that their clients make. IEC’s engineers have the experience of corporate America. All of their engineers have at least 10 years of engineering experience from leading companies such as Weyerhaeuser, Abbott Labs, Collins & Aikman, and other large manufacturers in the area.