Our Story
Founded in 1949 as a sound and paging company, Indiana Electronics & Communications was initially dedicated to providing secure sound and communications equipment to the school and hospital market in the Michiana area; this market demanded quality products in a 24/7 environment. The company positioned itself as the premier provider of these services from 1954 until 1980.
Our History
Since 1949
Indiana Electronics Corporation was founded about 1950 by Ralph Wiesert. Ralph had served in the Navy during World War II. His expertise included radio, paging, intercom and speakers. He used these skills to create a sound and paging company. Early customers included schools, churches, auditoriums and other large spaces required audio solutions. In the 1970s, Indiana Electronics Corporation began to provide expanded intercom and paging solutions to schools and hospitals with products from Dukane Corp, Bogen, Valcom and others. DuKane Corp had products specific for those industries and the company was a premier provider of Nurse Call systems during this time. The National Sales Manager for DuKane Corp at this time was a man named Harold George. When Ralph mentioned that he wanted to sell the business and retire, Harold decided that now was the time for him to own and run his own business.
In 1978, the company was sold to the Harold George, who brought with him a strong background in the sound industry, and also the telecommunications field. Prior to his time at DuKane Corp, Harold George had worked for International Telephone and Telegraph. During the 1980s, several manufacturers began to offer small phone systems for businesses. There was a great demand for these products and with Harold’s knowledge of telecommunications, Indiana Electronics Corporation began to sell telephone systems. The segment of the company selling telephone systems grew rapidly and Indiana Electronics began to transition as a provider of business telephone systems.
After the start of the new century, Harold began to think about retirement. It was obvious that future systems would increasingly rely on computers and networks, rather than the existing digital switching technologies. A group of current and former employees, with complimentary skill sets, learned of Harold’s interest in retiring and made an offer to purchase the company. In 2004, that transition began. Harold stayed with the company as a business mentor and sales manager for another 10 years while the company moved into the areas of LAN/WAN networking and VoIP solutions. To ensure that voice quality was optimum, Indiana Electronics & Communications needed to design, build and optimize quality networks. We became experts in Physical Cable Infrastructure, Local Area Networks (LAN), Switching, Routing, Virtual Private Networks (VNP), Firewall, Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). This expertise created an opportunity for us to add other devices to the network. We began to add Wireless Access Points, IP Cameras, IP based Door Access Control and other network based products.
The Future
Evolving Growth
Indiana Electronics & Communications has long kept pace with the evolution of technology, adapting and implementing new solutions for client needs through emerging hardware, software and firmware.
What started as a locally focused, family-owned telecommunications operation has become a nationally recognized company with a reputation for reliable, cutting-edge service and products. Over the years, IEC has always remained current with the latest technology, regularly employing new and improved versions of telecommunications, data and electronic components within our client systems.
In fact, IEC was one of the first companies to embrace the advent of cloud-based PBX services within our region, and we continue to be a leader in the industry. Today, IEC’s products and services are used by clients throughout the country, and the company