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American Power Systems Type: Private

Business: Development of mobile power systems

Founded: 2001

Headquarters: Davenport, Iowa, U.S.

Key people: Tom Evans, CEO

Products: Rotating power supplies, high performance alternators, dc to dc upconverters

Revenue: US$4.3 million[1]

Employees: 18[2]

Website: http://www.americanpowerinc.com

American Power Systems, Inc., Headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, is one of the world leaders in power supply engineering and development, high output alternator, and dc to dc converters for uparmored and armored vehicles(3PL). Founded in 2001, American Power Systems, Inc. techonogy has powered IED jammers and power systems for military uplink communications for the protection of US troops overseas and in highly volitile war theatres. On the domestic techonolgy side AMerican Power Systems supplies the vast majority of transit bus and shuttle bus power for operation of GPS, video loggers, air-conditioning and communications equipment needs.[3] The company’s major clients include DoD, SOCOM, DoS, FDOT, Ultimate Armor and Artic Trucks.[4]

Contents 1 History 2 Awards and Facts 3 References 4 External links

[edit] HistoryAmerican Power Systems was found in 1925 in Davenport, Iowa by the Buesing family during the depression. The local rebuilder in Davenport had gone bankrupt and the Buesings acquired the business by bank foreclosure and began operations after assessing tools and equipment needs. The three brothers of the Buesing family, Stan, Dale and Dave began operations rebuilding at that time automotive generators found in most of the cars at that time. Buesing's specialty was restoring back to full opertion the very complex DC generators for Cadillac, Buick, Desoto, Chevrolet and Ford.[5]

In the 1980s John Deere approached Buesings with the proposal to rebuild the John Deere tractor line of starters and alternators which had experienced field failures. Buesings took on the contract and begin John Deere service parts remanufactuing for the JDM division of John Deere at the time run by the Milan operations PDC. Buesings continued to expand its remanufactuing to include starters and alternators made by Delco, Leece Neville, A.C. Niehoff and Denso.[6]

In 1997 Buesings elected to sell off the Denso portion of its remanufacturing to a groupd known as M and K Industries. It sold its commercial division to another investor Rod Schwietzer Group. In 2001 the M and K Industries company was sold to American Armature, Inc.[7]

In 2004, American Armature, Inc. faced with increasing demand for custom designed power products for military and armored vehicles created a new division called American Power Systems, Inc. The design and packaging of mobile power supplies of high amperage became the focus of American Power Systems, Inc. In 2005 American Power Systems, Inc became an independant company spun off from American Armature.[8]

In a short period of time American Power Systems, Inc. has becoem the supplier of choice for vehicle mobile operations involving reconisance, protection of diplomats and military personnel thourghout the world supplying over 5,000 armored and tranport vehicles worldwide with high performance DC power. The company has been granted several patents for its designs. Serial No. 11/846375. [9]

[edit] Awards and Facts2005 LM4x4 Lightweight Prime Mover - key supplier US Marines.[10]

[edit] References 1. http://www.revenue

2. http://www.employees

3. http://www.americanpowerinc.com/american/aboutus.htm

4. http://www.schoolbusfleetdirectory.com/American-Power-Systems-Inc-cp217201.htm. http://www.policeonlinedirectory.com/American-Power-Systems-Inc-cp217201.htm

5. http://www.buesing brothers

6. https://www.buesing product lines

7. https://www.sale of MK

8. https://www.manta.com/c/mm5fryg/american-power-systems

9. http://www.freshpatents.com/Thomas-Evans-Bettendorf-invdire.phppatent

10. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2006/USMarineCorpsSelectsLockheedMartinB.html

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