Tampa Armature Works — A leading independent service provider is now part of IPS

Tampa Armature Works (TAW), a leading independent U.S. power services and industrial equipment distribution company, became part of IPS in 2022. TAW, founded in 1921, serves customers across the U.S, in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe.

The company’s four divisions — Service Centers, Technical Field Services, Custom Equipment, and Power Systems — now strengthen the single-source capabilities of IPS. Its eleven Florida locations operate as a region of our North American network.

TAW has long standing customer relationships in industrial and commercial markets, including:

  • Aggregates
  • Agriculture
  • Commercial property
  • Data centers
  • Entertainment, amusement, and theme parks
  • Food & beverage
  • High-rise buildings
  • Hospitals/healthcare
  • Industrial plants and mills
  • Metals and mining
  • Military and defense
  • Municipalities and government
  • Pulp & paper
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • Water and wastewater

Expert electrical and mechanical service and repair

TAW service centers service and repair NEMA/Above NEMA motors, turbine generators, rotating equipment, switchgear, transformers, and other critical equipment.

The Tampa service center gives IPS another high-voltage facility to handle motors up to 13.8 kV. Tampa is also certified for nuclear safety-related motors, repairs, and service. TAW engineers and technicians provide complete lifecycle service — design, obsolescence upgrades, installation, commissioning, and maintenance.

Complete on-site services

TAW’s Technical Field Services division provides complete on-site services for electric motors & generators, rotating equipment, and power distribution. TFS technicians and engineers work together on:

  • Troubleshooting
  • Diagnostics
  • Emergency & outage support
  • Engineering
  • Predictive & preventive maintenance
  • Replacement

These veteran specialists lead the region’s emergency and outage support. They’re trained, certified, and fully equipped to make facilities safe and bring them back online.

Engineering and manufacturing for custom industrial equipment

Custom Equipment engineers, manufactures, and fabricates heavy-duty custom industrial equipment, medium-voltage switchgear, control systems, and automation. They also manufacture and provide field services for:

  • E-houses
  • Generator packaging
  • VFDs
  • MCCs
  • Outdoor enclosures
  • PDCs
  • PECs
  • Substations

The division’s Riverview, FL operation is a 140,000 square foot, advanced manufacturing facility, FDEP-approved and ISO 9001:2015 certified by TUV USA.

A leader in generator service and repair

TAW Power Systems, Inc. works on the largest industrial generators in the U.S. and around the world. TAW’s Miami service center works on turbine generators.

TAW engineers and technicians provide testing, assessments, engineering, manufacturing, integration, and control.

The Power Systems division has a long standing relationship with KOHLER® Power. It offers service and sales for KOHLER® emergency generators for various applications:

  • Industrial
  • Commercial
  • Marine
  • Mobile
  • Towable
  • Rental
  • Residential

To learn more about our regional and North American resources, talk to your local TAW or IPS representative or contact us here.

IPS has close working relationships with OEMs