United Export Corporation (U.E.C.)
Founded in 1939, and originally located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, U.E.C. started out in the industry by offering fire protection equipment to a petroleum company in Latin America. Today, U.E.C.’s offerings reach clients in over 75 different countries. Take a look at some of our most important milestones along the way:
Year | Event |
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1939 | U.E.C. was founded as a translation service. |
1960 | U.E.C. morphed into an Export Management Company (EMC). |
U.E.C.’s business model was based on exclusive relationships with USA fire protection manufacturers, representing them in international markets. | |
U.E.C. developed ways to succeed in international markets by offering a wide variety of fire protection equipment under one umbrella. | |
Most products were UL listed and FM approved, which was rare at the time. | |
U.E.C. was very successful in overcoming the challenge of marketing and selling globally into Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe & South America. | |
1975 | We first developed our private label program. |
1978 | Our first product under our private label program, pressure sensitive masking tape, was released leading to increased sales. |
1988 | U.E.C.’s private label program becomes popular in the Middle East. |
The successful marketing of one line of tape spawned 400 new products. | |
1989 | U.E.C. was awarded the “E” award by President H.W. Bush. |
1991 | U.E.C. received the “E” award again. |
2005 | Export sales increased to $84.0M – nearly 7 times the sales from 1988. |
2010 | Mircom Group acquires U.E.C. as a strategic initiative to expand their product offering portfolio to international customers. |
U.E.C.’s range of firefighting & protection equipment complemented Mircom’s fire alarm, detection & building communications products. | |
2014 | U.E.C. currently exports to over 200 customers in over 75 countries from its earlier history of selling one product to one customer in 1960. |
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