ADVANCED EQUIPMENT, INC.
TAMPA, FLORIDA

Advanced Equipment Corporation was established in Bellevue, Washington in 1957 as a Designer, Manufacturer, and Installer of Operable Walls. The company was incorporated in the State of Washington in 1958.  The initial product offering consisted of both manual and electric operable walls, with opening heights of up to twenty four feet (7.3m). The panel construction at that time featured stressed-skin laminated wood. Available panel interior material included resin-impregnated honeycomb, fiberglass, and a combination of fiberglass with steel sheet sound barriers. During the 1960's and 70's, we became very active in the hospitality market, and the convention center business. The activity in these fields, which expose operable walls to continuous severe service led to the development and introduction of the Advanced Alpha® series panel construction. The all welded, all steel construction enables Advanced to offer a Ten Year Limited Warranty for the Alpha® panel, as well as for a number of track systems. Supertrack® became a valuable addition to suspension systems in 1981. Designed for panels with heights greater than 40 feet (12.2 meters), weighing in excess of 2,000 pounds (908 kg), this track system at its inception, and now 28 years later, provides proven durability along with unrivaled ease of operation. A unique trolley design which uses two thrust-bearings for each wheel is one reason this system provides "one-hand" ease of operation, in and out of storage areas. The decade of the 80's witnessed Advanced Equipment bringing to market several other innovations. These include the VISION® system of computer controlled rear projection screen shields; curved, welded steel operable walls, and an increasing emphasis on Field Sound Testing to verify the ability of Advanced Equipment operable walls to meet the noise control needs of it's customers. Based on physical testing to confirm designed performance, Advanced is able to provide, during recent years, operable walls with the ability to resist forces generated by earthquakes. Since few areas of the world are immune to earthquakes, this public safety factor is of great importance to architects and engineers. Our staff responsible for the design, production and marketing of our wide range of operable wall products numbers 100 men and women. We make extensive use of electronic technology to assist our customers with preliminary design assistance, as well as improve product design and manufacturing. Advanced Equipment is dedicated to the concept that we must always equip our customers with superior operable walls - operable walls which enhance the customer's accomplishments.