industrial partners llc founded cincinnati ohio u.s. 1958 1958 founder ralph g. anderson headquarters cincinnati ohio u.s. number of locations over 49 offices area served worldwide services engineering and staffing revenue 540 million usd number of employees over 6 000 website belcancorporation.com belcan corporation is an engineering consulting and staffing firm headquartered in cincinnati ohio . belcan has over 11 000 employees in 70 locations around the world serving a wide range of industries . it is among the top five largest engineering firms in the united states . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 engineering services 2.2 technical recruitment 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit belcan corporation was founded in 1958 by ralph g. anderson an engineering graduate of the university of kentucky . until 1976 belcan concentrated on providing temporary engineering services to companies such as allison engine company general electric pratt & whitney and procter & gamble . 1 in 1976 belcan began to offer outsourced engineering services hiring permanent engineering staff and performing engineering projects for clients in belcan s offices . separate divisions were formed engineering for outsourced engineering and techservices for temporary engineering services . 2 procter & gamble was one of the first major customers of belcan s in house services . 3 beginning in 1976 belcan began opening techservices offices throughout the u.s. in 1983 belcan was offered a contract by procter & gamble to upgrade the production lines for a redesign of their pampers disposable diapers . belcan was responsible for the design procurement installation commissioning and training of operations and maintenance personnel for production lines in 4 u.s. plants and seven overseas plants . belcan expanded their offices and increased staff up to 400 people in order to meet the schedule . the first production line was running 7 months after the start of the project . 4 in 1987 belcan formed the specialty equipment engineering division to service light bulb manufacturing for all of general electric s worldwide manufacturing plants . 5 seed subsequently expanded to provide design and build of specialized manufacturing equipment for numerous clients and industries . in 1991 belcan and general electric aviation formed an alliance for belcan to provide engineering design and test support for ge s turbine engines . this relationship continued to grow and in 2006 ge awarded belcan a super center contract to provide support to ge s aviation energy oil & gas transportation and water divisions . 6 the staffing solutions division of belcan was founded in 1989 to address current customers light industrial and clerical staffing needs . it had grown to over 25 offices in over 12 states before the division was spun off as belflex and is no longer a part of belcan . belcan s engineering and techservices divisions expanded through the late 1990s to the present with new offices and acquisitions . 7 8 by 2009 belcan had approximately 60 offices internationally . on july 13 2015 ae industrial partners llc announced that it had completed the acquisition of belcan corporation . 9 services edit belcan provides services in the following areas engineering services edit belcan s engineering division has 3 500 engineers in 25 offices providing full service engineering support to clients in the aviation energy heavy equipment transportation marine medical and consumer & industrial products industries . capabilities include design & build automation equipment design engineering engineering analysis such as finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics design drafting software electronics and control systems systems engineering manufacturing engineering customer service engineering and project management . technical recruitment edit belcan s techservices division provides contract personnel and direct hire recruiting of technical professionals . notes edit massie 1995 p. 52 . lane 2008 p. 47 . massie 1995 p. 59 . lane 2008 p. 31 . massie 1995 p. 120 . lane 2008 p. 37 . lane 2008 p. 52 . governor fletcher and belcan announce new engineer design center in lexington press release . kentucky cabinet for economic development . december 7 2004 . retrieved december 29 2009 . https belcancorporation.com news 220 ae industrial partners acquisition of belcan is complete references edit joseph massie 1995 . anderson s way . isbn 0 697 24156 4 . lane margaret 2008 . anderson s legacy . isbn 0 9793431 8 6 . external links edit belcan corporation belcan techservices belcan engineering retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title belcan corporation & oldid 743395478 categories engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in cincinnatiprivately held companies based in ohiocompanies established in 19581958 establishments in ohio navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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