American Power Systems News, Updates & Expert Resources

APS is proud to announce a new business partnership with Handicapped Development Center. Handicapped Development Center, or HDC, is a non-profit organization that supports people with diabilities. Located in Davenport, Iowa, HDC provides its clients with opportunities to develop their skills and make contributions to the community. Operating according to the core belief that every person...

APS is proud to announce that the company has founded a scholarship for local students planning to pursue education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Yes, a scholarship! The Thomas K. Evans Memorial Scholarship is a merit-based, one-time gift for new college entrants pursuing education in STEM fields. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage bright,...

Have you noticed the APS blog has been a bit quiet lately? December has shaped up to be quite the month! Here’s a quick peek at a few things keeping us busy. A strong start   The APS engineering and production team guided the customer for three days in the installation of a complete dual-alternator system and high idle controls on a Ford F-250 in our build space.   Halfway through day three,...

We're so excited, we just can't hide it! Monday evening our company President, Amy Lank, was presented with the award for Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI). TAI presented Amy and nine other Iowa women with statewide honors for their contribution in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math at the organization's 10th Annual Women...

Little things become big things. It's true for leaky faucets, flossing your teeth, and even recycling. Ignore the trickle, and soon you've got a gusher of a water bill. Forget flossing long enough, and you'd best prep for a filling. Throw away all the good stuff, and pretty soon, there's less good to go around. We're not saying we've never let a trickle go unaddressed, or that we floss as...

Here at APS, we're always working on something new.  Since day one, every day has delivered new demands in the realm of solving our clients’ power challenges and helping them become mission capable. These days, however, we’ve also been working on something that’s, well, a new kind of different – and we’re finally ready to talk about it. It started in June 2017, when our local chamber of...

We just received some pretty exciting news here at APS headquarters. Our company President, Amy Lank, has been named as a finalist for two state awards from the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) as part of the organization's 10th Annual Women of Innovation Awards. Amy was nominated and selected as a finalist for two different awards -- one for Leadership Innovation, and the other for...

Begin with the end in mind. We’re not sure who coined the phrase, but we like it. Maybe that’s because whether we’re traveling domestically or internationally, we hear the same sentiment from so many of our partners and potential partners: that when they began their current project, they didn’t really know how much power they’d need to make it happen. It happens with the armored vehicle...

APS is excited to announce that we started recycling at our Davenport facility this week. In our office areas, we're recycling paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs, aluminum and steel cans, and glass bottles and jars. We purchased blue recycling bins for each individual office and for common areas. When these bins are full, we'll dump them into a 90-gallon recycling cart that our solid...

Thank you for stopping by the new APS blog! This is where we'll share news and information about current projects, upcoming travels, and strides in research and development. We'll keep things serious, for the most part, but we'll have some fun, too -- because hey, we like what we do! The last few weeks we've been busy preparing for one of the largest conferences we'll attend this...