Company Profile
Company Overview
FirstPower is an engineering and equipment services company owned by Jack Harley and Frank Ricard. The business is focused on maintaining and upgrading the high voltage switching devices and compressors used by electric utilities to control the flow of power.
A full range of services including repairs, conversions, modifications, and upgrades that increase the reliability and extend the life of the switching devices and compressors are offered. The business has a substantial parts inventory and machine tool assets. This includes the specialized SF6 insulating gas handling equipment, laser leak detection devices and instruments necessary to service many circuit breakers.
Company History
The business of FirstPower Group was a part of J.W. Harley Inc., which was wholly owned by Jack Harley and sold to General Electric Company in November, 1999. GE sold the business and another portion of Harley to Cardinal Pumps & Exchangers, Inc. in December, 2006. Cardinal, in turn, did not see the business as a fit for its activities.