ABOUT BALL SYSTEMS

Custom, Precision Test Systems - Built the Right Way

Your Test Solutions Are Now Within Reach

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For six decades, Ball Systems has served companies developing and manufacturing critical electronic or electro-mechanical components for aerospace and defense, automotive, and consumer appliance applications with custom designed and build-to-print test systems. 

Our tenured test engineering experts have spent the night on the manufacturing floor – we understand the challenges of volume production, the nuances of electronic and electro-mechanical test, the benefits of open solutions with accessible IP, and the pressures of customer timelines – and we create the test solutions you need to make your life easier.

Operating as an agile extension of your team, we can get you up and running quickly with minimal process overhead. Our teams, located in suburban Indianapolis and Detroit, stay in close communication with you throughout each engagement, ensuring test systems pass critical milestones before moving forward and are designed to meet the critical needs of your final components or products and your manufacturing process.

 

BALL SYSTEMS Leadership Team

60 Years of Innovation 

Executive Owners: Patrick Turley and Andrew Caine

Pat Turley and Andy Caine

 

Ball Systems Technology History

Dr Irvin M Ball - 2Founded by Dr. Irvin Ball, Ball Systems has been a leader in the custom electronics test equipment market since 1966. At its inception, the company provided engineering consulting services to national and international customers in a variety of industries including television, magnetics, heavy chemical, pharmaceutical, electronics, and automotive. 

Most of consultation work involved specialized equipment to measure or control critical product functionality. 


The Early Years of Ball Systems

In response to the changing needs of customers, Ball Systems opened design and production facilities in 1974. These services were added to supplement the company’s consulting services and to provide the much-needed capability for our customers of being able to design and manufacture custom electronic equipment.

Decades of Innovation

Through the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s, the company continued to grow its presence in the automotive electronics testing space. During the same period, the company went through growing pains when Dr. Irvin Ball passed away. The early 2000’s saw two other short-term owners before Andy Caine and Pat Turley acquired the company in 2006. That same year, an aggressive push was made in diversifying and expanding Ball Systems' customer base, market segmentation and geographic footprint. That push saw great success, with Ball Systems continuing to grow exponentially every year since 2008. 

Ball Systems sign exterior of building

Current Direction

Today, Ball Systems continues its role as a leader in developing custom test systems for electronic and electro-mechanical customers in the aerospace, defense, automotive, and electrical spaces while being a valued supplier to companies across the globe.

Learn more about how Ball Systems can solve your engineering challenges.

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