Jerry Giuliano began his life in static control in 1960 making static bars and blowers and testing power supplies for the Simco Co. in Lansdale, PA. Following nine months in the factory, Jerry filled the company's need for a field service technician and application's engineer. In this capacity, he traveled around the country finding new applications and customers and creating new products as the needs dictated. In 1968, he spent a month and a half traveling throughout Europe helping the subsidiary company in the Netherlands to establish a strong market presence there. At the time, there were only a few manufacturers of static control products and the industries served were textile, graphic arts, pharmaceutical, plastics, and paper, film and foil converting. The "ESD" business was non-existent.

In 1971, Jerry joined the Custom Materials Inc., a Chelmsford MA company whose business was controlling static electricity, not with equipment but with conductive plastic materials. Their marketplace was identified as hospitals, munitions, microwave, and the up-and-coming electronics industries. Early in 1973, the 3M company purchased Custom Materials, Inc. and looked to Jerry to join their team in Minneapolis. Instead, Jerry worked with the new company for several months as an independent contractor/consultant to assist in the transition while starting Julie Associates with his wife, Audrey.

Julie Associates was formed to serve all industries in New England with total solutions to industrial problems associated with static electricity. His was the first company in the USA to focus exclusively on static control; to provide its customers with total solutions using instruments, equipment and materials to measure, monitor, neutralize, generate, and prevent the accumulation of static electricity.

For the nearly 30 years since its inception, the company has always maintained its focus on static control although, it has evolved from a three person manufacturer's rep firm, to distributor and manufacturer serving New England to scores of direct and indirect people serving global needs. When they moved from Billerica, MA to Wilmington MA (a facility that would better accommodate their manufacturing needs) they changed the name from Julie Associates, Inc. to Julie Industries, Inc.

"ESD" products, particularly flooring, represent a major part of the Julie product offering. Dave Long is the company expert in flooring having concentrated on that segment of the business for the past ten of his 25 years with the company. On the industrial side, the market acceptance and demand for their "StaticSmart" products which include static bars, ionizer blowers, vacuum systems, and electrostatic charging systems has been directed by Jim Patterson another long time Julie employee.

 

Julie Industries is a member in good standing of the national ESD Association and has supported that effort from its beginning. The local chapter of the ESD Association was formed at and continues to hold its monthly meetings at "Julie". The people that make up Julie Industries are proud to sponsor, support and participate in numerous community activities.

To learn more about Julie Industry's Products, visit them on the Internet at:

www.julieindustries.com