APOPKA, Fla. — August 18, 2026 — JE Technology Solutions welcomed Apopka Mayor Nick Nesta and Steve Montiero Public Information Director, to its Apopka headquarters for a firsthand look at the engineering, advanced manufacturing, passive fall protection systems, and precision CNC capabilities supporting customers across the United States and around the world.

During the visit, Mayor Nesta met members of the JE team and toured the company’s 47,500-square-foot engineering and manufacturing facility. The visit provided an opportunity to showcase not only what JE builds in Apopka, but also the people, technical expertise, and manufacturing infrastructure behind that work.

For JE, the visit also highlighted a larger story: advanced engineering and manufacturing are creating skilled career opportunities and producing solutions for demanding industries right here in Central Florida.

Table of Contents

1. What Did Mayor Nesta See During His Visit to JE?
2. An Engineering and Manufacturing Company More Than 20 Years in the Making
3. What Does JE Technology Solutions Build in Apopka?
4. How Does JE Support High-Mix, Low-Volume CNC Manufacturing?
5. Why Put Engineering and Manufacturing Under One Roof?
6. Local Manufacturing With an Impact Beyond Apopka
7. How Is JE Investing in Central Florida’s Manufacturing Workforce?
8. Engineering With a Purpose
9. Proud to Build in Apopka
10. Frequently Asked Questions

What Did Mayor Nesta See During His Visit to JE?

Mayor Nesta’s tour offered a look inside the complete process required to transform a customer’s operational challenge or product design into a finished manufactured solution.

JE brings engineering and manufacturing capabilities together within its Apopka operation. Depending on the project, work can begin with understanding a customer’s requirements and developing an engineered solution or with an existing customer design that is ready to manufacture.

From there, JE’s capabilities include design and engineering, CNC machining and milling, laser and waterjet cutting, tube and pipe bending, welding, metal fabrication, assembly, quality assurance, and final delivery. Bringing these disciplines together allows JE to support customers at different stages of the project lifecycle while maintaining communication between the people designing, manufacturing, assembling, and inspecting the finished product.

During the facility tour, Mayor Nesta was able to see the people and processes behind those capabilities firsthand. Mayor Nesta saw firsthand how JE’s manufacturing capabilities come together under one roof, from precision CNC machining and welding to final assembly. The visit also highlighted the scale of JE’s work, including the manufacturing and assembly of a three-plus-story passive fall protection platform, demonstrating how engineering, fabrication, and skilled craftsmanship come together to create complex systems designed to improve safety and access in demanding work environments.

That integrated approach has become an important part of how JE serves customers with complex requirements.

An Engineering and Manufacturing Company More Than 20 Years in the Making

JE Technology Solutions was founded in Florida in 2004 by Founder and President Adrian Little with an engineering-first approach and a commitment to customer focus. Before JE had the manufacturing footprint it has today, the company built its reputation by solving complex technical challenges through engineering, product design, and project management.

In 2010, JE opened its first manufacturing facility — a 1,800-square-foot operation in Longwood, Florida — and began producing aerospace maintenance equipment under its own roof. Growth followed the increasing scale and complexity of the company’s work. By 2014, JE had expanded into a 5,500-square-foot facility as the company supported larger aerospace programs. In 2015, JE expanded again, this time into a 20,000-square-foot operation.

That progression eventually brought JE to Apopka.

In 2020, the company moved into its current 47,500-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Apopka, Florida, significantly expanding the space and infrastructure available to support its engineering and manufacturing operations. Since then, JE has continued investing in the equipment, technology, processes, and people needed to serve customers with increasingly complex manufacturing requirements. Today, work performed in Apopka supports customers throughout the United States and internationally, including programs delivered in Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea.

What Does JE Technology Solutions Build in Apopka?

JE designs and manufactures solutions for environments where access, safety, precision, and reliability matter.

One of the company’s core areas of expertise is engineered access and passive fall protection systems.

These systems are designed around how people actually need to move, access equipment, and perform work in elevated or difficult-to-reach environments.

JE’s solutions can include:

• Access platforms and work stands
• Rooftop access structures and walkways
• Catwalks and elevated walkways
• Stairs and stair towers
• Crossovers
• Mezzanines and elevated floors
• Ladders and climbing systems
• Safety and guarding systems
• Aircraft maintenance stands and docking platforms
• Custom access infrastructure

The objective isn’t simply to fabricate a structure. Engineering begins with understanding the application, working environment, access requirements, surrounding equipment, and tasks people need to perform. That allows JE to develop systems around real operational requirements rather than forcing the operation to adapt to a generic solution.

Passive Fall Protection Built Around the Work

Passive fall protection provides protection through permanent or semi-permanent physical infrastructure rather than depending solely on workers to actively engage a personal fall-arrest system.

For facilities and operations with elevated work areas, that can mean integrating guardrails, platforms, walkways, stairs, crossovers, and other engineered access infrastructure into the working environment. JE’s approach combines that safety objective with accessibility and workflow.

A platform needs to do more than place someone at the correct elevation. The people using it need appropriate access to the work area, room to perform their tasks, and a solution engineered for the conditions in which it will actually operate.

That philosophy is captured in a simple idea that guides JE’s work: Every platform we engineer exists so someone goes home safely.

How Does JE Support High-Mix, Low-Volume CNC Manufacturing?

Not everything manufactured inside JE’s Apopka facility becomes a JE-branded platform or access system. JE also provides precision CNC machining and contract manufacturing services, including support for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments.

High-mix, low-volume manufacturing is particularly valuable when customers need a diverse range of components in smaller quantities rather than thousands or millions of identical parts. Those requirements can arise from prototypes, specialized equipment, replacement components, custom assemblies, product variations, legacy systems, or programs with evolving production needs. JE’s manufacturing model allows the company to support those requirements while maintaining the precision and repeatability expected of CNC manufacturing.

From Prototype to Repeat Production

JE’s manufacturing capabilities support projects ranging from prototypes and specialized components to repeat production. The company’s precision machining operation includes CNC milling capabilities designed to produce components with tight tolerances and repeatable quality for structural and mechanical applications.

But CNC machining is only one part of the manufacturing infrastructure available within the facility. JE’s broader capabilities include:

• Precision Machining: CNC milling and manual machining for structural and mechanical components.
• Laser Cutting: High-accuracy processing for complex geometries with clean, consistent edges.
• Waterjet Cutting: Cold-cutting capabilities that process materials without introducing heat distortion.
• Tube Cutting: CNC laser tube cutting for structural and fabricated components.
• Pipe and Tube Bending: Precision forming capabilities for frameworks and structural assemblies.
• Welding: Steel and aluminum welding capabilities supporting fabricated structures and assemblies.
• Fabrication: Converting engineered designs and manufactured components into durable structural systems.
• Assembly: Integrating individual components into complete systems ready for installation or deployment.
• Quality Assurance: Inspection and measurement capabilities supporting verification throughout production.

Together, these capabilities give customers another option when they need more than a standalone machine shop.

Why Put Engineering and Manufacturing Under One Roof?

JE’s engineering-first history continues to influence how the company approaches manufacturing today. Customers don’t always arrive with the same needs. Some have completed drawings and need a manufacturing partner capable of producing the part or assembly. Others have an operational problem but need help determining what the solution should be.

JE can engage at either point.

The company’s engineering team uses tools including 3D CAD modeling, engineering documentation, manufacturing design tools, and CAM programming to help translate concepts and requirements into manufacturable solutions.

Early collaboration between engineering and manufacturing can also help identify potential production challenges before they reach the manufacturing floor. Once a design is ready, JE’s machining, cutting, bending, welding, fabrication, assembly, and quality capabilities help move the project toward a finished product. The result is an integrated workflow built around four broader stages:

Design. Build. Deliver. Support.

That approach allows JE to serve as more than a supplier performing one isolated manufacturing operation. It allows the company to support customers across multiple stages of a project’s lifecycle.

Local Manufacturing With an Impact Beyond Apopka

JE’s products and manufacturing services support demanding applications across aerospace, defense, industrial, transportation, marine, and other markets.

The company’s aerospace history includes maintenance access and ground support equipment for military and commercial aircraft. Its capabilities have since expanded into broader contract manufacturing, custom fabrication, industrial access, passive fall protection, transportation, and marine applications. That means products manufactured by employees in Apopka can ultimately support operations far beyond Central Florida. But while JE’s reach is national and international, the work starts locally.

Apopka is where our engineers solve problems.

• It is where machinists turn raw material into precision components.
• It is where welders and fabricators transform those components into structures.
• It is where assemblers bring complete systems together.
• It is where quality professionals inspect the work.
• And it is where teams throughout the organization support the process required to take a project from an initial requirement to a finished product.

Our products may travel around the world, but much of the work begins right here in Apopka.

How Is JE Investing in Central Florida’s Manufacturing Workforce?

A manufacturing company’s impact on its community isn’t limited to the products leaving its facility. It is also reflected in the opportunities created for the people building them.

JE has established structured career progression paths across Manufacturing, Welding, and Engineering, with defined advancement criteria, coaching, internal promotion, and leadership opportunities incorporated into employee development. The goal is to give employees an opportunity to build careers rather than simply hold positions.

Those careers also demonstrate the diversity of skills required by modern manufacturing. Engineers, CNC machinists, welders, fabricators, assemblers, quality professionals, supply chain professionals, project managers, and operations teams all contribute to bringing complex products to life. Developing and retaining those skills locally strengthens JE while also contributing to the broader technical workforce available within Central Florida.

As manufacturing technology continues to advance, maintaining that workforce will be essential to the region’s ability to compete for increasingly sophisticated engineering and manufacturing programs.

Engineering With a Purpose

Growth has changed the scale of JE Technology Solutions, but the purpose behind the company remains consistent.

JE’s mission is to provide best-valued products and services that maximize customer safety. Its vision extends beyond the product itself: to positively impact people’s lives by designing and manufacturing products that make work safer and easier. That purpose is particularly visible in JE’s access and passive fall protection systems, but it also influences the company’s broader approach to engineering, manufacturing, and quality.

Success isn’t measured simply by how much metal moves through the facility. It is reflected in the quality of the finished product, the trust customers place in JE, the development of the people producing that work, and the performance of the solutions after they leave Apopka. JE’s core values of Excellence, Honesty, Integrity, and Trust continue to guide that responsibility.

Proud to Build in Apopka

Mayor Nesta’s August 18, 2026 visit provided an opportunity to reflect on JE’s journey from a Florida engineering company founded in 2004 to an integrated engineering and manufacturing operation serving customers around the world.

It also provided an opportunity to look toward what comes next.

Advanced manufacturing has the potential to create meaningful opportunities for communities like Apopka by bringing together technology, skilled trades, engineering expertise, and long-term career development. Continuing that progress requires investment in equipment and technology, but just as importantly, investment in people.

JE Technology Solutions is proud to make both investments from its home in Apopka.

We thank Mayor Nick Nesta and the City of Apopka for taking the time to visit our facility, meet the people behind our work, and learn more about the engineering and manufacturing happening here every day.

We’re proud of what our team is building.

We’re proud of where we’re building it.

Built in Apopka. Engineered for What’s Next.

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