About EAC

Engineered Automation Components is a manufacturers' representative founded in 2014, with roots going back to 1953. We represent only the industry's leading manufacturers, and we've always kept long-term relationships with both our customers and the companies we represent.

Our History

The company was founded in 1953 by Pete Jackson as Jackson Engineering. It quickly expanded into the Mid-Atlantic market with the addition of Bill Bowden and became Jackson-Bowden Automation, focused on intermittent motion control for assembly automation and actuators for the process control industry. When Pete Jackson retired, the company became Automation Associates, Inc. Bill Bowden retired in 1999. Both times, employees became the owners, preserving more than 60 years of application engineering and product knowledge. In 2014, Tom Duffy separated from Automation Associates and founded Engineered Automation Components to better serve the local automation market. When Tom retired in June 2026, Dan Palmer took over leadership of EAC. We continue to represent only the highest-quality manufacturers in the industry.