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It was 116 years ago, that this happened. The Wright brothers made four flights in North Carolina on Dec. 17, 1903, the first by Orville of 120 feet in 12 seconds at a speed of 6.8 mph, recorded here in this famous photograph by John T. Daniels. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine,...

In late summer of 2017, one of our core suppliers challenged Innovative-IDM and some of its other larger distributors to purchase, build and donate bicycles for local charities to give to kids at Christmastime. Our Culture Improvement Agency worked closely with Parker to secure the sources for the bikes and helmets. Three Christmases later, we...

Our Houston crew and some of our supplier friends got together last weekend for a holiday party. Big thanks to the team at Whitmeyer’s Distilling Company for stirring up the trouble drinks. Check out the video to see how things unfolded. Lots of fun, frivolity, raffle winners and Old Fashioned fun. An Old Fashioned H-Town...

Hi, I’m Jeff Rogers with Innovative IDM. Variable frequency drives are probably one of the greatest inventions in modern automation. If you aren’t using one of these things yet, trust me you will be soon. They’re always getting less expensive, easier to use, and the applications are virtually endless. Variable frequency drives are very instrumental in a lot of different applications and...