Tru-Amp Corporation was organized in March of 1974 as a Mississippi Corporation under the name Tru-Amp Engineering Service, Inc. In June 1980 the company bought an existing electrical service company, merging the two and changing the name to Tru-amp Corporation.

We have been providing electrical engineering services, retrofitting, testing, inspecting, cleaning, adjusting, and appraising electrical distribution systems and apparatus continuously for more than forty-five years.

Since its inception in 1974, Tru-amp’s management has concentrated all its resources toward providing quality engineering and testing services to its customers. Management has and will continue to broaden the scope of services through employee training and utilization of state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. Employees continuing education is through on the job training, seminars, and webinars in order to provide our customers the most current technology available.

Our Facility

Tru-amp Corporation operates from a 6,000 square foot building in Kosciusko, Mississippi, 2,000 square feet of which are offices, 3,000 square feet shop space, and 1,000 square feet of warehouse for circuit breaker inventory, parts, and repair. 

Tru-amp Corporation is capable of performing acceptance testing, switchgear testing, inspection, maintenance, infrared scanning and repair. Contact our team directly for more information. 

Proudly Serving the Southeastern US

Tru-amp’s service area is primarily the Southeastern United States. We have, to date, performed electrical testing and inspection services in twenty-six states.

Tru-amp’s affiliation with the telecommunications industry began in January of 1981 when a long-term contract for switchgear maintenance was established in Louisiana. In March of 1981, Tru-amp began a similar switchgear maintenance program in Mississippi. A contract was added for Alabama in 1984. Contracts for switchgear maintenance of telecommunications facilities through the southern and eastern localities were added the same year. Those contracts have expanded each year to include such major communication centers as Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dallas and Houston, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida. The maintenance contracts have continued since they were first established.

In addition to Telecommunications Industry, we have steadily added to our customer base of Industrial clients. For our Industrial clients we provide annual testing, maintenance, and infrared scanning, as well as troubleshooting and repair services. Many Hospitals, Federal buildings, and United States postal facilities have used our services over the years.

We have been very successful in our ability to provide quality service to customers with a large number of facilities and to establish and maintain databases for those customers.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • ASNT – Corporate Partner
  • ISNetworld
  • Avetta (formerly PICS Auditing)
  • CVM Solutions
  • Fieldglass
  • TAPPISAFE
  • NFIB
  • Corrigo

History

Tru-amp has over 45 years of experience in AC electrical power systems inspection, test, maintenance, and infrared scanning and has provided these services to Telecommunications, Industrial, and Hospitals on a continuous basis since 1974. Tru-amp performs tests and inspections in many locations per year. Three of the firm’s management team has over 100 years of combined experience in electrical repair, test, and inspection, both from an organizational management and field engineering standpoint.

John Barnett and Lamar Ellis, after graduation from Mississippi State University, began their careers with Westinghouse Electric Corporation as field service engineers. They have continued their association with the electrical equipment maintenance and test industry since that time. Lamar Ellis is a registered Professional Engineer, and John L. Barnett holds a Master Electrician license.

Upon graduation from Mississippi State University in 1964, John Windham (deceased), former District Manager/Senior Electrical Engineer, began his career with Westinghouse Electric Corporation as a field engineer. John assisted in the original development of the first Bell System Practice for preventative maintenance of AC power systems and conducted the first AC switchgear test for the Telecommunications industry in the Southeast.