Established in 1969, having as main activity the commercialization of vacuum tubes (electron tube) for equipment and systems of radio frequency. In 1970, the Ivape initiated the manufacture of vacuum tubes, after the purchase of the ITT - Standart Eletric Tubes, American company installed in Brazil. With the nationalization of it manufactures, had at the time confided the doors for the supply of the same ones for the Armed Forces of Brazil. With this the Brazilian market extended its use for the use in the sectors of: Telecommunications (broadcast); Industrial, for drying and metallurgy. After the sprouting of the manufactured vacuum tubes in ceramics, the Ivape firmed a contract of exclusive distribution for the South America with BBC-Brown Boveri & CO., world-wide leader in radio systems frequency. With the technology transfer the Ivape initiated the manufacture in Brazil of; Transmitters of waves of radio in AM and FM; Ovens of wooden drying; You scheme of state of hardeness and weld for the automobile industria and scheme operatrizes; Reception of waves for satellite through parabolic antennas with diâmetros of up to 12 meters. In 1996: It acquired of the Srs. Carlos and Wilson Tambellini, traditional manufacturers of Machines for Tinturarias the Know How for the manufacture of machines for Tinturarias, whose resulted they are surprising and revolutionizing the textil market, for the high employed technology.