When Bob Muchka founded The Expediters Inc., a sewer cleaning and pipeline inspection outfit in Oconomowoc, Wis., back in 2003, all he wanted was a chance to get his foot inside the doors of some key clients. But by investing in advanced technology that greatly differentiated his business from competing firms, he instead blew those doors wide open.
The door-buster came in the form of a cube camera truck manufactured by Aries Industries, equipped with a PE2600 tractor-mounted camera and WinCan pipeline management software, which generates crisp, high-resolution digital videos and color-coded inspection reports.
“Most people at the time provided clients with
