AIS Group provides mechanical, refractory, fabrication, electrical, piping, civil, and scaffolding services through four specialist companies — coordinated from a single point of contact.
Most plant outages need more than one discipline. Coordinating separate contractors means separate contracts, separate timelines, and separate people to track down when something goes wrong.
AIS Group gives you one point of contact across seven skilled trades. We self-perform — our own people, our own equipment, our own fabrication. In a typical year, we support over 200 unique industrial plants across more than 5,000 outages and projects.
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The AIS family of companies delivers a complete range of industrial services — built on decades of experience and an uncompromising commitment to quality.
AAA Fabrication was established in 1993 in Kemp, Texas. What started as a local metal fabrication shop has grown into a full fabrication shop that services customers locally in Texas, as well as throughout the country. While metal fabrication is still a core specialty, we also provide high-quality laser-cutting, powder-coating, and CAD-drawing.
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Established in 2007, Southern Welding is comprised of highly experienced welders, mechanics, engineers, and skilled craftsman of all types who are dedicated to providing the highest quality of repairs, builds, maintenance and service. Southern was created as the solution we couldn't find as plant and maintenance managers. Founded with this mission, we've built an industrial services company we all live by, "The Southern Way."
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At ELITE we handle every aspect of refractory installation, maintenance, and repairs with the highest quality of craftsmanship, experience, materials, and detail. We developed our skill sets from being on the job for several decades, working for many of the most well-known manufacturers in the world. That's what makes us Elite.
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At ELITE we handle industrial services of every kind, including maintenance and repairs with the highest quality of craftsmanship, experience, materials, and detail. We developed our skill sets from being on the job for several decades, working for many of the most well-known manufacturers in the world. With one of the most experienced and knowledgeable teams in the industry, we're built to support emergency repairs, scheduled outages, and capital projects at every type of industrial facility.
Learn MoreOur supervisors and leadership worked in industrial plants before they managed them. They've run refractory outages in cement kilns, handled mechanical repairs in copper smelters, and coordinated shutdowns in paper mills. When a plant manager describes the constraints of a tight downtime window, our people already know what that means.
"We don't claim to do everything.— Shane Boston, CEO
But we do what we say we're going to do."
Projects completed across cement, mining, power, and industrial plants nationwide.
Full furnace rebuild and cast house refurbishment for Jupiter Aluminum's secondary aluminum facility in Hammond, Indiana. Completed in 55 days — half the industry average — restoring $500K per day in halted production with zero safety incidents.
Complete new cast house build-out for a secondary aluminum producer. Six melter and holder units fabricated, erected, and refractory-lined by three AIS Group entities under a single coordinated relationship — adding 450 MT of new aluminum production capacity.
AIS Group delivers industrial service disciplines through specialist companies. Each one self-performs its trade — no middlemen, no subcontracting. Whatever your plant needs, one call gets you the right team.
All Services →Custom fabrication across carbon, stainless, aluminium, and titanium. CNC laser and plasma cutting. In-house engineering. AS9100D certified.
AAA Fabrication · Southern FabricationFull-service refractory for cement, lime, copper, and industrial kilns — demolition, Brokk robotic, brick installation, gunite, shotcrete.
Elite Refractory ServicesIndustrial welding, mechanical erection, civil construction, and site support for maintenance and capital projects.
Southern Welding ServicesTurnkey maintenance for planned outages and emergency repairs — engineering, mechanical, structural, and refractory under one contract.
Elite IndustrialWhether it's an emergency callout or a planned outage, our team responds within 24 hours. Give us the brief and we'll route it to the right specialist immediately.
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