Invena was founded in 1998 by Matt Wilson in sublet office space in Grande Prairie, Texas as a small two-person consulting firm writing operation and maintenance manuals for a large oilfield services firm. Over the next three years, Invena sold design and drafting services by the hour, and also provided contract drafters at client locations. Matt’s mother, Carma, took calls and handled bookwork from her guest bedroom in his hometown of Eureka, Kansas.

In 2000, Invena acquired property at 416 East Fifth Street in Eureka and moved in later that year to the completed portion of the building. The Company hired a third employee and organized as a Subchapter S corporation later that year.

Invena’s manufacturing operations launched in 2001 with the design and construction of a specialized shock-mounted computer enclosure that mounted beneath the sleeper of Peterbilt trucks. The sleeper enclosures were fabricated by a local subcontractor and assembled in the still-unfinished shop of the old Santa Fe depot that was to become a landmark in the community. A grand opening in December 2004 marked completion of our headquarters building, and operations have expanded into two other buildings on the property and rented space in a nearby facility. We recently renovated a second building to facilitate growth in the distribution segment, and acquired a fourth 22,500sf manufacturing facility to support our incredible growth in the manufacturing area.

As the company continues to design and manufacture equipment, the need to support the equipment in the field has spawned a sizable field service and parts distribution business. The company’s tremendous success in this area led to agreements with several multinational corporations to service and support their fleets of equipment in the field.

Today, Invena has customers in twelve countries and nineteen employees.