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About Us
ADVANCE
ELECTRICAL PUBLICATION PDF
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History
Advance Electrical Supply Company, Inc.
began its operations in 1945 by providing hard to find post-war products
to electrical contractors and industrial facilities. Advance also became a Square
D distributor in 1945. The partnership with the Square D Company was one of the
key foundation factors that have enabled Advance to achieve tremendous growth
and prosperity for over 60 years. In 1989, when Steven Anixter purchased the
company, Advance had one location on the near-west side of Chicago, with 12 employees.
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Markets
Served
Today, Advance is a full line electrical
and communications distributor with three locations and services the
contractor, industrial and commercial markets of Chicagoland with over
75 employees. Advance's close proximity to the downtown office market
has enabled the company to become closely associated with providing excellent
service to electrical contractors and commercial office building accounts.
In the past two years, the company has expanded into the industrial market,
focused primarily on Original Equipment Manufacturers. Recently, Advance
has begun to service the structured wiring network market in an effort
to support the requirements of its contractor customers.
Our
Services
Advance has been able to grow dramatically
because the company has been able to attract and retain the best people
in the electrical distribution industry. Their ability and agility to
satisfy a customer's needs have allowed Advance to earn from our customers
their business. As an independent distributor, the management team can
make decisions and back them up when needed by the customer. Advance also
employs an advanced logistics system and a large inventory, with 12 delivery
vehicles on the street to provide next day delivery.
Advance has product specialists on staff
to assist our customers in the application of products. These specialists
are a distribution equipment engineer; variable frequency drives engineer,
and a structured wiring network engineer. Our project quotation center,
both in lighting and switchgear can price a project within a day, providing
a valuable time saving service to our customers. Advance excels at the
entire handling of a project from start to finish.
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