1952
State Electric Supply was founded by Art Weisburg

1965
Outgrown our two locations, we moved to a larger facility

1968
Opened our first expansion Dunbar, WV
Entered into the Mining Industry

1972
First on-line service bureau (NLT) offered time-sharing of computer resources

1976
Expanded to Kentucky
Built our first store in Pikeville, KY

1985
Acquired Tolley Electric Co. in Clarksburg, WV became the 11th location
Entered the telecommunications DataComm market

1988
Acquired Richards Supply in New Boston, OH and Chillicothe, OH

1990
Expanded to Virginia
Opened our first store in Christiansburg, VA

1991
Acquired Snyder Electric in Lancaster, OH
Entered the Automation market

1993
Acquired Ligon Electric in Mt. Airy, Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC

1994
State Electric networked their first PC’s together

1996
ISO Certification
Adopted QP3: Quality People, Products and Processes

1998
Acquired Lighting & Supply Inc. in Richmond, VA

2001
Expanded our Ligon Electric locations to four more stores in North Carolina

2002
State Electric celebrates our 50th year in business

2004
Acquired Central Industrial Supply in Chillicothe and Portsmouth, Ohio

2007
Acquired Hobert N. Grubb in Wytheville, Virginia
Acquired Shepherd Electric adding 6 more locations in North Carolina
Joined the Power Transmission Distributor Association

2008
Joined Independent Distributors Cooperative – USA
Adopted QP4: Quality People, Products, Processes and Planning

2010
Opened a new location in Marion, Illinois

2011
Opened a new location in Asheville, NC

2012
State Electric celebrates 60 years in business
Unified Shepherd, Ligon and Tolley branches to State Electric