Employee Highlight - Margaret Kline

Margaret Kline (Right)

Margaret Kline has worked with Griffith Electric Supply for 25 years. Friday September 27th 2013 Margaret will enter into the joys of retirement.

Margaret's devotion to Griffith will be remembered for years to come. I have only known Margaret for a couple of months. With what little time I have had with her I can say that Margaret placed Griffith at her highest priority. She made sure that she was always available to help out where she could.

When ever I had a question or needed to learn something Margaret was there to show me how to achieve success.

Margaret in the earlier years of her employment with Griffith ushered in the era of technology
for Griffith Electric Supply. She led a team on a project that converted all of Griffiths paper files and data machines to servers and personal computers.

Around the office Margaret is known as a wealth of knowledge. From customers to invoices, computer procedures to pricing. Margaret knew what had to be done, how to do it, and how to teach you to get it done.

Margaret is a valuable asset to Griffith Electric Supply that will be remembered, missed, and honored.

Cheers to you Margaret. Best of luck and enjoy every second of retirement!

The Times of Trenton Covers Griffith's 75th

N.J. State Senator Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) presents Griffith Electric Supply Company, Inc. President William Goodwin with a joint legislative resolution congratulating the company on its 75th anniversary during a celebration at the company's Trenton headquarters on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton

The Times of Trenton Covered Griffith Electric Supply's 75th Anniversary bash. The event was a great success. We had hundreds of customers and a lot of great vendors show up. The Times Article can be found by clicking the link here --- Still electric: Trenton's Griffith Electric marks 75 years 

Thank you to everybody who came out to support all of us here at Griffith Electric Supply!

We look forward to providing quality customer service to all of you for the next 75 years to come. Thank you for making Griffith Electric Supply your electrical supply store.

Earlier this month Griffith Electric Supplies Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim were featured in Electrical Wholesaling's "Why 'Buy American' Still Matters" article.

The article was about buying American manufactured goods to help restore the American economy to its former glory.

Jim Lucy writer for Electrical Wholesaling reports that GE plans to invest $30 million and add more than 150 jobs in its domestic lighting manufacturing operations for GE Energy-Efficient Soft White light bulbs that will be sold exclusively at 3,400 U.S.-based Walmart stores.

This announcement from GE comes alongside Walmart's announcement that they will be committing to buying 50 billion more in American-Made products over the next 10 years. It is estimated that this will create roughly 1000 domestic manufacturing jobs.

Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim of Griffith Electric Supply partnered with Creative Marketing Alliance earlier this year to promote purchasing of American Manufactured products through their "Powered By America" campaign.

Bill Goodwin says "Our intent is to help American manufacturers and do our part, as little as it may be. The Powered By America campaign gave our employees something to feel good about. This was done when times were bad, after the recession started. You needed to give people something to feel good about."

Goodwin says "Powered by America is designed to support other U.S companies and individuals like us who are proud of their country and want to see it prosper competitively once again."

Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim were able to encourage many manufacturers to support the "Powered By America" campaign. Those manufacturers include Arlington Industries, Bridgeport Fittings, Cooper B-Line, Cresent Stonco (Phillips), Eaton-Cutler Hammer, Erico-Caddy, General Cable, Hoffman, Hubbell, Hubbell Lighting, Hubbell Wiring Device Kellems, Ideal Industries, Leviton, Lutron, Milwaukee Tools, Osram Sylvania, RAB Lighting, Siemens, Simkar, Southwire, Thomas & Betts and TPI Corp.

The idea of the "Powered By America" campaign was picked up by another electrical distributor by the name of Maurice Electric Supply in Washington, D.C. Warren Janes, V.P. of sales and marketing asked Goodwin if he could use the idea to create is own campaign and promote it in D.C.

Bill Goodwin's campaign was inspired by Anders Lewendal and Jake Lewendal who were featured on ABC news for creating a home using 100% American manufactured goods.

The Lewendals challenged homebuilders to reallocate 5% of their spending for the purchase of domestically manufactured building products.

The Lewendals wanted to know what impact this would have on the American Economy so they sought out proof of impact from the Boston Consulting Group. B.C.G determined that if every builder in America were to allocate 5% of construction spending from foreign to domestic products, it would in effect create 220,000 American jobs. Using these numbers the Lewendals were able to estimate that if every American household reallocated just 5% of its yearly spending to American products, it would create 3 million American jobs.

Griffith Electric Supply is doing its part by promoting sales of American manufactured products.

Using Klein to make work easier

Klein Tools has been assisting in the electrical and telecommunications industries since 1857. When it comes to making work easier for workers in the trade Klein knows how to help.

At Griffith Electric we are proud to offer Klein products which are manufactured in America.

Tools like the Electronic Voltage Tester (ET100), Electronic Voltage Continuity Tester (ET200) and the  Digital Circuit Breaker Finder were made to reduce the amount of time spent on a job site.

The ET100 Electrical Tester has a CAT IV 600 V rating. This tester will work with both ac / dc currents. Features a Red L.E.D voltage indicator as well as an audible tone and vibration alert. The red l.e.d will work without batteries installed. The audible tone and vibration will not.
The light weight (8.1 oz) and special grip design of this electrical tester makes it easy to use when in tight spaces. The ET100 and 200 have a low impedance input that reduces false readings from ghost voltages making it useful for testing G.F.C.I's.

The ET200 is similar to the 100 but has a couple additional features that make it worth the purchase. The first is a white L.E.D work light that can be used in dark areas on the job site. The second is a continuity audible alert that will sound when voltage is as less than 270k ohms. Both the 100 & 200 models have a drop rating of 10ft.

The Klein ET300 is a Digital Circuit Breaker Finder. This handy tool saves loads of time when trying to identify breakers for light fixtures, bare wires and any standard 120v outlet. The transmitter reaches distances of up to 1000 feet. The arrow lights up green when the correct breaker has been found. If that's not enough signal for you an audible tone will also sound off.



The (optional) ET300 accessory kit make tracking down breakers from light sockets or bare wires easier than ever before.

No more spending hours trying to find voltage or breakers again. Come down to Griffith Electric Supply to learn more about how you can use Klein Tools to save you time on the job site.

For more information on how to locate a Griffith Electric Supply near you visit our website @ http://www.griffithelec.com/

Griffith Electric Supply Celebrates 75 years

On Wednesday September 18th 2013, Griffith Electric Supply will celebrate our 75th Anniversary.





The historic Flat Iron Building in Trenton, NJ stands as a symbol of Griffith Electric Supply and William & Meta Griffith’s shared dream. In 1938 Bill & Meta opened the doors to a business that has endured the test of time, through the Great Depression, a World War and the Vietnam Conflict, the riots of the 60’s, and slumping economy’s they held fast to their belief in Trenton and this State. Growing and even flourishing in the good years, first as the team of Bill and Meta, and then on her own, as Mrs. Meta A. Griffith, they devoted more than 70 years to Griffith Electric Supply and Trenton, building a family of dedicated employees, who today strive to carry on their dream and honor their memory. 

 

 

Griffith Electric has over the years built solid relationships with manufacturers that proudly build their products in the U.S.A.

 

Some of the Manufacturers in attendance will be Biben Sales, Brazil Brothers, Cobra Sales, Crouse-Hinds, Cusick Sales, Diversified Lighting, E-Mon, Eaton-Cutler Hammer, Greenlee, Hubbell Wiring Devices, IDEAL Industries, Illuminations Inc, Kunz-Powell, Leviton Manufacturing Co, Lighting Solutions, Locust Sales, Milwaukee Tool, Nutone, Osram Sylvania Inc, Pollart Sales, Progress Lighting, Raychem, Siemens, Synergy Electrical, Topaz and WM. Bleiman & Son.

 

Representatives from these companies will be available to answer questions and inform you about new and exciting products.

 

We are honored to host our customers to a celebration party from 11 am to 4 pm. There will be great food, prizes and giveaways.

At Griffith Electric Supply we are Powered By America. We encourage you to click on the link to learn more about how you too can be involved in powering Americas Economy once again.