 Our
Purpose
Since our founding in 1905, Treadway Electric Company has carefully
stocked, for our customers, a quality inventory of over four hundred product
lines, at the best purchase price.
Our company provides electrical supplies for commercial, industrial, and residential
accounts, utilities, government, telecommunications, and poultry processing
industries. The employees of Treadway Electric Company wish to share their
knowledge and expertise of the electrical material and equipment needed by
you.
Treadway Electric Company has thirteen locations conveniently located
throughout Arkansas, in Little Rock, Arkadelphia, Benton, Cabot, Conway, Fort
Smith, Heber Springs, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Nashville, Pine Bluff, Searcy,
and Springdale. Each location has a complete inventory to meet your needs.
Treadway Electric Company relies on it's friendly, trained, and knowledgeable
personnel, who are committed to serving you, our valued customer.
Our
History
Treadway Electric Company was founded in 1905, in Little Rock,
Arkansas, by Leo Treadway, and his two sons, William Andrew Treadway and
Theodore Charles Treadway. Both Will and Theo received Master's Degrees in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Treadway Electric
Company holds the record of being "Arkansas' First Electrical
Distributor." Treadway Electric Company is the oldest continuing
distributor of Square D Company, nationwide.
In 1931, the third generation, W.A. Treadway, Jr., son of W.A.Treadway, and
Theo C. Treadway, Jr., son of T.C. Treadway, joined the company, which was
then incorporated. The company was in the Treadway family until 2004. In
2004, the company was purchased from the Treadway family and is now wholly
owned by the employees.
Today, Treadway Electric Company has one hundred fifty owner/employees. The
employees are extensively trained in product knowledge and customer service.
For over one hundred years, Treadway Electric Company has served the people
of Arkansas with excellence, integrity, and distinction. In order to
accomplish it's goals, the company participates in national, regional, and
state organizations for the continued knowledge of new products and the
advancement of the electrical industry. Examples of such organizations are
the National Association of Electrical Distributors, The Independent
Electrical Distributors, Electrical League of Arkansas, and the Illuminating
Engineering Society of Arkansas.
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