An Independent Electric Supply Powerhouse

Main Electric Supply Co. has vaulted to be one of the nation's top independent distributors of electrical materials by empowering its skilled employees.

From 1946 to 1999, the year nowprincipal and CEO Scott Germann joined as a salesperson, Main Electric Supply Co. was a one-location supplier of electrical material to the construction industry. But Germann immediately saw that the business had greater potential.

Within a year of being hired, Germann conducted an audit of the company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. He wrote up what he found and called his report, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Main," sharing it companywide. This vision for what Main Electric could grow to become earned him a promotion to manager in 2000.