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HEADQUARTERED IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL., SPRINGFIELD Electric Supply is hardly the only family-owned company in this industry, but it is one of the few that essentially brings employees and associates into that family structure. Springfield Electric’s ownership is two-thirds family owned and one-third an ESOP. Many distributors ac- knowledge the importance of their employees, but sharing ownership with them provides uniquely tangible proof of it. “The family ownership always takes the best interest of
COMPANY
PROFILE
A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE—
AND TO SERVE
SPRINGFIELD ELECTRIC SUPPLY’S LEADERSHIP BELIEVES IN DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD. by Carol Katarsky photography by COREY WOODRUFF
From left: Mark Barthel,
president; Chris Scarbrough,
CEO; Dan Dungan, executive
chairman; Randy Germeraad,
executive chairman; and
Greg Lutchka, CFO