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H. E. Williams, Inc. was started in 1921 by Harold E. Williams in Carthage, Missouri. At that time, the company was known as H. E. Williams Products. For the first few years, the company produced various items such as kitchen utensils, static signs, cold storage lockers and even bicycle parts. By the mid-twenties, the company had settled into making various gadgets for automobiles such as folding luggage racks which would mount to running boards, canopies for rumble seats, radiator bug screens, underslung creepers and seat cushions. By the late 1930's items such as gas and radiator caps, sun visors and antennae were being produced, all under Williams' patents. The 1939 World's Fair introduced as a new technology, fluorescent lighting. H. E. attended the fair and immediately set his mind to creating and manufacturing fixtures to house the new light source. By December of 1939 he was ordering machinery to manufacture lamp brackets. For more than 60 years, Williams fluorescent fixtures have been sold around the country for schools, offices, hospitals, retail establishments, warehouses and industrial applications.

Established in 1947, Wholesale Electric Supply is a provider of electrical products and services. Located in Lowell, Ark., the company offers electrical products from a selection of brand-name companies, such as 3M Worldwide, S & C Electric Company, Lenox, NuTone, Ideal, Cooper Wiring Devices, Bridgeport, Hoffman, Weidmuller, CRC and Square D. Wholesale Electric Supply operates approximately 26 stores across Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The Electrical Wholesaling Magazine has listed this company among the top 250 largest distributors in the United States.