The 2018 Q4 issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
Group CBS is wrapping up 2018, which will be our most successful year yet. We’ve got lots of reasons to be thankful: burgeoning operations in the Midwest from Circuit Breaker Sales and Advanced Electrical & Motor Controls, Inc.; creative product delivery from CBS Nuclear; and CBS ArcSafe’s integration of Martek products.Read More
The 2018 Q3 issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
Read All About It: The New Issue of Breaker Buzz Has Arrived!
Group CBS is on track for its best year yet, and this issue of Breaker Buzz shows exactly why. We’re going big in the Midwest with new service centers, acquisitions, and expansions. Plus, the following stories demonstrate other successes throughout the Group:
- CBS ArcSafe Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Acquires Martek
- VI Puts Finishing Touches on Manufacturing Facility
- CBS Northeast Expands to Pennsylvania
- CBS Nuclear Completes NUPIC Audit
- And more!
We hope you enjoy this issue of Breaker Buzz. Feel free to share it around the office. As always, thanks for your confidence, trust, and business.
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Sincerely,
Randy Roumillat, COO, Group CBS
The 2018 Q2 issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
The new issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
In the first four months of 2018, Group CBS has outperformed the competition on many levels. This issue of Buzz shows how we’ve done just that, from our award-winning outing at PowerTest to introducing a revolutionary reconditioning process for vacuum interrupters at our new manufacturing facility.
In this issue, you’ll also find other success stories, including:
- AEAMC Establishes Expertise in the Nuclear Power Industry
- Circuit Breaker Sales Acquires Berthold Electric Power Services
- WES Rides the Work Wave in Hawaii
- Group CBS Affiliates Show Unity in Diversity at Protective Relay Conference
- Smooth Operators Column Honors Five Longtime Employees
- And more!
We hope you enjoy this issue of Breaker Buzz. Feel free to share it around the office. As always, thanks for your confidence, trust, and business.
Sincerely,
Randy Roumillat, COO, Group CBS
AEAMC Remanufacturing Day Event a Success!
Thanks to everyone who joined us on April 12, 2018 for the first Annual Reman Day. At our Irving location we hosted tours and held a brief discussion on remanufactured products in general and our products specifically. We were honored that the event was attended by the Mayor of Irving, several members of the Irving Chamber of Commerce, and many other local business leaders.Read More
The Q4 2017 Breaker Buzz has arrived!
The new issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
Group CBS puts another successful year on the books with record sales and growth, innovative products, and fulfilling customers’ requirements for electrical apparatus sales, service, testing, and engineering worldwide.
One of the standout moments for Group CBS this year was its response to Hurricane Harvey in late August. In this issue of Buzz, you’ll see how ingenuity and hard work helped get Houston customers back online quickly and safely… and how the GCBS family pulled together to assist our own employees affected by the storm.
Also in this issue, you will find:
- Vacuum Interrupters, Inc., introduces the multifunctional VITS60M tester
- Western Electrical Services outperforms the competition with PEARL Technician Certification
- “Smooth Operators” column honors longtime employees
- MAC-TS4 vacuum interrupter tester spans the globe from Indiana to India
- And more!
I hope you enjoy this issue of Breaker Buzz. Feel free to share it around the office. As always, thanks for your confidence, trust, and business!
Sincerely,
Randy Roumillat, COO, Group CBS
The Q3 issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
The new issue of Breaker Buzz has arrived!
As the devastation from Hurricane Harvey intensifies, Group CBS is keeping a close eye on our neighbors in Texas and Louisiana. It’s difficult to watch so many people lose their homes and loved ones, but through the tragedy, we’re also witnessing acts of heroism that make us proud to be Americans.
The road to recovery will be a long one, but Group CBS and its affiliates are ready to provide electrical apparatus repair, rentals, services, and sales to get this region back up and running. See page 3 for a link to Group CBS emergency contact numbers.
Also in this issue of Buzz, you will find:
- CBS Florida solves transformer challenge for power plant
- How to find talented millennial workers
- CBS ArcSafe braves the desert for electrical safety
- Western Electrical Services opens Reno shop
- “Smooth Operators” column honors longtime employees
- And more!
I hope you enjoy this issue of Breaker Buzz. Feel free to share it around the office. As always, thanks for your confidence, trust, and business.
Sincerely,
Randy Roumillat, COO, Group CBS
AEAMC Launches Ecommerce Store
SITE IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SEO AND USER EXPERIENCE AS VISITORS CAN EASILY ACCESS 10,000 UNIQUE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS.
Despite only going live in late 2016, AEAMC.com is already booming thanks to a focus on search engine optimization (SEO) and the user experience as visitors can easily access thousands of unique electrical products. Read More
AEAMC Aids Data Center With Breaker Dilemma
TURNKEY SOLUTION ADDRESSES SPACE ISSUE TO ACCOMMODATE DRAW-OUT POWER BREAK II BREAKERS.
Advanced Electrical & Motor Controls Inc. (AEAMC) was recently asked by a client in the electrical infrastructure industry to do a breaker retrofit at a data center belonging to a large tech company. The tech company, which was using bolt-in Power Break I circuit breakers at its data center, was concerned about both safety and time elements when diagnostics and maintenance were being performed on their breakers. Read More
A Devotion to Disruption
Investments in research and systems and a willingness to embrace the market’s changes show why Group CBS may be the most interesting business in the electrical industry.
Oct 1, 2015 Doug Chandler | EWWEB
Bill Schofield is taking a huge chance. He has made the decision to take a risk and the ball is rolling, one that will significantly affect his business and may change the entire segment of the industry he’s part of. He’s excited, but also wary.
Schofield, president, runs Group CBS, Gainesville, Texas, a company that is no stranger to making waves. It has thrived and grown over 34 years on the controversial margins of the electrical industry, buying, refurbishing, remanufacturing and reselling used and surplus electrical equipment. That end of the market is still reviled publicly by most manufacturers and traditional distributors, characterized as a haven of dusty warehouses stacked with dark piles of dangerous junk sold with a wink. But most of those manufacturers and distributors do business with him, Schofield says. Read More
AEAMC Saves Processing Plant
Why did the chicken cross the road? He didn’t. He hopped on a private jet and flew to Texas for a 4,000-amp high pressure contact switch.
ON APRIL 1, 2014, a Southeast chicken processing plant wasn’t fooling around when they called their go-to electrical contractor, Caldwell Electrical Contractors (Gainesville, Ga.), to say their processing plant was down due to a faulty electrical switch manufactured from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. This vertically integrated poultry producer operates multiple facilities throughout the Southeast, producing a billion pounds of poultry products each year, and employing thousands of individuals. Until a replacement switch could be found, more than 1,100 employees would have to stand down. Read More