| The original owners were Ed
Hellman and Nate Hellman, two eastern guys that came from the
Depression era.
They played baseball in the streets with the Olson
brothers and out of it came Olson Electronics.
Unfortunately, no one carried on for them and when
they died, so did the business.
Ed Hellman was a pioneer in the Whittier area
(located 12 miles east of Los Angeles). Many
people came and many people left, but this store, even during
earthquakes, remained.
In 1967 Ed sold to his son Mel and to this day, Mel
still operates this business from 8:30 am til 5 pm Monday thru
Friday. And if it wasn't fun, we wouldn't be doing it.
Over the last 18 to 20 years, we have developed a
great industrial business. OEM's, MRO's, Government (all
types).
Hobbyist and service technicians were also welcomed.
We just sell to anyone who has money, (green, plastic or verifiable
check).
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| Over 9 years ago Mel hired
Ralph Machlan who came from Bell Industries.
He worked on the order desk at Bell for over 19
years. But he was more than just an order taker.
He was able to engineer products into equipment that
was being built.
This takes a little pressure off some or most
buyers. And being of sound mind and spirit, he is doing that same
thing here today.
We welcome bids of all types. We also welcome
scheduled orders to OEM's that are looking for lower prices for a
large quantity purchase but can not take the product all at
once.
And don't let me forget the person that wants to do
prototyping or just wants to either build one or fix
something.
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