Why I started Edmundson Industrial

Andrew Edmundson · President · Houston, TX

Like a lot of people around Houston, I came up in oil and gas. For years I did inside sales at an OEM out in Humble, the kind of shop that builds the heavy stuff: SCR control houses, MCCs, top drives, even the old foot throttles. A big part of my day was hunting down electrical parts that do not show up when you Google them. That is where I learned how rough this corner of the business really is, on both ends of the phone. Customers who needed an old NOV part yesterday but could not give me a description or a number, and vendors who used to be dependable quietly aging out of the game.

Then I went to work for one of the big distributors, the kind that moves one of the most recognized electrical brands in the country. Completely different world. Hundreds of millions of dollars in cable and components moving through the door, and a mountain of paperwork run half through a customer portal that only sort of worked. Between those two jobs, I got to see electrical from both sides: the legacy, hard-to-find side, and the high-volume, modern-distribution side.

Here is what stuck with me. Everybody is chasing the EPC, data center, and integrator work right now, and almost nobody is left taking care of the legacy oil and gas equipment. Meanwhile there are still plenty of people who genuinely need it. Rigs and plants running gear the OEM quit making years ago, with no easy way to get a replacement.

That gap is the whole reason Edmundson Industrial exists. So that is what I am building: a place where getting a hard-to-find electrical part is simple. You send me a number or a photo of the nameplate, and I go to work. My goal is for you to hang up the phone thinking, "why doesn't everybody do it like Edmundson Industrial?"

What Edmundson Industrial actually is

Edmundson Industrial is an independent industrial electrical supply, sourcing, and fabrication company based in Houston. We find hard-to-find, obsolete, and surplus industrial electrical equipment, and we build the custom enclosures, panels, and brackets that go with it. We are not an authorized distributor of any brand. We supply new-surplus, used-tested, and reconditioned equipment, and we tell you which one you are getting before you buy, with photos on request.

How I intend to be the best at this

I am not trying to be the biggest electrical supplier in Texas. I am trying to be the one you call when no one else will pick up the search. Here is how I run it.

• You get me, not a portal. Call or email and you reach the person who actually sources your part. No phone tree, no transfer, no junior rep reading off a screen.
• I tell you the truth about condition. New-surplus, used-tested, or reconditioned, stated plainly before you buy, with photos on request. No surprises when the box opens.
• I would rather lose the sale than sell you the wrong part. I confirm voltage, rating, frame, and fit before you commit, so you do not end up with something that almost works.
• If I cannot get it, you will know fast. A quick, honest no beats a slow maybe, and I will usually point you toward someone who can help.
• When the new part does not fit the old footprint, I make it fit. My fabrication side builds the adapter plates, brackets, and enclosures so a modern replacement lands cleanly where the obsolete one came out.

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Edmundson Industrial LLC is an independent supplier and is not an authorized distributor of the brands referenced on this site unless expressly stated. Manufacturer names and part numbers are used for reference only.