{"id":51200,"date":"2019-12-12T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/leading-electrical-wholesaler-celebrates-ninth-birthday-20191211-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:33:49","slug":"leading-electrical-wholesaler-celebrates-ninth-birthday-20191211-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/leading-electrical-wholesaler-celebrates-ninth-birthday-20191211-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading electrical wholesaler celebrates ninth birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AS one of the largest electrical wholesalers in Uitenhage, George\u2019s Electrical Wholesalers has touched a lot of lives over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They supply electrical products to electrical and building contractors, retail outlets, property developers and to the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Products are SABS quality approved products and George\u2019s Electrical is associated with leading suppliers including CBI, Sunlit and Onesto to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their product range includes for the domestic market includes plugs, switches, general wires, light fittings, stove accessories and geyser thermostats to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the industrial market they offer products such as: variable speed drives, generators, transformers, various power cables, industrial fans, electric motors, XLPE as well as PILC cables, crane and vehicle controls and trunking. They also stock a variety of start and run capacitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do a lot of work for factories, with low-cost housing and rewiring of buildings.,\u201d said owner and director George Rautenbach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with its branch in Newton Park, which has been rated among the top 10 in PE, George\u2019s Electrical covers the whole of the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also deliver as far as Aliwal North, Mthatha, East London, Graaff-Reinet, Adelaide, Cradock and Somerset East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uitenhage branch is back<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only ten months after the Uitenhage branch closed down in December 2018, it was back in business again, still at 33B Mitchell Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were here for eight years before we closed down, and now we are back. We are still in the same place as before,\u201d Rautenbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of our customers were unhappy when we closed down and that\u2019s why we came back, to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same faces customers have come to know and associate with the leading electrical wholesaler in the Eastern Cape will greet you when you visit George\u2019s Electrical today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ninth birthday celebration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And not only are they back after 10 months, they are also preparing to celebrate the Uitenhage branch\u2019s ninth birthday in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <b>Thank you<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George would like to thank his staff for their dedication and hard work, as well as all the loyal customers and suppliers for the good relationships with George\u2019s Electrical, which has undoubtedly contributed to the business\u2019s growth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever electrical challenge seems to be a hiccup in performing your daily work, whether domestic or industrial, visit George\u2019s Electrical for the right solution to get the spark back and brighten-up your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Visit George\u2019s Electrical on Facebook, at www.georgeselectrical.co.za or 33B Mitchell Street, Uitenhage. 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