History | A-Z Industries

A-Z History:

Welcome to A-Z Industries, Inc.

A-Z Industries stocks a wide range of electrical and electronic wire and cable products—from the smallest electronic wire to the largest power cables for heavy industrial use.

A-Z Industries, Inc. was founded in 1988 by Jim Anixter and Bob Zywicki after 30 year careers at Anixter International.

The relationships that Jim and Bob built over 40 years in the wire and cable business helped in bringing A-Z Industries, Inc. to life.

Over the years A-Z Industries, Inc. has grown to have another location in Houston, TX and one coming in August 2008 to Phoenix, AZ. The total warehouse space by the end of 2008 will be over 140,000 SF.

A-Z is proud in their ability to service their customers and the integrity in which they operate.

A-Z Industries, Inc. remains committed to their vast array of vendors and customers alike.

In the past 15 years we have more than doubled our warehouse capacity and today we stock more than 5,000 different types and sizes of electrical wire and cable in our 100,000-plus square feet of warehouses in the heart of the Midwest, Northbrook, IL, and serving the southeastern U.S. and South America from our facility in Houston, TX.

At A-Z Industries we have what you’re looking for--a huge wire and cable inventory, knowledgeable and friendly sales representatives, experienced warehouse specialists who can cut your cable to the exact length you require and ship it to you the same day if necessary.

If you are serving electrical contractors, electric utilities and mines, A-Z Industries is your No.1 backup resource for all your wire and cable needs as well as low voltage cables for fire alarms, burglar alarms, fiber optics and data. And, we also stock cables for temperature control systems, home theatre and audio/visual.

Here’s a listing of our major product categories in Electrical and Electronic wire and cable and Low Voltage Cables!

• Portable Cord		• Bus Drop
• Multi-Conductor Cable		• Thermostat Wire
• Control Cable		• Building Wire
• Mining Cable		• Fire Alarm Cable
• Welding Cable		• Burglar Alarm Cable
• Diesel Cable		• Fiber Optics
• Power Cable		• Data Cables
• CCTV Cables		• MC Cable
		• BX Cable

The Electric Times

Page 9 · July 2008

A-Z Industries to open third U.S. warehouse in Phoenix
Alan M. Petrillo
Electric Times

A-Z Industries, the electrical and industrial wire and cable specialists headquartered in Chicago, Ill., will open its third U.S. Warehouse facility in Phoenix on Aug. 1.

The company currently has warehouses in Chicago and Houston, Texas.

James R. Anixter, president of A-Z Industries, said the firm has been operating a sales office in Phoenix for more than a year.

“Now we will make this one of our major stoking locations to serve Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California,” he pointed out.

Anixter added that the new Phoenix facility, at 5502 W. Buckeye Road in the Freeport Industrial Center, will give the company a presence in three major US regions.

“We will now be able to provide immediate delivery from a major stocking location to our customers located in the southwest region of the U.S.,” Anixter said. “And we will be able to provide overnight delivery to all of the states surrounding Arizona.”

Ray Geraci, vice president of advertising and public relations for A-Z Industries, said that Phil Buhler, who opened the A-Z Industries sales office last year, will be the outside sales manager for the new Phoenix facility. Geraci noted that Buhler learned the wire and cable business while he was employed by Anixter International during the 1990’s.

In addition, John Worthington will be director of inside sales, while Icie Jones will be warehouse operations manager, Geraci said.

Worthington joined A-Z Industries from On-Source Wire and Cable in Florida, where he ran the A-Z Industries North Florida sales office. Jones formerly was warehouse operations manager at A-Z’s Houston facility for several years, coming to the company from Electric Wire and Cable Company in Houston.

Eric Anixter, executive vice president of A-Z Industries, said the Phoenix warehouse covers more that 29,200 square feet and will employ approximately five full time workers at the start. Total employment at A-Z Industries is about 30 people, he noted.

“We’ll be stocking electrical wire, portable cord, mining cables, temporary power cables and cables cut to exact desired length,” Eric Anixter said

Also, he said the company does not charge for cuts, has same-day shipping available and has no minimum order policy.

“We believe our pricing is very competitive and that we have a very knowledgeable sales staff to work with our customers,” he added.

A-Z Industries was started in 1988 in Northbrook, Ill. by Jim Anixter and Bob Zywicki, who had spent more that 25 years in the wire and cable business with Anixter International, the country’s largest wire and cable distributor.

Eric Anixter, who noted the family has been in the business since 1954, said the Northbrook warehouse facility covers approximately 85,000 square feet in size.

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