The
primary product lines that they represented and sold were
mostly the air handling items such as duct work, grills and
registers, fans and venting products. They also included dust and
exhaust systems. They always had an inside store to stock tool
and sundie items.
The first year the only
thing that they sold was register & grill products from
environmental air products in Tucson Arizona, and rotary turbine vents from
Triangle Engineering from Dallas Texas.
The second year they
were able to start selling metal duct and all the fittings
that were supplied by Noll Mfg from Richmond California. That was when we
began to really grow.
In April or May 1976 we
moved into our new home on 683
Vernon way in
El
Cajon
where it was our home for over forty
years.
On April 1st 2003 we changed our company to a
50% ESOP Company and the Employees started the process of
buying Dave Dennison's half of the company. ESOP stands for
Employee Stock Option Plan. In doing this the entire group of
employee are now owners of company shares, and are issued
shares each year from the profits of the company. Dave &
Len felt that it was a way to share with the employee, and for
them to have a retirement rather than just selling the company
to an outside group.
Southern
Cal has averaged having from twelve to fifteen employees for
the last twenty years and are very proud to say we have many
employees that have been with the company over twenty years
and two over thirty years. We believe longevity in employees
is one of the greatest assets and the strength of a company.
In April 1 st
2006 Southern Cal moved to the present facility and have been
very happy with all the room and a great parking lot for the
customers to park. Our building is 20,000. square feet and the
lot is probably another 50,000 square feet.
We serve all of
San Diego county and Imperial
county
and part of the Riverside county.
Service is our motto
and spoiling our customers with care and concern is the
biggest part of our success for the forty plus years we have
been in
business.
We plan to
be here another 40+ years, and
I believe we
will.