Beacon Electric Supply

Beacon lets the light shine. Beacon Electric Supply provides power distribution and lighting products for commercial and industrial construction projects. The company sells products including ballasts, batteries, cables, conduits, dimmers, fuses, motion sensors, smoke alarms, switchgear, transformers, and wire. The company has locations in San Diego and San Marcos, California. Its San Marcos location is targeted more at residential electrical needs. Established in 1983, CEO Baldur Schindler and his wife owned half of Beacon Electric Supply; the company was acquired in early 2008 by Gexpro, a division of Rexel, one of the world's largest distributors of electrical supplies.