TRADE ELECTRIC GROUP - CORK
WITH A NEW BRANCH IN THE PIPELINE AND PLANS FOR A NEW RANGE OF RENEWABLES IN THEIR PRODUCT OFFER, 2023 IS DEFINITELY A BUSY YEAR FOR
T EG is planning to standardise its wide product offering across all branches. The distributor already offers EV chargers and will also start diversifying its range of renewables to include photovoltaic panels, installations kits for PV, converters and battery storage systems. “We have received an increasing number of enquiries on renewables and will add this group of products to our stocks soon,” explained Managing Director Fergal Costelloe. Fergal revealed yet another branch is also on TEG’s plans for 2023. The company already features two branches in Dublin, in Santry and Stillorgan, and a new one will be opened in the next three to four months on Belgard Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. “We had been looking for the perfect location for a few years and have finally found it,” Fergal commented. “Dublin is a huge market, there is a large demand for electrical TRADE ELECTRIC GROUP… Into the future
supplies. The Tallaght branch will be right between the other two ones and cover the Southwest of the city.” Over 50 years of excellence Today Trade Electric Group is a leading distributor of electrical supplies with 10 established branches and a new one in Dublin on the way, a very different operation from its humble beginnings in Limerick in 1971. The member of Irish Electrical Buying Group (IEBG) was established by Fergal’s father, Paul Costelloe, and can trace its roots back to a vision he had in the late 1960s. Paul started out in the electrical business at Stokes & McKiernan’s, where he learned the business. The owner of this once-thriving firm spotted Paul’s potential and quickly brought him into the office to work on pricing and many administrative duties. Over several years, Paul began to make
a name for himself in the industry and was eventually lured to McMahons on Bedford Row in Limerick to run their electrical department. During this stint, Paul began to realise that he could do this on his own. In 1971, he made the leap from employee to employer and set up Trade Electric at 9 Lower Gerald Griffin Street in Limerick. 1986 saw Paul purchase the old Newsom’s premises on Lower Gerald Griffin Street in Limerick. To this day, the business still operates from this premises, and it is now the head office of the whole operation. “I am proud of what my father started and the opportunity I have been given,” Fergal concluded. And as for what the next 50 years might look like for TEG, the MD is coy about any further expansion plans but says that he will carefully consider it when and if an opportunity arises.
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