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    Hughes Supply agrees to buy Winn-Lange Electric

    June 1, 2003
    Hughes Supply, Inc., Orlando, Fla., through a merger deal with Winn-Lange Electric, Inc., Houston, Texas, is moving to establish a foothold in the Texas

    Hughes Supply, Inc., Orlando, Fla., through a merger deal with Winn-Lange Electric, Inc., Houston, Texas, is moving to establish a foothold in the Texas market. Winn-Lange will become Hughes' first electrical distribution presence in the state.

    The deal gives Winn-Lange more resources to invest in pursuit of statewide growth, said Larry Lange, former co-owner of Winn-Lange Electric and now Hughes Supply's district manager for Texas. "I think when you have the resources and the strength that they (Hughes Supply) have it will allow me to be more aggressive and speed up growth plans... As a privately held corporation, we had to take baby steps. I hope this will allow us to attain our goals a little quicker."

    The Winn-Lange management, including Lange and Griffin Winn, will continue to manage the operations. Hughes Supply said it doesn't anticipate any personnel changes. The locations will continue to operate under the Winn-Lange name for awhile, but Lange said he expects it to change eventually to Hughes Supply.

    About the Author

    Doug Chandler | Senior Staff Writer

    Doug has been reporting and writing on the electrical industry for Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing since 1992 and still finds the industry’s evolution and the characters who inhabit its companies endlessly fascinating. That was true even before e-commerce, LED lighting and distributed generation began to disrupt so many of the electrical industry’s traditional practices.

    Doug earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Kansas after spending a few years in KU’s William Allen White School of Journalism, then deciding he absolutely did not want to be a journalist. In the company of his wife, two kids, two dogs and two cats, he spends a lot of time in the garden and the kitchen – growing food, cooking, brewing beer – and helping to run the family coffee shop.

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