With a proud history dating back 100 years, Stearn has built on the ever present principles of outstanding customer service and exceptional customer and supplier relations to become the national super distributor it is today.
e A CENTURY OF SERVICE
As a well renowned national ‘Super Distributor’, Stearn represents many of the leading manufacturers’ brands and has nurtured close relationships with major suppliers to ensure that the organisation is consistently meeting the needs of an ever evolving electrotechnical market.
With an entire company ethos based around ‘Service’, Stearn continues to lead the way on this, ensuring its customers, receive consistent and unrivalled reliability.
Your Other Wearhouse Stearn’s UK-wide network of 13 businesses, acting as the support network for the wholesale market, continues to offer substantial benefi ts:
• Industry leading service at a fair price • In-depth industry/product knowledge • National coverage with same day collections and next day delivery • No minimum order charges • Delivery by dedicated Stearn vehicles
• Developing close relationships with customers and suppliers • Continued investment in infrastructure • Specialist distribution to many specialist and service dependant markets • A clear ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ strategy • Environmentally driven policies and customer support
Continual Investment In addition, Stearn consistently introduces new emerging products in line with market trends, enabling wholesalers to test the market and determine how popular unfamiliar technologies are likely to be with their customers without signifi cant commercial risk.
Since its formation in 1924, the continual investment in products, people and resources has cemented the company’s status as a core supplier to the electrical sector - it’s wide range of readily available stock serving as a valued support network for the UK wholesale market of today and tomorrow.
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Who was Charles Stearn 1874
Charles Stearn was an amateur scientist, an expert in his time on vacuum pumps. 1878
Charles Stearn assisted Sir Joseph Swan to develop a method that removed all the air from the lamp to avoid the fi lament from blackening. The fi rst lamp was demonstrated in 1878.
1907
Charles Stearn formed Stearn Electric Lamp Company in 1907, manufacturing lamps and became a key supplier to the Electrical Wholesale industry.
1924 Stearn Electric Co Ltd was fully founded on October 18th 1924.
Charles Stearn His Lamp Factory Kew, London - 1874
One hundred and forty seven years have gone by since Stearn met Swan and made his contribution to the development of the lamp. The lighting industry has undergone substantial changes since those early days, not least with the emergence of the LED, and has now become one of the largest and most important sectors of the electrical trade.
Charles Stearn was proud to describe himself “electrician” when he registered his lamp company in 1907, and he would certainly be proud to see the company that bears his name today not only still distributing lamps and luminaires, but also performing such a valuable role in bridging the gap between manufacturer and wholesaler with other specialist lines.
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