| Butler and Land, Inc. started out as a
Partnership in early 1947, consisting of Mr. James J. Butler and Mr.
H. L. Land. Both had been with Westinghouse Electric Corp in this area
for a number of years, and had extensive experience in the sale and
application of electrical equipment to utilities, industrials,
petrochemicals, original equipment manufacturers and various
distribution channels.
The company was incorporated in 1957 in
Texas and Mr. Butler was elected President and held that post until
retirement in 1973. Mr. Land became President in 1973 and served in
that capacity until his death in 1973.
The company began an Employee Stock
Ownership Plan in 1975 and owned all of Butler and Land, Inc. stock
until the current officers began a buyout program in 2001.
The present officers of Butler and Land,
Inc. are as follows:
| Michael A. Woods |
President |
(
35
years service ) |
| Robert M. Krause |
Executive
Vice President |
(
37
years service ) |
| John C. Cook |
Vice President/Operations |
(
30
years service ) |
| Lynell Huffmaster |
Vice
President/CFO |
(
26
years service ) |
Our headquarters is in Dallas, TX where we
have five outside salesmen and four inside sales/customer service
people. We also have three outside salesmen and two inside sales people
in our Houston office and one outside salesman and one inside salesman
in our New Orleans office. All three offices have warehouses and stock
inventory. In addition we have an outside salesman who works out of his
home in the Tulsa area.
In our lines list you will see the names
of various manufacturers for whom we are either a manufacturers
representative or stocking distributor. All of these manufacturers are
among the finest serving the industrial and utility arena.
Our offices cover the following states:
| Dallas |
North Texas, West Texas, North Louisiana,
Arkansas and New Mexico |
| Houston |
South Texas |
| New Orleans |
South Louisiana and South Mississippi |
| Tulsa |
Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas |
We believe that our organization offers an
excellent combination of professional salesmanship and service to meet
the changing needs of our customers' requirements for electrical
equipment and instruments. |
