History of Cal’s Electric & Cal-Tronics Systems Inc.
Simple beginnings
July 31, 1985
229 N Central
Wood Dale, IL
When Sal started Cal’s Electric, he used his contacts in the electrical business and rented the office at 229 N Central from Bob Lehmann, owner of A-Special Electric Supply. The corrugated Box Industry was the core customer base for Industrial Installation and Service. First year of sales was $724,236 and he managed to turned a modest profit the very first year. Sal was ahead of most electrical contractors by starting a profit sharing plan. The first contribution to the plan was $37,702.
Growing opportunities
October 5th, 1987
In the effort to provide additional services, Sal teamed up with Paul Sampson, Harold Hedgren and Roger Bartling to form Cal-Tronics Systems Inc. A systems integrator, UL panel shop and expanded the 24 hours service department to include board level repair.
Offering customer’s complete systems to be designed, built and installed all under one roof. Cal-Tronics built their own name in the candy industry building control cabinets and installations all over the world with Latini Machine.
Moving
August 1, 1989
729 Creel Drive
Wood Dale, IL
Four years after starting his business, Sal was able to purchase a new 6800 sqft building that is still our location today. This kicked off Cal’s Electric and Cal-Tronics ability to succeed in providing the space needed to fully support our customer’s needs. One of the first UL panels built in the facility was for Lifesavers. They were introducing Lifesaver Holes, which all the controls for the extruder were supplied & built by Cal-Tronics Systems Inc.
Celebrating 25 Years
Cal's Electrical Service Inc.
Celebrating 25 Years
Cal-Tronics Systems, Inc.
In Memoriam
July 28th, 2015
Sal Caldrone passed away July 28th 2015, days before the 30th anniversary of Cal’s Electrical Service. However he left this life knowing that Cal’s Electrical Service & Cal-Tronics Systems where in very good hands. His two daughters Mary Koonce & CJ Caldrone had already been running the day to day since 2002 would carry the torch moving forward along with Paul Sampson in his VP role at Cal-Tronics Systems Inc.
Retirement
December 31st, 2021
Paul Sampson retires from Cal-Tronics, his dedication and attention to fine details for every project will never be matched. However for all the employees he mentored Paul’s knowledge has been instilled for years to come.
Celebrating 40 Years
Cal's Electrical Service Inc.
CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS, BLACKHAWKS, SUMMER & GIVING BACK
Gratitude
Sal Caldrone always had the dream of owning his own company. Thank you to all of the employees, customers past and present for believing in Sal, who helped him obtain his dream of Cal’s Electrical Service and Cal-Tronics Systems.
Mary and CJ are the holders of his dream. Thank you for believing in us allowing our Dad’s dream to continue. Time flies when you’re having fun. Let’s Continue having Fun with the same level of Quality & Service as when it started.
With much gratitude,
Mary & CJ