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Collins Electric company history timeline

1906

Established in 1906 and in its fifth generation of ownership, Collins Electric Co., Inc. is a trusted electrical contracting and design firm serving commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities across western Massachusetts.

Collins Electric Company was founded in 1906 by John J. Collins, who held a degree in electrical engineering from St Francis College.

1939

In 1939, Collins Electric installed the first fluorescent lighting system in the world at the Springfield Armory.

1948

Collins was established in St Paul, Minnesota in 1948 to help meet the electrical construction demands of postwar America.

1980

Raymond Barry and William Heggelman build a new division of the company—Collins Communications—which would later be sold in 1980.

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