El-Tex Industries, Inc

Employee Size

11-50

Organization Type

Privately Held

Headquarters

Baltimore, MD

Founded

1973

Founded in 1973, Baltimore’s El-Tex Industries builds custom electrical control panels for industrial, utility, and contractor customers. Its panels have supported more than 4,000 projects in over 22 countries, including customer-designed processes and equipment protection across industries from food and beverage to automotive and pharmaceuticals. El-Tex’s 10,000-square-foot facility is backed by a project management team whose average tenure is 22 years, and it is authorized to label qualifying panels under UL 508A and hazardous-location standards.

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