headquarters u.s. products industrial supply distribution website www.frenchgerleman.com french gerleman is a regional supplier of electrical automation datacom and power transmission products and services . founded in st. louis missouri in 1923 the company is currently headquartered in maryland heights missouri . it is a member of the national association of electrical distributors . contents 1 history 2 locations 3 awards 4 rankings 5 external links 6 references history edit in 1923 albert o. french and charles c. french brothers who initially were partners with j.f. gerleman started french gerleman in st. louis missouri . the 1930s brought french gerleman into an agency relationship with the allen bradley company now rockwell automation . the result was french gerleman s gradual expansion into the industrial controls market . locations edit maryland heights missouri columbia missouri quincy illinois 1 lenexa kansas washington missouri awards edit in 2001 southern illinois university edwardsville s school of business recognized french gerleman for its excellence in industry and positive impact on the community with the 2001 mississippi valley family business of the year award . 2 in addition french gerleman placed first runner up in the 2001 national family business of the year award sponsored by massmutual financial group . 3 rankings edit 107 on st. louis business journal s top 150 privately held companies march 27 2009 4 63 on electrical wholesaling magazine s top 200 list june 13 2008 5 external links edit french gerleman home page references edit french gerleman moves to new location . quincynews.org . retrieved 2008 10 27 . janecke ron 2001 10 21 . jim s formal wear among small business honorees . american city business journals . retrieved 2001 10 19 . family business of the year award nominees sought . southern illinois university edwardsville . archived from the original on june 4 2010 . retrieved 2003 07 29 . st. louis top 150 privately held companies 101 125 . american city business journals . 2009 03 29 . retrieved 2009 03 27 . the top 200 electrical distributors . penton business media inc. retrieved 2008 06 13 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title french gerleman & oldid 743638249 categories companies established in 1923privately held companies based in missouricompanies based in st. louiscompanies based in st. louis county missourihidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view