25th Anniversary - Featured Company: Roland's Electric, Inc. celebrates business milestone: 60 years in business and still going strong!

Roland's Electric, Inc. has recently celebrated a business milestone, 60 years in business and still going strong! Established in 1953, Roland's Electric Inc. began as many other small businesses do - as a hopeful basement side venture, after a long workday. Founder, Roland Cadieux grew up during the Great Depression, leaving school as did many young boys after fourth grade to help support his family, doing odd jobs and shining shoes. After serving in the Navy during the Korean War, Roland then married with a young family, worked washing windows by day, attending electrical training in the evenings. He then was hired by an electrical firm for $1.31 per hr., back in 1950. Three years later Roland's Electric was launched in his basement, soon moving to a humble 300 s/f storefront in Uniondale, N.Y. Roland did residential electrical during the day and worked on appliances at the shop in the evenings. People took note of his skill and high-quality work, his honesty, fair prices, and his dedication to his staff and customers - and the company continued to grow and expand to a larger site. Progressing into commercial work, and then industrial, municipal, and green energy, Roland hired a trained workforce of Electricians, eventually relocating to their present 22,000 s/f building in Deer Park. Even in the early years, Roland Cadieux was always an early adopter of new technology, a key factor in the success and growth of the company. After his retirement, his son Stephen Cadieux took the helm and has continued to stay ahead of the industry by early integration of the newest advances and by staying true to the guiding principles his late father always followed. Stephen Cadieux, president said, "He always taught me that if you stay ahead of your competition by using the latest in tools and technologies, treat your employees with respect, give your customers your total support and perform quality work at competitive prices, you will always succeed in an ever changing marketplace." Roland's Electric Inc. is a full-service electrical contractor for a wide array of industrial, commercial, municipal, institutional, and residential customers located in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island, N.Y. The company employs approximately 50 to 100 Electricians and 23 management/office personnel.