HODGES SOUTHWEST
Electrical & Lighting Products
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Who are we?


Hodges Southwest is an electrical & lighting manufacturer's representative selling products to electrical distributors throughout Texas and Oklahoma. We believe the most important part of being a good partner is having the best personnel. Our key people each build from a strong record of past success. They average 15 years with HSW and over 20 years in the electrical industry. We are supported with state of the art operating systems, technology, and sales tools. HSW can provide everything from electrical product specification to complete cable management programs.

Our facilities are large, well located and equipped with wire and cable cutting equipment along with several forklifts. We feature a 55,000 square foot service center in Houston, Texas. This facility is home to our administrative and inside sales staff along with various manufacturers' products that we inventory.

In addition to our Houston Service Center we have sales offices in Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio/Austin, El Paso, and Oklahoma City. HSW focuses on conducting specification work at the electrical engineering and end user level.

Looking for wire and cable, conduit, fittings, lighting, or other electrical products? We can help! Call us at 713.748.8200.

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News


Product Announcements



March 1, 2024

Hodges Southwest is excited to share some news! As of March 1, 2024, we now represent MaxiStrut throughout Texas and Oklahoma.

MaxiStrut is a line of channel framing systems and accessories manufactured by Channel-Track Manufacturing, established in 1965, and based in Houston, TX. Channels available in black steel, pre-galvanized steel, hot-dipped galvanized steel, 304SS & 316SS in 10' and 20' lengths.

STOCKED IN HOUSTON

March 1, 2024

Hodges Southwest has some thrilling news to share! As of March 1, 2024, we now represent Dorn Equipment Corp. throughout Texas and Oklahoma.

Dorn, headquartered in Melrose, Massachusetts, has been in the firestop business since 1986, and manufactures FIRSTO® firestop and WSP weatherstop systems for cable and cable tray applications for steel bulkheads, walls and floors. Their products are U.L. classified and have been used in all types of industries around the world.

February 1, 2024

Hodges Southwest is proud to share some exciting news! As of February 1, 2024, we now represent Pacific Plastics, Inc. throughout Texas (excluding El Paso) and Oklahoma.

Pacific Plastics, Inc. is one of the premier manufacturers of PVC pipe in the United States. Established in 1979, Pacific Plastics’ entire PVC pipe package is now produced and stocked at the same location in Brea, CA.

MADE IN USA!

STOCKED IN HOUSTON

February 1, 2024

Hodges Southwest announces the appointment of Steven Meza as Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

Steve, a Texas native, brings over 20 years of Southwest electrical agency, EPC, and management experience to Hodges Southwest. He has an Electrical Engineering education from the University of Houston and worked as an electrical designer for Fish/Technip Engineering in his early career. He previously was employed by two large Southwest representative firms based in Texas.

More recently, Steve was the EPC Sales Manager for the Dialight Corporation for six years and comes to HSW from O&M Resources where he was the managing partner.

Tom Hodges, CEO, stated that he will manage sales and marketing throughout Texas and Oklahoma.

January 31, 2024

After 26 years Ray Garcia has decided to retire and enjoy time with his wife Janie, family, and friends. We want to express our deepest gratitude for his contributions to Hodges Southwest. Please join us in expressing your well-wishes and share your memories as we honor Ray’s remarkable career!

The Team


tom

Tom Hodges


steve

Steve Meza


joeh

Joe Huff


mike

Mike Hart


rob

Rob Limas


kathi

Kathi Cole


del

Del Delahoussaye


cassie

Cassie Olivier


cindy

Cindy Carpenter


ashley

Ashley Jackson


danny

Danny Wix


Product Specialists

Frequently, the loss of an order is attributed to price. In Texas and Oklahoma, our many years of experience tell us if a product is properly presented to the correct decision makers, purchase price becomes a secondary issue. Perceived value is more significant than purchase price. We also understand that each level in the electrical channel has its own priorities. It is our job at HSW to determine the correct decision makers. It may be an owner, an owner’s agent, a specification firm, a contractor, or the purchasing agent at distribution. The sale usually starts long before the buy, even with so-called commodity products.

In addition to sales offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, West Texas, and Oklahoma City, we maintain fulltime specification personnel in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. Throughout Texas and Oklahoma, we are averaging many direct specification contacts per month and several “specifier lunch and learn” presentations. We believe we have the finest and most effective professional specification team in the marketplace.

Our manufacturers have worked hard for many years to develop products and services that distinguish them from the competition. With this as a foundation, we create value.

Best Practices

NEMRA Member

Hodges Southwest is a NEMRA member serving the Electrical and Communications markets throughout Texas.



Netcom One

Hodges Southwest is a member of Netcom One, a group of geographically non-competitive top NEMRA members who meet for three working days twice a year to sharpen our skills and best practices while learning from one another and top industry leaders. Members represent a variety of manufacturers and geographic territories which allows for open discussion and brainstorming on how to better relate through similar, but non-competing market conditions.



Quotation Management

Our quotation management system tracks the exact status of every outstanding quotation with current feedback. At any given moment we are tracking millions of dollars of outstanding opportunities. This information is extremely important and we manage, monitor, and report the information carefully.



Experience & Service

We work hand in hand with lead electrical and design engineers focusing primarily on having our principals' products approved. We focus on conducting specification work at both the electrical end user and contractor levels as well as the E & C (engineering and construction).



Electrical Industry Tracking & Forecasting

Hodges Southwest tracks and forecasts Texas electrical industry sales in conjunction with the highly specialized electrical industry information service DISC, which is widely recognized as the electrical industry leader in market analysis and forecasting. This specialized service provides current information by county in Texas on what electrical distributors are selling. We have customized this service by market area to allow us to set realistic targets with our manufacturer partners and monitor our performance.



The Hodges Hotwire

Our periodic email communiciation—The Hodges Hotwire—enhances our customer's awareness of our manufacturers' product offerings. The Hodges Hotwire is emailed to over 1500 electrical distributors and contractor subscribers throughout Texas and Oklahoma. The Hodges Hotwire is a key tool that we use to keep our customer base continually aware of new products, featured products, ever changing market conditions and upcoming events.

Contact Us

Email sales@hodgessw.com for any inquiries.
Call us at 713.748.8200

Houston

Del Delahoussaye—713.299.5660
Rob Limas—832.720.2637
Steve Meza—713.818.9169

Austin/San Antonio

Rob Limas—832.720.2637

Dallas/Fort Worth

Mike Hart—817.501.7716
Joe Huff—214.422.1170

West Texas

713.748.8200

Oklahoma

Joe Huff—214.422.1170