The first CED opened its doors in California back in 1957 and has since expanded to over 700 locations across America. How’d we do it? By holding true to our motto, “Service. Integrity. Reliability.” for each and every customer we serve. Our success can also be attributed to empowering our managers to make decisions at the local level about how to best serve the surrounding market including what products to stock and which value-added services to offer. In that way, we bring our people, our partners and their products, close to our customers. 

Our local strength scales to the national level – an account at CED plugs you into our network throughout the country, gaining you access to the hard-to-find items you need to get you off the job site. With CEDs all across the nation, you’ll be hard-pressed to a find a manufacturer not represented by CED but the best news is – you’re far less likely to be subject to long lead-times. Many products sourced within the company can be made available to you next day via UPS Red Label shipping. That’s the power of CED.