Move and Renovation - 1335 Lemon Street
It was time. EI has made a couple of moves since the 1990's as we have grown. Our old facility in Bennett Ave. suited us well for 14 years, but there was no more room for expansion. Thru a bit of hard work, and good fortune a new facility came on the market just around the corner. In July of 2014 we closed on the property and began the renovation process.
In August the "Napa Earthquake" with it's epicenter 8 miles away hit and we suffered damage, delaying our opening at the new facility. We officially moved in November 27th, 2014. This article takes a look at the new facility. With a Quick Snap Shot Video.
Back From Belgium
So we closed up shop and headed to Belgium to pull some parts from our warehouse. Obviously EI couldn't go during normal weather, no we had to wait until a major cold snap hit the entire area. Not to say we can't handle cold weather, but coming from CA it was a bit extreme. From when we landed to when we left we did not once get over freezing. You know it's cold when you have to preheat the coffee maker to get it to turn on!
Anyways we loaded 2 containers with a whack of parts and a couple of pretty cool trucks. We should be seeing this batch arrive in mid March.
SEE Tractor Surplus
We have been waiting for quite sometime for the U.S. Military to start releasing their surplus SEE tractor Unimogs. It has finally started and we are seeing them work their way through the surplus channels. In August EI decided to pick up a few of the trucks to get our feet wet with them. We purchased 6 trucks. 3 of them are being repaired/rebuilt and 3 of them are being cut up for parts.
