Turtle & Hughes Celebrates 100 Years of Innovation

Turtle & Hughes, Inc., one of the nation’s largest privately-held industrial and power distributors, is celebrating 100 years of innovation – and a key focus for its future growth is on the Philadelphia marketplace.

As a 4th generation women-owned and led company, Turtle has long dedicated itself to its customers, delivering extraordinary technical expertise and a deep understanding of their businesses.  Now, with a ten-year track record of growth in Philadelphia, it is building upon its strengths in delivering switchgear, lighting, and industrial materials solutions and advancing energy management solutions.

Having long serviced the Philadelphia region, Turtle established a regional headquarters covering the city and southern New Jersey roughly ten years ago, hiring John Donohue, Vice President of Sales and Branch Manager of the Philadelphia Market, who came to Turtle with 30-plus years of experience in the market.  In 2020, he expanded the office to a 35,000 square foot space in Warminster, PA, with a fleet of seven trucks to service the Tri-State area.  The branch includes lighting and switchgear departments, with dedicated sales professionals to create customer solutions.  It also offers unique items for the pole line, utility, and street lighting markets.

Over the years, customers have included the Philadelphia International Airport, the Metropolitan Opera House, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, hundreds of commercial buildings, and many schools and universities.

Turtle is also one of the leading Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) in the region and is certified with the Office of Economic Opportunity. Jayne Millard is the Executive Chairman of the Board and great-granddaughter of one of its founders, M.B. Turtle. 

Millard is an award-winning leader, working her way through many positions at Turtle over 32 years.  She rose to CEO in 2010, serving as co-CEO with Kathleen Shanahan for several years until 2020, when Shanahan became the company’s first non-family CEO.  Millard currently drives Turtle’s strategic leadership and its vision for transformative sustainability projects around the world.  

One of those projects in the Philadelphia market is Turtle's Energy Management program, which enables customers to save on energy consumption, reduce maintenance costs, and improve productivity.  To help accomplish this, Turtle supports investment-grade proposals for lighting and control upgrades. It identifies customers' strategic goals and creates manageable solutions that include design, implementation, project management, and utility coordination. Also important, Turtle experts will procure all rebates for these projects that are available from the local utility programs, such as PSE&G in New Jersey and PECO in Pennsylvania.

Additionally, Turtle is committed to a diverse workforce with a variety of talents and experiences that help contribute to its customers' business successes. By 2022 year's end, 32.15% of the workforce is female, as well as 32.14% of the managers, 25% of the executive team, and 37.5% of the board.

With pillars of family, technical expertise, and a commitment to sustainability and innovation, Turtle is embarking on its next century with Philadelphia as a key partner.

This content is provided for Turtle & Hughes commercial advertisement purposes. The Electrical Association of Philadelphia was not involved in the creation of this content, does not endorse the content, nor warrant nor guarantee its accuracy. The statements and opinions are those of Turtle & Hughes and not those of the Electrical Association of Philadelphia.

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• EAP Educational Foundation Scholarships, available exclusively to dependent sons, daughters or grandchildren of full-time employees of an EAP member company. Up to three (3) scholarships for $4,000 will be awarded to high school seniors planning on attending a four-year college/university.
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