1980 to 2008

 
 
ETRON STARTED IN 1980 AS A HOME BASED BUSSINESS DOING REPAIRS,SOUND INSTALLATIONS AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS . AND WAS RUN BY IVAN AND ELIZE NORVAL .

IN 1984 THE FIRST RETIAL SHOP WAS SETUP IN HILL STREET BLOEMFONTEIN ,SELLING CAR RADIOS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SECURITY PRODUCTS AND P. A. SYSTEMS .AND AT THIS TIME THE SHOP WAS RUN BY ELIZE NORVAL WE SOON GREW OUT OF THE PREMISIS AND HAD TO MOVE.
 
OUR NEXT SHOP WAS IN HENRY STREET. BY THIS TIME JOHAN NORVAL FINISHED HIS ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DEG AT THE TECHNICON AND HE ALSO JOINED THE BUSINESS.

BY THIS TIME IT WAS A PROPER FAMILY BUSINESS AND SINCE WE NOW DID THE INSTALATIONS FOR MOST OF THE CAR MANUFACTURERS WE NOW HAD SPACE TO DO UP TO 10 CAR INSTALLATIONS AT A TIME .
 
WE HAD A REPAIR DEPARTMENT CONSISTING OF 6 TECHNITIONS AND ALSO DID REPAIRS FOR MOST OF THE BIG RETIAL SHOPS , STILL WE HAD A RETIAL DEPARTMENT FOR P. A. SYSTEMS COMPONENTS , CAR AUDIO AND SECURITY.
 
WE GREW OUT OF THE PREMISIS AND SAW OPPERTIONITY TO BUY OUR OWN PROPERTY IN CHARLES STREET WE NOW HAD A BIGGER SHOP WITH ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT WE ALWAYS HAD TO OFFER.

IN 1995 JACO NORVAL FINISHED SCHOOL AND ALSO JOINED THE COMPANY IN THE RETIAL DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD NOW GREW IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST ELECTRONIC SHOPS IN THE FREESTATE.
 
IT WAS TIME TO GO BIGGER AND GET A PROPERTY THAT SUITED US.
WE DECIDED TO SELL OF THE PROPERTY WE WERE IN AND TO BUILD A OFFICE THAT WILL SUIT TO ALL OUR NEEDS. WE BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND AND STARTED TO BUILD OUR OWN OFFICES IN CHURCH STREET . WE MOVE TO A SHOP JUST BELOW OUR NEWLY TO BE BUILD PREMISIS.
AND WAITED FOR OUR NEW OFFICES TO BE COMPLETED .
ETRON SOUND HIRE WAS STARTED AND WAS A INSTAND SUCCSESS. RENTING P. A. EQUIPMENT FOR GOVERMENT , BANDS , AND PARTYS.
 
STILL ETRON WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN AND GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER . RUNNED BY THE FAMILY THAT OWNED IT, THE SHOP WAS DRIVEN BY PASSION AND WAS THE RULE TO OUR SUCCSESS.
AS SOON AS OUR NEWLY BUILD PREMISIS WAS FINISED WE MOVED TO WERE WE ARE SITUITED NOW IN CHURCH STREET 81 WERE THE ETRON LOGO STAND TALL AND PROUD . WE NOW HAVE A BIGGER RETIAL SHOP, ELECTRONIC REPAIRS, CAR FITTMENT AND RENTAL SHOP THAN EVER .
AND STILL RUNNED AND OWNED BY THE FAMILY THAT STARTED IT ALL IN 1980.