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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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