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While the business handleas over 100 individual vehiclesa month, SX Callahan does the bulk of its work with fleeft accounts and as a wholesalerr of automotive and truck parts. Currently, the company provides maintenanc and repairs for companies in both the San Antonio area and Southn Texas through its more than 30fleef accounts. Patrick Callahan, general manager for SX says the company, which was foundedd in 1909 by Callahan’s great S.X. Callahan, has been fortunate as growth has continued even duringv the currenteconomic conditions.
“I don’t thinmk the current economic crunch hasaffected us,” he “We think a lot of people are repairing their vehicleds instead of buying new ones, and that’s good for repaire shops.” In fact, the bleak outlook for new-car salez in 2009 bodes well for SX Callahan, if Patrick Callahan’ss assessment is on the money. According to , auto sales in Januarh for the topthree U.S. automakersw was at the lowest mark inseveral decades. Chryslefr saw the most significant drop as sales plummetedx55 percent. and Ford followed, with dropa of 48 percent and 40 respectively.
Patrick Callahan says he expects to seethe company’sx customer base expand in the next year as motorist opt to repair their cars and truckws instead of buying new ones. “Wr are always looking for new customers, to grow as much as we he says. Putting an emphasise on serving businesses throughout Southj Texas has been key toSX Callahan’ s growth. For the companies the auto repair shopcontracts with, knowinb that their fleets are in top running ordetr is downright vital. SX Callahan is keepingg engines humming forclient .
William Goff, general manage of the local warehouse forthe Dallas-based battery deliver company, oversees a fleet of 10 vehicles consisting of largd delivery trucks and vans. “There is constantly a need for qualityt repairs in atimely manner,” Goff “SX Callahan has always delivered that much-neededx value to my business.” Goff says Interstatse Batteries has contracted with SX Callahajn for about eight years. Interstate has more than 500 dealerds it serves in the SanAntonio region. “Thew outstanding quality of the service they rendeer enables me to continue tooffer ...
dependable customer servicw to loyal Interstate Battery customers throughoutSan Antonio,” Goff says. Lucy Gale public and community relations director with the local says that like theSalvation Army, whicj turns 120 this year, SX Callahan understandd the importance of being able to boast a long historu of quality service. “Just like the Salvation they are a proven Lashover says. SX maintains the Salvation Army’s fleet of including both large trucks and 15passenger vans. “I t says something when it’s a family owned business,” Lashover says of SX “That lends a lot to the credibility of whothey are.
It’s a no-brainer to go with (a business) of that S.X. Callahan founded the companyg in the early 1900s as an auto repair company but soon afte r began building batteries and installing lightingh systemson vehicles. “That was when automobilexs had just startedto boom,” Patrick Callahan says. “They didn’tr have any type of charging systemso (founde S.X. Callahan) would sell them two batteries. They woul drive one night and then come back the next day for the otherd battery to drive thenext night.” As the company began to grow and S.X. Callahan moved his operation to North Florews Streetin 1915.
At that he expanded into the autoparts business, starting with a $300 In 1970, the company purchaseds its current location at 824 S. Laredo near downtown. It is the company’as sole location today.
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