HBI Associates represents several world class manufacturers of electrical utility, industrial, and renewable energy equipment to customers located mostly throughout West Texas and New Mexico.  Our goal is to offer high-quality customer service and to assist in improving our customer’s business operations.

Twenty plus years of industry experience has allowed HBI Associates to gain the knowledge and relationships within the industry that can be used to meet almost any of your power needs. We connect people, places, and power. 

Here is an overview of the companies we represent:

ABB is a technology-based provider of power and automation products, systems, solutions, and services. Building on our core strengths of technology leadership, pioneering spirit and a sustainable approach to business, ABB helps our customers to become more profitable while lowering environmental impact.     

The DIS-TRAN companies have provided products and services for the infrastructure needs of electric utilities, large users of electrical power and general industry since 1965. DIS-TRAN has provided over 4200 successful high-voltage substation, switchyard and transmission projects worldwide.

Elster's long lasting success comes from its innovation and quality. By combining high quality, very accurate meters with information technology solutions and wireless communications, Elster is taking metering to the third generation.  Elster is always looking to further improve the quality of energy and scarce natural resource usage for consumers.

Since 1971, SEFCOR has built a strong reputation as a supplier of quality power connectors with short lead times at competitive prices. SEFCOR has quickly become one of the nation's leading suppliers of power connectors to the electric power industry.

SEFCOR power connectors are always designed in accordance with the latest industry NEMA and ANSI standards.  SEFCOR’s patterns and molds are made under their control in accordance to their exacting standards, and are carefully tested, and inspected to insure conformance before production begins.

Fittings are produced by independent foundries that are highly skilled and specialized in the manufacturing of aluminum and bronze castings. Casting inspection, machining, welding, and assembly are completed in their Griffin, Georgia facility and once completed they are cleaned, brightened and prepared for shipment. Then, all high-voltage fittings are thoroughly buffed to a fine finish to insure corona-free operation. Lastly, a final inspection is performed on 100% of all items prior to being released for shipment.


Johnson Switch’s mission is to manufacture the best quality high voltage switches in the electrical utility industry, and to provide our customers with the highest level of overall service in the industry.


Gilbert Electrical Systems has the unique ability to see project from conception to completion by determining a customer’s special electrical needs, engineering the system, pricing it, and then assembling the individual components into a total functioning system.  Projects and equipment include: turn-key industrial packages, metal-enclosed assemblies, capacitor assemblies, primary switchgear, harmonic filter applications, and harmonic/ power factor correction studies.

Gilbert Electrical Systems draws on many years of experience in application engineering knowledge to design and manufacture custom packages that are competitively priced. Utilizing in-housing engineering capabilities, Gilbert Electrical Systems assembles high quality packages with many innovative features that completely satisfy the service requirements, whether for a small metal enclosed assembly or a total package.