Company History

 The company was originally founded as William Parks Associates and was formed in February of 1970 when William R. Parks made the decision to resign from another representative group and start his own company. One of the Company’s founding principles would be to service the OEM accounts in the Northern California and Northern Nevada Electronics marketplace.

In November of 1972, it affiliated with another fledgling representative group and became Parks and Pruitt Associates.  In January 1973, the Company incorporated under the laws of the State of California.  It remained as such for 8 years until Mr. Bruce Pruitt elected to pursue other interests. In October of 1980, the Company’s name was changed back to William Parks Associates, Inc. In January, 1984, the Company was acquired by Ed Blake, who had been with the firm since July, 1972.  In April 1992, the name of the Company was changed to Edward Blake Associates, Inc. to reflect the new directions that the Company was undertaking. 

Today our goal is to service the primary and secondary OEM accounts in Northern California and Northern Nevada.  Our sales territory is defined by the Electronic Industry Association’s Unit Territory Plan as EIA Territory #29, MANA Territory #24. The marketplace within our sales territory is varied and its composition and activities are changing at a very rapid pace.  Our expertise lies in our calling on engineering intensive accounts who are at the state-of-the-art for their particular product type.  Our successes have been found with accounts specializing in:

We avoid the consumer oriented product lines as they do not fit within our overall product structure or philosophy. In addition to the products shown on our current line list, we have also had direct component experience in many other areas.