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71 Crooks Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07011-1011
Telephone: 973-478-1222
e-mail: info@modernelectric.com




Delivering Value,
Exceeding Expectations, and
Enhancing our Reputation
with Every Job

Founded in 1929, Modern Electric Co. is a third-generation, family-owned, full service electrical contractor. Located in Clifton, NJ, our service area includes northern and central New Jersey, as well as Rockland, Orange, and Westchester counties in New York.

For almost 80 years, Modern Electric Co. has provided our customers with unparalleled service in the installation, design, and maintenance of commercial and industrial electrical systems. With experience in the maintenance and building office/administrative buildings, supermarkets, warehouses, restaurants, shopping malls, retail stores, residential apartments, co-generation plants, hospitals, and pharmaceutical facilities, we have the ability to successfully handle the demands of all jobs, large and small.

Our staff includes professional engineers, project managers, estimators, superintendents, foremen, and journeymen who know the electrical industry, offering design/build or value engineering ideas to provide installations on time and within budget.

We pride ourselves on developing longstanding relationships with our customers, staff, and vendors, and look at each job as an opportunity to enhance our reputation.


Modern Electric Co. History

  • Founded in 1929 by Joseph Golub in West New York, NJ
  • Began working for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in 1936
  • Became an IBEW union contractor in 1945
  • Murray Golub becomes president in 1972
  • In 1986, became resident electrical contractor for Hoffman-La Roche in Nutley NJ
  • Alan M. Golub becomes president in 1997

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