Global The Source

Global The Source is an American master distributor of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) components. Rather than selling directly to contractors or end users, the company positions itself as a wholesale supplier to wholesalers that in turn serve the HVAC/R service industry. Its catalog centers on replacement electrical and motor components — capacitors, relays, transformers, contactors, disconnects, whips and related accessories — and it has increasingly built its identity around proprietary, American-made product lines. The business was originally founded in 1982 and was purchased by Dickie Sirotiak in 2001. Since then it has operated as a family-owned company managed by Dickie and his son, Shaun. It is headquartered in South Central Texas and reports that it stocks 93% of the products in its warehouse, emphasizing fast and accurate shipping as a core service promise. Global's most visible product is the Turbo200 Universal Capacitor, a replacement capacitor designed to cover a wide range of microfarad (MFD) ratings so that service technicians can carry fewer parts on their trucks. The company also offers the Turbolytic®50 universal motor-start capacitor, built with the same quality as AmRad motor-run capacitors and backed by a five-year warranty, and an exclusive line of USA Made Capacitors manufactured by AmRad in Palm Coast, Florida. Other offerings include the CPT Terminal and CPT Fuse Wire compressor-protection products, a universal capacitor mount, and a range of relays, transformers, contactors, disconnects and whips. Global markets itself strongly on American manufacturing and sourcing, using the tagline "Protect the American way" and highlighting capacitors made in Palm Coast, Florida. It also provides training, including NATE training courses, to support the wholesale channel it serves. The company remains privately held and family operated, with no public listing.

Global The Source traces its origins to 1982, when the business was originally founded. For its first two decades it operated as an HVAC/R components distributor serving the wholesale channel. In 2001 the company was purchased by Dickie Sirotiak, who has since run it as a family-owned business together with his son, Shaun. Under the Sirotiak family the company has been based in South Central Texas and has emphasized warehouse depth — stocking 93% of the products it sells — and fast, accurate shipping. Over time Global expanded beyond a purely distribution role by launching and representing proprietary product lines. Its best-known innovation is the Turbo200 Universal Capacitor, a replacement capacitor engineered to cover a broad range of MFD ratings so that service technicians can reduce the number of individual capacitor part numbers they carry. The company also introduced the Turbolytic®50 universal motor-start capacitor, described as the only truly universal motor-start capacitor, built to the same quality standard as AmRad motor-run capacitors and backed by a five-year warranty. Global further built an exclusive line of USA Made Capacitors manufactured by AmRad in Palm Coast, Florida, and developed compressor-protection products such as the CPT Terminal and CPT Fuse Wire, along with a patent-pending universal capacitor mount. Global has served wholesalers supplying the HVAC/R service industry for more than 30 years, according to its own account, and describes itself as a leading master distributor of HVAC/R components to wholesalers throughout the United States. It markets heavily on American manufacturing, using the message "Protect the American way" and highlighting capacitors made in the USA. The company also offers training, including NATE training courses, to the channel it serves. It remains privately held and family operated.

• 2001

  Dickie Sirotiak purchases the company; it becomes a family-owned business managed with his son Shaun.

• 1982

  Global The Source is originally founded.

• Launch of the Turbo200 Universal Capacitor, a universal replacement capacitor covering a broad MFD range.

• Introduction of the Turbolytic®50 universal motor-start capacitor with a five-year warranty.

• Launch of the exclusive USA Made Capacitors line manufactured by AmRad in Palm Coast, Florida.

• Development of CPT Terminal and CPT Fuse Wire compressor-protection products and a patent-pending universal capacitor mount.

Master distributor of HVAC/R components to wholesalers, emphasizing American-made products, warehouse stock depth and fast shipping.

• Turbo200 Universal Capacitor

  Universal replacement capacitor designed to replace single and dual capacitors from 2.5 to 97.5 MFD, reducing the number of part numbers technicians must carry.

• Turbolytic®50

  Universal motor-start capacitor made in the USA in Palm Coast, Florida, with brass terminals, non-PCB dielectric fluid and a five-year warranty.

• USA Made Capacitors by AmRad

  Exclusive line of capacitors manufactured by AmRad in Palm Coast, Florida.

• CPT Terminal and CPT Fuse Wire

  Compressor-protection products featuring a one-of-a-kind terminal and fuse wire design.

• Universal Capacitor Mount

  Patent-pending mounting accessory for universal capacitors.

• Protect the American way
• Don't wait on parts, don't wait on imports

1. 1Home - HVAC Master Distributorglobalthesource.com
2. 2About -globalthesource.com
3. 3Global The Sourcewikidata.org