Antek and Par-Metal up in smoke

[Brik]

It appears that the elecronics chassis maker Par-Metal and their neighbor toroidal transformer maker Antek had a major fire last week: Sparks (no relation to Shannon) blamed in 4-alarm fire at North Arlington metal shop

http://www.northjersey.com/news/north_arlington_fire.html


http://www.par-metal.com/
http://www.antekinc.com/

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
But they let a fair amount of Magic Smoke to escape.

I wish Par-Metal and Antek the best of luck and swift return back to normalcy.

[Geek]

Oh, no!

[TerrySmith]

I was wondering why everything was out of stock. My plan for a HF-89 clone will have to wait now as I was going to use the Antek 4TK400 power trans and a 1U rackmount enclosure for the chassis.

I hope the best for these folks, they are really nice to deal with!

[msmpe]

I was just there looking for a couple 100VA TTs - one to fix Maggie EL84PP and one to experiment with - Dang! Hope they can recover without too much stress.

[Writer Frog]

I was wondering why everything was out of stock. My plan for a HF-89 clone will have to wait now as I was going to use the Antek 4TK400 power trans and a 1U rackmount enclosure for the chassis.

I hope the best for these folks, they are really nice to deal with!

Well, you are in luck!
http://www.antekinc.com/

To our cutomers:

Our offices and warehouse were damaged in a fire on Jan 23rd, 2013. we are currently working on rebuilding and our products will be restocked in one to two months. Please follow up our website for the updates.

2/4/2013 UPDATE

We will have the following models on Feb 15th, 2013. Pre-orders are welcome. Please contact antek1000@yahoo.com

AN-0215, AN-0209, AN-0212, AS-0506, AN-1212, AN-2215, AN-2222, AN-3216, AN-3236, AN-3245, AN-4434, AN-4450, AN-4TK400, AN-6445, AN-8435, AN-10440

[DeathRex]

Wonder if they are gonna have a "Let the smoke out" transformer sale?

[TerrySmith]

Well, you are in luck!
http://www.antekinc.com/

Sweet, thanks for the heads up! I'll be placing my order tomorrow when I get up.

[kheper]

Wonder if they are gonna have a "Let the smoke out" transformer sale?

Yup. On ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400VA-AnTek-Tra ... 1238462769

FIRE SALE SPECIAL!
Quantities extremely limited! - Please check out our eBay store for more model numbers.

[DeathRex]

Next batch will arrive in April.

[Brik]

Update:

I happened to be in the North East corner of New Jersey yesterday, and decided to pay a visit to Antek/Par-Metal in North Arlington, N.J.,
just a few miles South West of the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

The warehouse buildings that housed Antek/Par-Metal are completely gone, and the site became a parking lot.

25 Ewing Street before the fire, courtesy of Google:

25 Ewing Street after the fire, April 5, 2013:


I know Antek is still operating since I ordered and received some of the "fire sale" transformers back in March.
(Thanks, kheper!)

So, they must have moved their place of business...

I wish them well, and I hope they restock their products quickly.

[EWBrown]

Hmmm, I wonder if there were any smokey-flavored trannies in that dumpster

[Brik]

Hmmm, I wonder if there were any smokey-flavored trannies in that dumpster

Oh darn, If I were a thinking man, I would have checked that!

On the second thought, my wife would not have let me back into the car had I done so.