Long-Lewis Sterling "Quality First—Customer Always" OUR PURPOSE Long-Lewis Sterling is dedicated to creating mutually beneficial business partnerships with our customers where our products, services, and efforts serve as a critical enabler to their success—organizationally and individually—in their efforts to support the distribution needs of our country; and to build a value based organization which enhances the welfare, well being, and growth of our team members and their families. In 1887, Mr. William J. Long opened the Cornice & Iron Works in Bessemer, AL. With the success and growth of the company, Mr. Long's Cornice & Iron works grew into the Bessemer Hardware Company. In 1895 Mr. Long and Mr. Lewis merged their hardware stores to form the Long Lewis Hardware Company. With continued growth of the company a new product line was added, the harness and buggy. As the country moved into the automobile era, buggies were replaced with the "Horseless Carriage." Long Lewis Hardware Company was awarded the Ford Franchise by Henry Ford in 1915. Thus Long-Lewis began its ascent into the "Industrial Age" where it has remained in the attack to this day! In 1986, Mr. Vaughn Burrell became the President/CEO of the Long Lewis Company. Previously, Mr. Burrell had been the General Manager for 22 years. Under his direction, the company was awarded a Sterling Franchise in 1998. Seizing the initiative and realizing the trucking industry was a fast-paced, ever-expanding industry which demanded dedicated professional sales and product support, Mr. Burrell split the Ford car and light truck business from the Medium and Heavy duty truck dealership and established two full service dealerships in Bessemer and Huntsville. The Bessemer facility has undergone, and remains under, renovation with current efforts focused on the Service and Parts facilities. The Huntsville store, opened in January 1999, is a new facility built from the foundation to roof with one thing in mind—sales and service support to the trucking industry. Starting in the vehicular business after his return from the Korean War, Mr. Burrell has been a driving force by successfully operating and building "Quality First—Customer Always" organizations. Like Bear Bryant, Vince Lombardi, and Eddie Robinson, his standards of conduct and character based principles have stood the test of time and consistently built winning organizations and teams. Our Mission: Build Long-Lewis Sterling into a "World-Class" truck sales and product service support organization - QUALITY FIRST - CUSTOMER ALWAYS FOCUSED Employee Built - Team Based - Teamwork Grounded. To visit Long-Lewis Ford  Click Here! Our Core Values:   HONOR   COURAGE   COMMITMENT   CUSTOMER   SATISFACTION   QUALITY   TEAMWORK   CONTINUOUS   IMPROVEMENT These Core Values are personified by Mr. Burrell and are reflected through the efforts of all his businesses and personal endeavors. Long-Lewis Sterling's success will be built on this rock-solid foundation. Our goal is to satisfy our customers at the earliest possible moment with the highest quality products and services—leading to our customers saying, as we believe— "You'll Like The Way We Work". Site Hosted By...TruckPaper.com ® © Copyright by Sandhills Publishing Company 2008. All rights reserved. Reproduction of material appearing on this Web site is strictly prohibited without written permission. North Central Truck Paper, Great Lakes Truck Paper, South Central Truck Paper, Western Truck Paper, South Eastern Truck Paper, Mid Atlantic Truck Paper, Mountain West Truck Paper, and Central Truck Paper are registered trademarks of Sandhills Publishing Company.