Largo firm gets U.S. Senate honors
September 25, 2020 - U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio named Beckwith Electric Co, of Largo as the U.S. Senate Small Business of the Week. Beckwith creates products for power systems worldwide, designing and manufacturing all the products at their Largo facility. The company's cutting-edge technology makes them an important part of the country's critical infrastructure industrial base, Rubio said. The family-owned company was founded in 1967 by inventor Robert Beckwith. "Like many Floridian small businesses, Beckwith Electric was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. They applied for and they received a Paycheck Protection Program Loan. As a result, they were able to keep all of their employees paid," Rubio said. Rubio, a Florida Republican, chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, which has a tradition of honoring America's small businesses and entrepreneurs.