About Us | MelKay

Company History

Founding MelKay.

Melvin Kallenbach founded MelKay back in 1951 with the goal of providing electrical services to businesses in the Tri-State area. Under his leadership, MelKay became one of Southern Indiana’s leading electrical contractors, providing electrical services to many major industrial, commercial, and institutional clients.

Continuing MelKay’s Tradition.

In 2004, Melvin Kallenbach’s daughter, Linda Garrett, assumed the helm of MelKay as president of the company. With more than 30 years of experience in the business and trained by her father, Linda continued the company’s tradition of providing top-quality electrical contracting for the commercial, institutional, and industrial sector.

Becoming an MEP Company.

In 2016, Linda Garrett’s son, Scott Hartig, took over as MelKay’s president. Now, MelKay has grown from an electrical contractor into a full MEP company. In 2018, MelKay added the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) division, and soon after in 2019, iron workers, millwrights, operators, and pipe-fitters were added to our team. Our newest addition has been the plumbing division, which was added in 2020.

Meet Our Team.

Prompt, Proficient, and Professional Service Driven by Experts in the Field.

When you have a project on your hands, you need a team that you can rely on to do the job right. At MelKay, we only hire the best in the industry, so you can rest assured that

the team you work with has both a great reputation and the experience needed to accomplish your project safely and efficiently. Contact us to get started with an estimate.

Scott Hartig

President

Chad Thompson

Vice-President

Robin Smith

Controller

Chris Neth

Director of Mechanical Operations

Jared Basham

QA/QC Manager

Jason Ashby

HVACR Estimator/Project Manager