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GE Lighting Combines LED and Fixture Businesses to Form GE Lighting Solutions
Jan 22, 2010 11:26 AM
GE Lighting, Nela Park, Ohio, a unit of GE Appliances & Lighting, continues its reorganization with the establishment of GE Lighting Solutions, a combination of its light-emitting diode (LED) systems operation, Lumination, based at GE Lighting’s world headquarters in the Cleveland area, and its commercial and industrial fixture group, GE Lighting Systems, in Hendersonville, N.C....
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NAED Western Draws Good Crowd
Jan 22, 2010 11:27 AM,
By Jim Lucy
Despite the down economy, the NAED Western Region Conference held in San Diego Jan. 13-15 drew an estimated 175 distributor attendees from 68 electrical supply houses and 25 independent manufacturers’ reps from 11 firms covering the Western region, as well as dozens of manufacturers...
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Thomas & Betts to Acquire JT Packard
Jan 22, 2010 11:28 AM
Thomas & Betts Corp. (T&B), Memphis, agreed to acquire the net assets of power equipment service provider JT Packard & Associates, Madison, Wis., for an estimated net purchase price of $22 million. The transaction is expected to close next week...
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Residential Construction Sags in December
Jan 22, 2010 11:30 AM
The home construction market slowed down last month, as the U.S. Census Bureau said privately-owned housing starts in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 557,000, four percent below the revised November estimate of 580,000, but 0.2 percent above the December 2008 rate of 556,000...
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EPI Increases 0.9% in December
Jan 22, 2010 11:32 AM
The Electrical Price Index (EPI) increased 0.9 percent in December and was up six percent year-over-year...
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Electrical Marketing’s Leading Indicators
Jan 22, 2010 11:32 AM
AIA Billings Index still soft in December. On the heels of a more than three-point drop in November, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, D.C., had a negligible increase of less than one point in December...
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NESCO acquires Densmore Electrical Supply
Jan 22, 2010 11:33 AM
NESCO-Needham Electric Supply, Canton, Mass., has acquired certain assets of Densmore Electrical Supply, a single-branch distributor in Rutland, Vt. Densmore will join forces with the Yankee Electric Supply Rutland branch, NESCO’s Vermont- and New Hampshire-based division...
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Schneider, Alstom finalize deal to buy Areva T&D
Jan 22, 2010 11:34 AM
Schneider Electric and Alstom, both Paris-based electrical manufacturers, signed an agreement for the purchase of the transmission and distribution assets of nuclear conglomerate Areva...
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People: January 22, 2010
Jan 22, 2010 11:37 AM
Graybar Electric Co. (St. Louis): Rick Harvey will be district vice president for the company’s New York regional operations effective Feb. 1. Harvey succeeds Chris Olsen, who will retire after six years in the position and more than 35 years with Graybar...
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Rep News: January 22, 2010
Jan 22, 2010 11:38 AM
Flynn & Reynolds Agency, Inc., Tewksbury, Mass., has been appointed to represent the 3M Electrical Markets Division, Austin, Texas...
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Industry Calendar
January 26-28
NAW Executive Summit Washington, D.C.;
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 202-872-0885,
www.naw.org
February 10-13
NAED South Central Region Conference Marco Island;
NAED, 888-791-2512,
www.naed.org
February 16-20
NEMRA Annual Conference New York;
National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association, 800-446-3672,
www.nemra.org
March 16-18
Electric West Exhibition Las Vegas;
Penton Media, 800-559-0620,
www.electricshow.com
March 23-26
2010 Equity/EDN Annual Meeting Chicago;
Equity/EDN, 800-373-1894,
www.equityednmeeting.com
April 12-16
A-D Electrical Division Meeting Houston;
Affiliated Distributors, 610-977-3100,
www.mya-d.net.com
April 25-26
PEARL Annual Meeting Denver;
Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League, 877-287-3275,
Web site
May 15-19
NAED Electrical Leadership Summit Chicago;
NAED, 888-791-2512,
www.naed.org
May 12-14
LightFair Las Vegas;
LightFair International, 404-220-2132,
www.lightfair.com
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