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March 24, 2006
Copper Prices Set Another Record
Mar 24, 2006 11:36 AM
While most wire and cable industry veterans and commodity analysts expected 2006 to be a year of moderation for copper prices, when copper jumped 9.45 cents to nearly 2.36 a pound on March 17 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, it set another record....
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February Housing Starts Cool Down
Mar 24, 2006 11:03 AM
Following the warmest January on record that helped spur a 16 percent jump in new-home construction, the housing market showed signs of cooling in February, with total housing starts down 7.9 percent for the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.12 million. ...
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Grainger Recognizes Top Suppliers
Mar 24, 2006 10:55 AM
W. W. Grainger, Chicago, presented 28 top-performing suppliers with its prestigious Partners in Performance Supplier Award for 2005 in Itasca, Ill., at its annual supplier conference on March 9. ...
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Colonial Electric Supply Launches Guaranteed 500
Mar 24, 2006 10:51 AM
Colonial Electric Supply, King of Prussia, Pa., recently launched its Guaranteed 500 program, pledging to customers that Colonial’s top 500 items will be in-stock and ready for pick-up or next-day delivery at any of Colonial’s branch locations. ...
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Machine Tool Consumption Up
Mar 24, 2006 10:36 AM
January U.S. machine tool consumption totaled $225.94 million, according to AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association, and AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology. ...
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Achievements 032406
Mar 24, 2006 10:30 AM
The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), St. Louis, will honor seven industry leaders at its Annual Meeting in Orlando in April. ...
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People March 24. 2006
Mar 24, 2006 10:24 AM
Chera M. Ellis has been promoted to director of marketing for Greenlee....
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Industry Calendar
February 13-16
NEMRA Annual Conference
Washington, D.C.; National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA), 800-446-3672,
www.nemra.org
February 13-16
2008 International Builders Show
Orlando; National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 800-368-5242,
www.buildershow.com
February 20-23
NAED South-Central
Region Conference
Palm Desert, Calif.; National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) 888-791-2512,
www.naed.org
February 27-29
Electric West
Las Vegas; Penton Media Exhibition Business,
800-559-0620, www.electricshow.com
March 25-26
2008 Electrical and Data Products Expo
Overland Park, Kan.;
Kansas-Missouri Electric League, (816) 561-5323
www.electricleague.org/trade.htm
April 9-11
Keystone 2008 All Rep Conference:
Baltimore; The Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA),
NEMRA and the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Food Service Industry (MAFSI),
(877) 626-2776
www.manaonline.org
April 16-18
Equity/EDN annual meeting
Atlanta; Equity /EDN, (800) 373-1894,
www.equityednmeeting.com
May 3-6
11th Annual Electrical Safety and Reliability Conference & Exhibition:
Costa Mesa, Calif.; Professional Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL), (877) 287-3275
E-mail pearl@pearl1.org
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