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Analyst Speculation on GE Interest in Rockwell Automation Fires Up Rumor Mill
Dec 18, 2009
General Electric’s recent moves to divest itself of divisions and product lines such as NBC Universal and its security systems business have inspired analysts who track the company to do some holiday shopping on GE’s behalf...

NEMA Sees Slight Increase in Industrial Controls Market in Third Quarter of 2009
Nov 20, 2009
Demand for industrial controls increased modestly during the third quarter of 2009, with NEMA’s Primary Industrial Controls Index rising 1.6 percent versus the April-to-June period...

Siemens adds to industrial automation unit with Rulestream deal
Oct 9, 2009
Siemens PLM Software, Plano, Texas, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division that provides product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, announced the purchase of the Rulestream software technology and brand assets...

Systems and Solutions Engineering Group Among Growth Leaders at Rockwell
Mar 27, 2009
Amid the economic doldrums affecting growth expectations for just about every company in the electrical industry, there are bright spots often discrete...

OneSource Acquires Berkeley Assets for Expansion in Hawaii and South Pacific
Mar 27, 2009
OneSource Distributors, Oceanside, Calif., has staked a claim to the infrastructure and industrial markets of Hawaii and U.S. territories in the South...

Rockwell Automation Acquires Canadian Engineering Firm for Process Industries
Feb 27, 2009
In a move to further expand its engineering offerings and increase its presence in the Canadian oil and gas markets, Rockwell Automation, Inc., Milwaukee,...

Echelon joins smart grid coalition
Feb 27, 2009
Echelon Corp., San Jose, Calif., has joined The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG), a trade association for companies that provide products and services in the demand response and smart grid area....

Schaedler Yesco Names Linsley Industrial Automation Component Specialist
Oct 24, 2008
Robert Linsley has been named industrial automation component specialist of Schaedler Yesco....

Siemens Acquires Innotec
Aug 29, 2008
Siemens plans to expand its portfolio of industrial software with an agreement to acquire innotec of Schwelm, Germany, an international vendor of digital engineering software and services for the process industry....

Leviton To Buy ControlThink
Jan 10, 2008
Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc., Little Neck, N.Y., has agreed to acquire ControlThink LC, a home and building control software and services company in Orem, Utah. ...

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Industry Calendar

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 12-14
LightFair Las Vegas;
LightFair International, 404-220-2132,
www.lightfair.com

May 15-19
NAED Electrical Leadership Summit Chicago;
NAED, 888-791-2512,
www.naed.org

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