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  • May 20, 2013
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    Kriz-Davis Co. acquires Russell Belden Co.

    Kriz-Davis Co., Grand Island, Neb., plans acquire the Russell Belden Electric Co., Joplin, Mo. The acquisition will expand the Kriz-Davis footprint from 13 to 17 locations, broadening the company’s presence in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The deal will be effective July 1....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    Obituary: Les Goodwin, NAED  

    Les Goodwin, 93, a well-known presence on the electrical circuit for 50 years, died on March 25 in Boulder, Colo. Along with a long stint as a sales rep for NAED’s TED magazine toward the end of his electrical career, he worked for Arrow-Hart, the Gedney Co., and Cooper Industries....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    ABB Moves to Buy Power-One for Major Stake in Solar Photovoltaic Inverters  

    ABB Inc., Zurich, Switzerland, continued its aggressive North American expansion efforts with the announcement that it will seek to buy Power-One, a California-based maker of solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters, for approximately $1 billion. The boards of both companies have agreed to the transaction, which will be considered by Power-One shareholders at a special meeting. If approved by shareholders and regulators, the deal would close in the second half of 2013....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    World’s largest PV power project breaks ground  

    MidAmerican Solar and SunPower Corp. recently marked the start of major construction at the Antelope Valley Solar Projects — two projects co-located in Kern and Los Angeles counties in California —with a community celebration....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    Electrical Marketing

    GE wins 1 GW of U.S. wind orders  

    At the WindPower 2013 trade show, GE’s renewable energy business announced 1 GW of new U.S. wind turbine orders following the ruling of the production tax credit on Jan. 1. This equates to enough cleaner energy to power 330,000 U.S. homes and taking more than a million cars off the road....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    Arizona officials bust up $10 million copper theft ring linked to China  

    An article in the Phoenix Business Journal says Arizona state prosecutors and police have "broken up a $10 million organized theft ring that allegedly stole raw copper from an Asarco LLC mine in Hayden, Ariz." According to the report, thieves allegedly stole copper by the truckloads from the mine and some of the copper was sold on the Chinese black market....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    People: May 10, 2013  

    Dominion Electric Supply Company, Inc. (Washington, D.C.): Stephen Krooth is now president. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the George Washington University School of Law., Krooth practiced law and previously spent over 10 years working on Wall Street as a managing director in the field of commercial real estate finance before coming to Dominion. A company press release said he will continue to ensure that the company remains privately owned and independent....More
  • May 12, 2013
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    Electrical Marketing

    Turtle & Hughes Buys Mid-Island Electrical Supply to Bolster Industrial Business  

    Turtle & Hughes, Inc., Linden, N.J., has acquired Mid-Island Electrical Supply, Commack, N.Y., a full-service distributor serving the automation, construction, industrial, OEM, commercial, institutional and municipal markets in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley....More
  • May 3, 2013
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    Turtle & Hughes Acquires Mid-Island Electrical Supply

    Turtle & Hughes, Inc., Linden, N.J., has acquired Mid-Island Electrical Supply, Commack, N.Y., a full-service distributor serving the automation, construction, industrial, OEM, commercial, institutional and municipal markets in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley....More
  • May 3, 2013
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    K/E Supply promotes Heitchue to sales manager

    K/E Electric Supply (Mt. Clemens, MI): John Heitchue will be the company’s sales manager effective June 1. He has been with the company for more than 20 years in outside sales, and a company press release said his deep integration with the existing Team-K/E staff provides him advanced insight to manage a current inside/outside team of sixteen sales professionals....More
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