Engineered Products Co. (EPCO), Minneapolis, has added three sales agencies to help continue the double-digit growth it had in 2012: Florida Electrical Sales, Tampa; ELR Sales, Inc., Liverton, Calif.; and Ertel Co., Rosemount, Penn., are now part of EPCO’s 34-agency network serving electrical distributors nationwide.
EPCO’s 2012 growth was led by its legacy products, ground bonding pigtails and fixture whips, but Jack Schuster, company president, said in a press release, “With the outlook in commercial and residential construction anticipated for 2013, we’re seeing significant movement in our lighting products category, including those supporting energy-conservation and retrofit installations. Our new agencies strengthen our ability to take advantage of the uptick in construction market conditions.”
Meyda Custom Lighting, Yorkville, N.Y., and Jonas Associates, St. Louis Park, Minn., its rep for residential and commercial activities throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, have jointly appointed Strauss Architectural Systems (SAS), Davenport, Iowa, as a new sales agency in Iowa and Nebraska. SAS is a specialist in the alternative energy market and focuses on specifiers, contractors, architects, engineers and distributors, as well as the municipality and end user market segments.