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March 26, 2004


Bad Weather Cools February Housing Starts
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Unusually cold and wet weather in the South and West helped cool the national pace of new-home construction for February. Housing starts slipped to the seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.86 million units, as reported by the Commerce Department. Even so, the starts pace remained well above the 2003 annual total of 1.85 million, which was the highest in 26 years....

Superior Essex Signs Agreement to Buy Selected Belden Communications Assets
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Superior Essex Inc., one of the largest wire and cable manufacturers in North America, has agreed to acquire selected assets of Belden Inc.’s North American communications wire and cable business....

They’re Back! Utility Rebate Programs Spark Sales of Energy-Efficient Equipment
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM, Jim Lucy, EW
Utility rebate programs are back in popularity after taking the electrical wholesaling industry by storm in the early 1990s....

Eaton Acquires Electrum Group
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Eaton Corp., Cleveland, has acquired the Electrum Group Ltd., a New Jersey-based company that provides power management services and Web-based software for telecommunications, data center and government applications....

Schneider Electric Acquires Chinese Automatic Power Transfer Switch Maker
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Schneider Electric announced the acquisition through a transfer of assets of Wangao, a private Chinese company that develops and manufactures automatic power transfer switches....

Optimism Slips Slightly In February NEMA Electroindustry Business Confidence Index
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
The NEMA Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) had a less optimistic tone in February, but some manufacturers attributed that to the impact that January’s foul weather had on business conditions....

MANA Announces Second Trade Mission To China
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
In partnership with the Chinese Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA), Laguna...

Arizona Utility Makes Plans For State’s First Commercial Wind Farm
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Arizona utilities are required to generate 1.1 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2007. To meet this requirement, APS, the state’s largest utility, is building Arizona’s first commercial wind power plant....

Woodhead Announces Winners Of Annual Sales Excellence Awards
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Woodhead Industries, Deerfield, Ill., announced the winners of its annual sales excellence awards at this year’s NEMRA Conference March 3-6 in Philadelphia....

Wholesaler Survey Shows New Jobs Coming
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
A just-completed survey of its largest members by the National Association of Wholesaler- Distributors (NAW) indicates that 67 percent of the respondents intend to increase their workforce this year. On average, these companies will grow their number of employees by 4.7 percent, according to the respondents....

Buckles-Smith Expands Presence In Northern California; Appoints Beaver and Carpenter
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM
Buckles-Smith has expanded its presence in Northern California with new sales offices in the North Bay and the Central Valley. Kimball Beaver joins the distributor as sales manager for the North Bay. Jeff Carpenter has assumed the role of sales manager for the Central Valley....



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