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December 23, 2011
Sonepar Acquires Treadway Electric in Arkansas and Ontario’s Dixon Electric
Dec 23, 2011 5:04 PM
Fresh from two huge California acquisitions, Sonepar announced the plans of its Irby subsidiary to purchase the assets of Treadway Electric Co., Inc., Little Rock, Ark., and the acquisition of Dixon Electric, Sudbury, Ontario, by its Canadian unit, Sonepar Canada. ...
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Viridity DCIM Adds to Schneider Offering
Dec 23, 2011 5:16 PM
Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., made a strategic addition to its data center management software offerings this week with a deal to buy the Viridity EnergyCenter 2.0 platform....
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Congress Takes Step Backward on Lamp Efficiency Enforcement in Spending Bill
Dec 23, 2011 5:18 PM
The 2007 law mandating stricter efficiency standards for lighting, which begins to take effect next month, is still the law of the land but the government will provide no funds for enforcing it through September, the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, due to a rider on the onmibus spending package passed by Congress last week....
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Housing Construction Surges in November
Dec 23, 2011 5:24 PM
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 681,000, 5.7% above the revised October rate of 644,000 and 20.7% above the November 2010 estimate of 564,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau....
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EPI Index Holds Steady in November
Dec 23, 2011 5:27 PM
With an increase of only 0.4% from October, Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index was unusually stable last month....
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Eaton to acquire EA Pederson
Dec 23, 2011 5:32 PM
Eaton Corp., Cleveland, agreed to acquire E.A. Pedersen Co., Omaha, Neb., a manufacturer of medium-voltage switchgear primarily for electrical utilities....
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GE Lighting settles patent suit
Dec 23, 2011 5:40 PM
GE Lighting Solutions, LLC, Cleveland, said it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec of Korea...
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DOE awards $7 million for EVSE research
Dec 23, 2011 5:37 PM
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced awards totaling nearly $7 million in research and development funding to help to reduce the costs of electric vehicle charging systems by 50 percent over the next three years....
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People
Dec 23, 2011 5:42 PM
New national sales manager at Galvan; new VP of OEM sales at Universal Lighting; and more...
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Rep News
Dec 23, 2011 5:48 PM
New reps in Maine and Florida for Nora Lighting...
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Industry Calendar
January 16-18, 2012
NAED Western Conference
Phoenix; National Association of
Electrical Distributors (NAED)
314-991-9000
www.naed.org
January 31-February 2
NAW Leadership Summit
Washington, D.C.; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW)
202-872-0885
www.naw.org
February 1-4
2012 NEMRA Annual
San Diego; National ElectricalÂ
Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA)
800-446-3672
www.nemra.org
.... More events and information
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