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General Cable to Buy Alcan Cable from Rio
May 25, 2012
In a move to add aluminum wire to its electrical offerings, General Cable Corp., Highland Heights, Ky., has agreed to acquire Alcan Cable, the Atlanta-based manufacturer of wire and cable owned by Rio Tinto Plc, for $185 million in cash...
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Around the Industry
May 11, 2012
Rexel and Quanta had a good first quarter; General Cable opens a plant in India; EMCOR wins contract with Coast Guard; EVSE news and more...
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GE Lighting Combines C&I Sales Teams
May 11, 2012
GE Lighting this week announced a realignment of its commercial and industrial sales and applications teams to bring all lighting technologies under a single structure...
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Minneapolis Expo Draws Big Crowds
Apr 19, 2012
The 2012 Upper Midwest Electrical Expo, being held this week in Minneapolis, looks like it will once again live up to its billing as the top regional electrical show in the United States....
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Schneider Electric Signs 10 Independent Reps to Sell Control and Automation Products
Feb 10, 2012
Schneider Electric’s recent decision to sell a basket of motion, drives, control and signaling products through 10 U.S.-based independent manufacturers representatives signals a departure from its typical sales strategy because the company most often uses factory salespeople to market its broad basket of electrical, control and automation products....
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Siemens Goes for Growth in Plant-Floor Networking with Deal for RuggedCom
Feb 10, 2012
Siemens has an agreement with RuggedCom Inc., Concord, Ontario, to acquire all of the common shares of RuggedCom by way of a friendly, board-supported takeover bid. The Canadian company is a provider of communications and networking solutions for harsh industrial environments....
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Cooper’s Hachigian Speaks at NEMRA
Feb 10, 2012
Attendees at the general session of last week’s annual conference of the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA), in San Diego, were treated to an intriguing industry overview by Kirk Hachigian, chairman, president and CEO, Cooper Industries, Houston....
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ABB’s Blockbuster Acquisition of T&B Opens Up Markets for Both Companies
Feb 10, 2012
The electrical market is still buzzing from ABB’s announcement last week that it would acquire Thomas & Betts Corp., Memphis, Tenn., for $3.9 billion. The move will expand its reach deep into the North American electrical market and help T&B market its products more broadly overseas....
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Belden makes offer for RuggedCom
Jan 14, 2012
Belden Inc. St., Louis, has reaffirmed its all-cash offer to acquire RuggedCom Inc., Concord, Ontario, for C$22.00 per share, following a review of the RuggedCom board of directors’ recommendation that its shareholders reject the offer....
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Fluke acquires Martel Electronics
Jan 14, 2012
In one of the electrical market’s first acquistions of 2012, Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., announced plans to acquire Martel Electronics Corp., a Derry, N.H.-based manufacturer of electronic testing equipment under the Martel and Beta brands. ...
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Eaton EVSE to join ChargePoint network
Jan 14, 2012
Eaton Corp. and Coulomb Technologies announced plans to significantly expand the North American footprint of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). ...
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Cooper makes three acquisitions
Jan 14, 2012
Cooper Industries plc , Dublin, Ireland, acquired Changzhou Yuhua Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Changzhou, China; Blinda Industria e Comercio Ltda, Campinas, Brazil; and GE’s Industrial Systems British Standard fuse-link product portfolio. ...
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NEMA EBCI Index Looks Solid in December
Jan 14, 2012
Business conditions in the manufacturing community ended the year in growth territory. The Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions exceeded the 50-point mark indicating a growth business environment in December for a third consecutive month....
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Electrical Stocks Have Turbulent 2011
Jan 14, 2012
The 2011 returns on electrical and construction stocks mirrored the skittish performance of the stock market as a whole, with a smattering of companies enjoying double-digit gains; a bunch of companies clumped around the S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ growth rates for year; and some stocks suffering from double-digit declines. ...
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Landis+Gyr Buys the Rest of Ecologic Analytics to Strengthen Smart Grid Stake
Jan 14, 2012
Landis+Gyr, Zug, Switzerland, which last spring became part of Toshiba, made a move to further strengthen its position in smart-grid data management this week by purchasing the remaining share of Ecologic Analytics (EA), Bloomington, Minn., a company specializing in software for managing the data generated by smart meters....
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GE Lighting settles patent suit
Dec 23, 2011
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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Eaton to acquire EA Pederson
Dec 23, 2011
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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Industry Calendar
June 3-6
Windpower 2012
Atlanta; American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA); 202-383-2500, www.windpowerexpo.org
July 11-12
NAED Congressional Fly-In
Washington, D.C.; National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), 314-991-9000, www.naed.org
July 19-21
NAED 2012 Lead Conference
Chicago; National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), 314-991-9000, www.naed.org
August 20-22
NAED 2012 AdVenture
Chicago; National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), 314-991-9000, www.naed.org
.... More events and information
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