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Recyclers Position for Green Future
May 7, 2010,
Doug Chandler
Electrical equipment recyclers and surplus dealers are frequently lumped into discussions of the electrical industry “gray market” but they’d like to be seen in a different light — as key players in the industry’s green market, instead...
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Generac reports 2009 financials
Apr 9, 2010
Fresh from its initial public offering, Generac Holdings Inc., Waukesha, Wis., had some good news for investors about its 2009 fourth-quarter and full-year financials, reporting a single-digit gain in full-year sales and gains in profitability...
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Acuity Brands posts 2Q results
Apr 9, 2010
Acuity Brands, Atlanta, said its 2010 second-quarter sales were down less than one percent YTY despite continuing tough conditions in the nonresidential market...
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LEDs Changing the Channel in Lamp Market
Apr 9, 2010
As with any disruptive technology, LEDs are beginning to affect the whole market channel for lamps. They require a different sales approach, invite a different array of participants playing changing roles...
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Milbank Expands into Wind Turbines
Apr 9, 2010
The new PowerGen division of Milbank Manufacturing Co., Kansas City, Mo., has teamed up with Endurance Wind Power, Vancouver, B.C., to build a dealer/installer network of certified electrical contractors...
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GE to spend more on R&D for thin-film PV panels
Mar 26, 2010
General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., is upping its ante in thin-film solar research. According to an Associated Press report, GE plans to spend more on R&D at PrimeStar Solar Inc....
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Firms Announce Big Project Awards
Mar 26, 2010
While the overall electrical construction market is by all accounts still in the early stages of recovery, in the past two weeks several electrical distributors, electrical manufacturers and electrical contractors announced that they had won sizeable new contracts...
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Generac launches IPO
Feb 26, 2010
Generac Holdings Inc., Waukesha, Wis., parent company of generator manufacturer Generac Power Systems, Inc., has priced its initial public offering of 18,750,000 shares of common stock at $13 per share...
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EMCOR buys Scalise
Feb 26, 2010
EMCOR Group, Inc., Norwalk, Conn., has acquired Scalise Industries, Lawrence, Pa., a privately held engineering and facilities maintenance company with 2009 estimated revenues of approximately $70 million...
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Eaton Wins $8M Military Med Center Deal
Feb 26, 2010
Eaton Corp., Cleveland, will supply $8 million worth of electrical products and services for construction of a large new military medical center in San Antonio, Texas...
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Industry Calendar
Sept. 20–22
IDEA E-Biz Forum
Dallas; IDEA; 703-562-4600;
www.idea-esolutions.com
Sept. 26–29
A-D Electrical Supply Division North American Meeting
Dallas; Affiliated Distributors (A-D)
610-977-3100; www.mya-d.net
Oct. 2-5
NECA Annual
Boston; National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
(301) 657-3110; www.necanet.org
Nov. 5-Nov. 6
NEMA 84th Annual Meeting
Palm Beach, Fla.; National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA),
(703) 841-3200; www.nema.org
Nov. 8- Nov. 10
NAED Eastern Region Conference
Orlando; NAED,
(888) 791-2512; www.naed.org
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