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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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Viridity DCIM Adds to Schneider Offering
Dec 23, 2011
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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Siemens puts new DC in Wichita
Nov 4, 2011
Siemens has signed a lease for 74,000 square feet of warehouse space and seven acres of outdoor storage in Wichita, Kan., that will serve as a distribution center for its wind power operations...
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Eaton sees hope for U.S. electrical
Nov 4, 2011
Cutler pointed to the U.S. electrical segment as a bright spot, with sales up 11 percent, operating profit up 11 percent and record all-time quarterly revenues....
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Eaton execs ring opening bell at N.Y. Stock Exchange
Nov 4, 2011
When CEO Sandy Cutler and his management team at Eaton Corp. rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Oct. 21, it dramatized the company’s beginnings 100 years ago on that date....
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October EBCI Shows Marked Improvement
Nov 4, 2011
NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) indicated that conditions facing the electrical industry improved on balance in October, climbing to 57.4 points from 50 points in September....
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Burndy Buys Manufacturer of PV Products
Oct 21, 2011
Burndy, Manchester, N.H., purchased substantially all the assets of Wiley Electronics LLC, a provider of grounding, bonding, and cable management solutions for solar panel and rack mounting applications, on Oct. 14...
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Schneider Solidifies Focus on Green Biz
Oct 21, 2011
As more than 40 business journalists found out at Schneider Electric’s 2011 Editors’ Event, core electrical products are still an important part of Schneider’s product mix 20 years after the acquisition, but the French giant has expanded far past the traditional electrical distribution market and is now a leading player in some of the fastest-growing and most intriguing electrical markets in the world...
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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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