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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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Schneider, Alstom finalize deal to buy Areva T&D
Jan 22, 2010
Schneider Electric and Alstom, both Paris-based electrical manufacturers, signed an agreement for the purchase of the transmission and distribution assets of nuclear conglomerate Areva...
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Thomas & Betts to Acquire JT Packard
Jan 22, 2010
Thomas & Betts Corp. (T&B), Memphis, agreed to acquire the net assets of power equipment service provider JT Packard & Associates, Madison, Wis., for an estimated net purchase price of $22 million. The transaction is expected to close next week...
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GE Lighting Combines LED and Fixture Businesses to Form GE Lighting Solutions
Jan 22, 2010
GE Lighting, Nela Park, Ohio, a unit of GE Appliances & Lighting, continues its reorganization with the establishment of GE Lighting Solutions, a combination of its light-emitting diode (LED) systems operation, Lumination, based at GE Lighting’s world headquarters in the Cleveland area, and its commercial and industrial fixture group, GE Lighting Systems, in Hendersonville, N.C....
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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
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