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Schneider, Alstom Team for Areva T&D
Dec 4, 2009
Schneider Electric SA has teamed with Alstom SA to enter exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of French nuclear power company Areva’s transmission and distribution operations...
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Honeywell gets smart grid grant
Nov 20, 2009
Honeywell, Minneapolis, announced that it has been awarded an $11.4-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the federal government’s effort to rebuild the nation’s energy grid...
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United Technologies to Buy GE Security
Nov 20, 2009
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the GE Security business from General Electric (GE) for $1.82 billion...
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Eaton to host anti-counterfeiting webcast
Oct 9, 2009
Eaton Corp., in its constant effort to combat counterfeiting of its products, has set up a webcast for Thursday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. Eastern to raise awareness of the dangers posed by counterfeit electrical products...
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Acuity Brands profit down 31%
Oct 9, 2009
Lighting manufacturer Acuity Brands, Atlanta, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 this week, showing a 31 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings...
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Contrary Rulings Leave Questions in Arlington v. Bridgeport Patent Dispute
Oct 9, 2009
The outcomes of two separate federal court actions last month in a dispute between Arlington Industries Inc., Scranton, Pa., and Bridgeport Fittings Inc., Stratford, Conn., over patent rights on a snap-in conduit fitting didn’t clarify much, except that the conflict will continue...
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Emerson Goes After Data Center Market with $1.2 Billion Purchase of Avocent
Oct 9, 2009
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, will acquire network equipment technology provider Avocent Corp., Huntsville, Ala., for about $1.2 billion in cash in a deal that will further Emerson’s ability to deliver total infrastructure management solutions to its data center customers around the world...
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IDEA Releases New Attribute Schema
Oct 9, 2009,
Doug Chandler
Electrical distributors pushing to be on the forefront of electronic commerce have been clamoring for years for their manufacturers to provide more detailed data about their products....
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Siemens adds to industrial automation unit with Rulestream deal
Oct 9, 2009
Siemens PLM Software, Plano, Texas, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division that provides product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, announced the purchase of the Rulestream software technology and brand assets...
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Southwire Buys Maxis
Sep 25, 2009
Southwire Co., Carrollton, Ga., completed its acquisition of the assets of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Maxis LLC on Sept. 22....
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Judge Finds Violations of P&S GFCI Patents
Apr 24, 2009
A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a final decision finding violations of patents on ground fault circuit interrupters (GFCIs)...
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Cooper buys LED manufacturer
Mar 27, 2009
Cooper Industries, Houston, has purchased Irvine, Calif.-based Illumination Management Solutions, Inc. (IMS), a manufacturer of specialized optics and systems for light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures....
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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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