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Anixter to host smart grid seminars 
May 21, 2010
Anixter, Glenview, Ill., has launched a new series of smart grid seminars: the “IP Connected Grid: The Future of the Intelligent Power Network.”...

ABB Seeks Stake in Energy Management Software with $1 Billion Deal for Ventyx 
May 7, 2010
ABB Group, Zurich, Switzerland, said it has agreed to buy Ventyx, an Atlanta-based software provider specializing in systems to manage energy networks, for more than $1 billion...

Utilities and Large Manufacturers Looking to Make Supply Chains Greener 
Apr 23, 2010
Electrical distributors are among a host of suppliers facing a rising chorus of demands from customers to prove their green commitment...

Cooper Industries Diversifies Smart Grid Offerings with Eka Systems Acquisition 
Apr 23, 2010
Cooper Industries added radio-frequency (RF) wireless networking capabilities to its smart grid offerings with the acquisition of Eka Systems, Georgetown, Md., last week. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...

Wind Farms, PV Power Plants and Smart Grid Starting to Fuel Utility Construction 
Mar 26, 2010
Although manufacturers, distributors and reps are struggling to squeeze nickels and dimes out of the still-slumping electrical construction market, some market niches are slowly but surely coming to life....

Key Solar Market Trends to Watch 
Mar 12, 2010
There’s been lots of action in the solar market over the past few weeks, and EM’s editors thought it would be helpful to offer readers the following summary of the solar news with the potential to have the most impact on the electrical market....

Nearly $1.4 billion in DOE loan guarantees for BrightSource 
Feb 26, 2010
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced conditional commitments for more than $1.37 billion in loan guarantees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to BrightSource Energy Inc. to support the construction...

Deal with HD Supply Utilities has pole maker thinking expansion 
Feb 26, 2010
Pelco Structural LLC, a Claremore, Okla.-based manufacturer of utility poles, told the Tulsa World it may add 50 employees during the next 18 months as it ramps up its electrical transmission business...

Border States Electric awarded Xcel Energy integrated supply contract 
Jan 22, 2010
Border States Electric (BSE), Fargo, N.D., has been awarded an integrated supply contract to support Xcel Energy’s material requirements in transmission, substations, and gas and electric distribution...

KCP&L Selects Siemens for Smart Grid Demonstration Project 
Dec 4, 2009
Siemens Energy Inc. has been selected by electric utility KCP&L, Kansas City, Mo., to provide a Smart Grid demonstration project showing how the latest technologies will enable utilities of the future...

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...

Resin Systems wins $100-million contract with HD Supply Utilities 
Nov 20, 2009
Resin Systems Inc., Calgary, Alberta, a manufacturer of advanced composite products for infrastructure markets, has entered into a distribution agreement with HD Supply Utilities, Atlanta...

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...

Platinum Equity to acquire Alcan Cable from Rio Tinto  
Oct 9, 2009
Platinum Equity, Los Angeles, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase controlling interest in the Atlanta-based Alcan Cable division of Rio Tinto...

Hubbell completes Burndy acquisition, to operate as stand-alone unit 
Oct 9, 2009
Hubbell Inc., Orange, Conn., has completed the purchase of FCI Americas, Inc. (the business known as Burndy) for approximately $360 million in cash (net of cash acquired)....

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