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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....

ElectroRep Takes on Southwire and Klein Tools Lines to Expand into Mining Market
Dec 8, 2011
Electrorep, Inc., Sausalito, Calif., is expanding into the mining market in the western U.S. and has entered into agreements with Southwire Co. and Klein Tools to act as their sales rep servicing the mining companies in this region....

United Copper Industries Acquired by Private Equity Firm KPS Capital Partners
Oct 10, 2011
United Copper Industries (UCI), Denton, Texas, a manufacturer of building wire, was acquired on Sept. 29 by New York-based KPS Capital Partners, LP, a U.S.-based private equity fund, from the Mexican firm Grupo IUSA...

General Cable expands in Europe with acquisition of Beru SAS
Mar 12, 2010
General Cable Corp., Highland Heights, Ky., has acquired Beru SAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BorgWarner France SAS, located in La Ferte Mace, France...

Southwire Agrees to Acquire Assets of American Insulated Wire from Leviton
Jan 22, 2010
Southwire Co., Carrollton, Ga., announced this week that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase certain assets of Rhode Island-based American...

Prysmian lands cable order for world�s largest cruise ship
Dec 4, 2009
Prysmian Cables & Systems, Milan, Italy, supplied approximately 3,100 miles of energy and telecommunications shipboard cables for the largest cruise ship in history, the Oasis of the Seas...

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...

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....

Nexans wins contract to supply cable for Belgian offshore wind farm
Sep 10, 2009
Nexans has won a contract worth approximately 56 million Euros to supply the subsea power export cables for phase I of the Belgian Belwind Offshore Windfarm project...

Omni opens new Atlanta location
May 8, 2009
Omni Cable Corp., West Chester, Pa., recently moved into a new location in the Atlanta market....

Alcoa to Sell Wire Harness and Electrical Distribution Business to Platinum Equity
May 8, 2009
Alcoa, New York, announced on May 4 that it has agreed to sell its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based private equity group. ...

Aloha! WESCO�s Liberty Wire & Cable comes ashore in Hawaii
Apr 13, 2009
Another distributor has a new facility in paradise. WESCO subsidiary Liberty Wire & Cable, Colorado Springs, Colo., an A/V and security wire and cable specialist, has opened a new warehouse facility in Honolulu, Hawaii...

Omni Cable enhances Tampa area sales team
Mar 13, 2009
Omni Cable�s sales force covering the Tampa market will now be based out of its Tampa branch, located on US-301 between Highway 60/Adamo Dr. and I-4....

USA Wire & Cable Hires Hugh Robertson
Jan 30, 2009
USA Wire & Cable, Austin, Texas, has hired Hugh Robertson in the newly created role of vice president, sales and marketing....

Manufacturers and Distributors Brace for Another Wild Ride in Copper in 2009
Jan 16, 2009, John Gross, The Copper Journal
Just six months ago, on July 2, 2008, the price of copper on Comex closed at a record high $4.08 per pound. Today, copper is trading in the $1.45 range,...

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January 16-18, 2012
NAED Western Conference
Phoenix; National Association of
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314-991-9000
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January 31-February 2
NAW Leadership Summit
Washington, D.C.; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW)
202-872-0885
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2012 NEMRA Annual
San Diego; National Electrical
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