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Latest Scoop
Sonepar Acquires Treadway Electric in Arkansas and Ontario’s Dixon Electric
Fresh from two huge California acquisitions, Sonepar announced the plans of its Irby subsidiary to purchase the assets of Treadway Electric Co., Inc., Little Rock, Ark., and the acquisition of Dixon Electric, Sudbury, Ontario, by its Canadian unit, Sonepar Canada.
WESCO Bolsters Position in Electronics Market with RS Electronics Acquisition
WESCO International Inc., Pittsburgh, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RS Electronics, Livonia, Mich., an 82-year-old distributor of electronic and electrical products serving the industrial, medical equipment, automotive and contract manufacturing end markets.
Viridity DCIM Adds to Schneider Offering
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.
Congress Takes Step Backward on Lamp Efficiency Enforcement in Spending Bill
The 2007 law mandating stricter efficiency standards for lighting, which begins to take effect next month, is still the law of the land but the government will provide no funds for enforcing it through September, the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, due to a rider on the onmibus spending package passed by Congress last week.
Schneider Electric Gets a Win in Campaign Against Electrical Product Counterfeiting
Schneider Electric, Palatine, Ill., announced a win in its fight against electrical product counterfeiting.
People On The Move
New national sales manager at Galvan; new VP of OEM sales at Universal Lighting; and more...
Galvan Electrical Products (Harrisburg, N.C.): Jeff Walker has been appointed national sales manager. He comes to Galvan with 28 years of industry experience.
On The Wire
Eaton to acquire EA Pederson
Eaton Corp., Cleveland, agreed to acquire E.A. Pedersen Co., Omaha, Neb., a manufacturer of medium-voltage switchgear primarily for electrical utilities.
GE Lighting settles patent suit
GE Lighting Solutions, LLC, Cleveland, said it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec of Korea.
DOE awards $7 million for EVSE research
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced awards totaling nearly $7 million in research and development funding to help to reduce the costs of electric vehicle charging systems by 50 percent over the next three years.
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