Espen Technology announced a major performance improvement for its LED Linear Module Retrofit Kit family, known as VersaLinearTM. The linear module kits come in 2’, 3’, and 4’ lengths, suitable to replace both T5 & T8 lamps. There are several […]
Wildcat Electric Supply, a 53-year-old, two location distributor based in Houston, is the latest independent electrical distributor to sell. The second-generation distributor who served the contractor and industrial market in Houston and San Marcos, TX, sold to CED. Knowing Keith […]
This summer EiKO is launching its Z10 product offering. I know, what is Z10 other than the sports cars some of us remember (’69 Z10 Camaro or a 2009 BMW Z10, but let’s go with an American muscle car!)? So, […]
The proposed $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure bill, which the Senate passed and is awaiting House action, should contain many expanded opportunities, some of which will be niche markets, for electrical distributors. Being able to take advantage of it, proactively, will […]
The end of June brought three distribution acquisitions and last month brought four more, signaling that there will be a busy second half of the year. July saw: Sonepar acquire Springfield Electric, a $200M+ distributor Teche Electric complete its acquisition […]
The past few weeks have been Q2 earnings reports from publicly held distributors. And records should be expected for Q2 since it is being compared to Q2 2020 … the height of COVID from a business disruption viewpoint. (the comparables […]
Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: Wire) announced today the addition of Convergence Group as its new manufacturers representative for the Western Missouri and Kansas territory. Effective September 1, 2021, Convergence will succeed C&O Electrical Sales. C&O will continue to […]
Over the past couple of years, more distributors have commerce-enabled their websites and distributors are reporting an increase in the percent of sales that web-ordering is representing. For most the orders are coming from existing customers, however, there are some […]
Siemens’ Talon business is undergoing some change. Talon, a brand under the Siemens umbrella, sells meter mounting equipment including meter sockets, temporary powered-outlet panels, air conditioner disconnects and more through electrical distributors … both Siemens and non-Siemens distributors. Due to […]
Distribution around the world is facing the same challenges, especially as it relates to technology. Companies face issues about keeping their system “current”, managing the system (and the cost of managing it from a people and maintenance expense viewpoint) as […]
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