As Crescent Electric gets ready for a changing of the guard with Marty Burbridge retiring later this month, more change is occurring within the company. For most, if not all, of its existence Crescent has been aligned with GE. Through […]
The first quarter of 2020 is coming to a close and what a close. And it’s time for our Q1 Pulse of Lighting Survey. It appears to have been a mild winter, which is good for the construction market, but with […]
The NAED 2020 South Central, held a couple of weeks ago, introduced the industry to a new stop on our “tour”, Austin, Texas. While a new city, like all conferences, unfortunately didn’t get to see the city. Hotel was “okay” […]
Allen Ray, a long-time industry veteran known by many due to his distribution background, involvement with electrical industry ERP companies and software companies, his consultancy, Allen Ray Associates which focused on supporting distributors in the areas of pricing, profitability and […]
Industry standards veteran Mary Shaw was introduced as the new Executive Director of ETIM North America. According to the press release, North American electrical industry veteran Mary Shaw has been announced as the executive director of ETIM North America, a […]
NSi Industries, after making three acquisitions in 2019, itself was sold, which will position the company for future growth. Ironically the company’s recent acquisition of Bridgeport Fittings helped trigger the sale of NSi by its private equity owner, Blue Sea […]
Border States Electric (BSE) has announced that Jason Seger, Executive Vice President Regions, will begin his role as President on April 1, 2020. David White, current President, will be promoted to CEO upon the retirement of current CEO Tammy Miller. […]
Orbit Industries announced a new sales partnership with Electra Sales, headquartered in Nashville, TN. Electra Sales will represent Orbit Industries’ complete line of electrical products throughout Central and Eastern Tennessee. Established in 1977, Electra Sales associates will focus on educating […]
The web, and more importantly digitalization, is changing the way business is being done. Aside from eCommerce, digital initiatives are becoming embedded into business processes and communication methods. And it is going to go “deeper” with endeavors broadening into machine […]
Over the past six months Halco Lighting has made significant investment in people. In October, Chis Chickanosky joined the company as CEO. Chris previously had been VP Strategic Marketing at Rexel. Last month Don Runyon joined as VP Sales and […]
