“Your Blueprint to Success” was this year’s slogan for the 54th IEC National Convention & Electrical Expo in Louisville, KY. Approximately 500 attendees took advantage of the numerous education courses as well as the trade show. Here are some of […]
The following post was originally posted on Wednesday, May 11. It is being reposted as Google / Blogger had technical issues on Thursday and “lost” the posting. Last week I attended the NAED Leadership Summit in San Diego (yes, a […]
By now many have heard that Activant was sold to a private equity firm and that Apax Partners, the acquirer, also purchased Epicor with plans to merge the two companies, creating a well-diversified corporate software company serving manufacturers and distributors […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in San Antonio, TX. Our schedule was chockerblock full with meetings with distributors and manufacturers. In fact, over the 2 1/2 days of the meetings, we didn’t have a break for our typical […]
Just returned from the NEMRA meeting which was held in Boston. And the powers above looked over NEMRA as the weather was great for winter in Boston (it’s snowing there today but last week was blue skies!). The meeting was […]
Last week we received an email from Mike Martin, publisher of TED magazine, that he is leaving NAED on February 11 to become the President and CEO of the National Wood Flooring Association. Mike was with NAED for 14 years, […]
A couple of weeks ago I attended the 2011 NAED Western which was held in Palm Springs at the JW Marriott Desert Springs. Unfortunately have been traveling, so haven’t had an opportunity to share some observations. NAED reported that the […]
As many know, the NAED Eastern was held last week in Orlando, at the Omni Championsgate. There were 65 distributor entities registered (excluding Bell and Hunzicker – which are on NAED’s BOD – and IESC (parent of Rexel / Gexpro) […]
Thought we’d start off the week with a little news from a variety of distributors and manufacturers in the industry, and with Election Day tomorrow, a piece of healthcare news that came from a distributor. Getting into it, Was with […]
And just like before the Revolution, tension has been brewing behind the scenes. The issue is electrical product standards, certifications, and factory control and product safety. As manufacturers know, NEMA, in conjunction with volunteer committees consisting of manufacturers as well […]
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