Over the past few months there have been a number of small electrical distributor acquisitions that seemingly have fallen below the industry radar. These include: PDI acquired 9 location W.A. Bragg in eastern Georgia and western South Carolina. According to […]
Georgia-based manufacturer Halco Lighting Technologies has sold its specialty lighting business – which includes such recognized brands as ColorSplash®, J&J Electronics™, PureWhite®, and Sollos® Landscape Lighting – to Hayward Holdings, Inc. Halco’s specialty lighting business includes a robust portfolio of lighting solutions serving the residential […]
Border States, the electrical distribution industry’s largest employee-owned distributor, re-entered the acquisition market and entered the Chicago market. This is their first foray into the Windy City and is the largest metropolitan area that the company has entered. According to […]
It’s not often that the acquisition of a distributor’s “customer” would be newsworthy from a national scale but SJE’s recent acquisition of Horlick, a New England based system integrator caught our attention. Why? Because the acquirer, SJE, is also owned […]
March closed with a rash of acquisitions or perhaps many were ones that were going to occur at the end of the year. The following acquisitions occurred recently: Manufacturers NSi acquired Metallics Littelfuse acquired C&K Switches Southwire acquired Novinium Distributors […]
We know, like most other distributors, that Sonepar USA had a “good” 2021. At least enough to enable it to carry out any planned acquisitions but, perhaps the recent news that it sold Vallen is a hint that they are […]
Electrical and datacom distributors are used to going to wire and cable distributors as a source for “niche” wire and cable products. These unique products could be for specialty cable, brands they are not authorized to carry or for special […]
As expected – in fact, perhaps a little earlier than most in the industry anticipated – GE Current, a Daintree company, completed its acquisition of Hubbell® Inc.’s commercial and industrial (C&I) lighting business. The combined new business will be branded […]
While many expected a significant number of acquisitions to be announced at the end of the year, anticipated changes in the tax code seem to have delayed many of them. According to sources who were involved in distributor and manufacturer […]
Having spent many years in the electrical industry as a 4th generation rep agency, my grandfather told everyone that my first words as an infant were “thank you, but we choose not to get into lighting.” Things have certainly changed, […]
David Gordon
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