GE has been in the news for many of the wrong reasons over the past couple of years and it looks like it will continue to be for the next few years as it begins its dismantling. The first to […]
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Lighting Changes at Key Manufacturers … And 2018 Outlook
As the year comes to an end this month has brought changes to a number of key manufacturers which may stem from a common factor. Additionally, 2018 product and lighting sales performance outlooks are being shared that we thought may […]
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Changes in the Wire / Cable World, Prysmian Wins General Cable
Recent news of Prysmian winning the General Cable sweepstakes brings a close to the auction of the business that was started this summer as both have benefited from higher copper prices … and hopefully that helped General Cable optimize its […]
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2018 NAED Eastern Recap & Observations
Just before Thanksgiving we attended the NAED Eastern Region conference which was held at the Marriott Tampa Waterside (which is a good hotel for this meeting). The Eastern kicked-off the 2018 NAED Regional Conference schedule. The meeting had a reported […]
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Q3 Distributor Insights: AD, Graybar, Rexel and WESCO
Electrical distributors have few ways to benchmark their performance versus competition other than talking to peers. AD’s increased transparency provides some insight into the performance of a group of independent distributors, Graybar shares some high level insights that sometimes can […]
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Quarterly Updates and News in the Distribution Equipment / Controls Space
As earning season continues we continue to review analyst calls. Some interesting, some blase, but … And this time we have input from the distribution equipment / controls space – Schneider Electric, Eaton and news from Emerson. Emerson The blockbuster […]
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The post, GE and ABB – A Done Deal Yet? Almost, was written Sunday night before my early morning departure to head to the AD North American Meeting. Now we have confirmation of a deal … ABB has purchased GE […]
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GE and ABB – A Done Deal Yet? Almost
Last week Bloomberg News reported that their sources are saying that ABB will be acquiring GE Industrial Solutions. This seemed to corroborate what was posted by readers on ElectricalTrends’ two stories (GE and ABB … Doing the Tango, GE Industrial […]
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Acquisitions – Pieces of a Puzzle …Border States and Womack
Monday marked the day that Amazon closed on its Whole Foods acquisition and that Border States closed on its Kriz Davis acquisition. Both provided the acquirer strategic opportunities to increase their footprint and become pieces of a puzzle to become […]
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According to a Reuters report, GE and ABB have reportedly “resumed negotiations” to sell GE Industrial to ABB. The article further references that Schneider Electric has decided to drop out of the race. So, it begs some thoughts: If there is […]
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