Leviton announced the hiring of Randy Mortensen to serve as its new senior vice president of global distribution sales and marketing. In this newly created position, Mortensen will be responsible for the company’s US Distribution Channel, all international sales and the eBusiness Channel. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last week’s NAED Western, held in Phoenix and attended by approximately 700 people, was a productive event according to many who attended the industry’s first conference of the year. For many, one of the takeaways was the amount of walking […]
Acuity reported its 2020 Q1 / 2019 Q4 performance last week and reported a XX% sales decline of which their independent channel (C&I distributors) was down XX%. The question then becomes, “As the industry’s largest US focused lighting manufacturer, is […]
The quarter is over and the year is done. And what a year it was in the lighting industry. It started with the threat of tariffs. Then IDEAL Industries purchased Cree Lighting, shocking the industry. Tariffs came in May and […]
The holidays are over and its time for every retailer to put their remaining inventory on sale. In the electrical industry it must be dealtime as “deals” were recently closed / are in discussions as a few acquisitions, or acquisition […]
According to Edison Report, there is “war in Chicago. Force Partners, the Cooper Lighting Rep, Sues KSA Lighting and Acuity Lighting.” Wow! If you haven’t read the Mueller Report, chances are that you have not read the 27-page complaint filed […]
Atkore is seeking a Marketing Director, to be located at their Harvey, IL location, approximately 20 miles south of downtown Chicago. Atkore is a leading manufacturer of Electrical Products, primarily for the non-residential construction and renovation markets, and Mechanical Products […]
After almost 20 years, Cooper Lighting Solutions, as part of its spin-off from Eaton Lighting (and formerly Cooper Lighting), is rejoining IMARK Electrical. According to a press release issued by IMARK Electrical: Cooper Lighting Solutions selected as preferred supplier to […]
