The 2022 acquisition tsunami continues to roll with Friday’s announcement that Schaedler Yesco Distribution acquired YESCO Electrical Supply, headquartered in eastern Ohio. This is the 24th electrical distribution acquisition since July of this year. According to the press release: “Schaedler […]
Following its acquisition of I-Pro this summer, JD Martin has expanded its reach with the acquisition of Integrated Component Sales. ICS, to be known as ICS Martin effective January 1st, is a Southeast industrially-focused agency supporting industrial OEM and MRO […]
Green Mountain Electric Supply, a leading northern New England and western New York electrical distributor, announced the acquisition of Generation Electric Supply and Lighting. Generation, a single-branch operation, is located in Syracuse, NY. The company was a minority-owned distributor and […]
Amperage Electrical Supply became the 22nd electrical distributor to be sold since July. The $100+ million dollar Chicago-based distributor was acquired by CED (Consolidated Electrical Distributors), which, according to local sources, now makes CED the largest contractor-focused electrical distributor in […]
I was speaking to a large regional VP of Sales for an electrical distributor recently. His comment was “everyone wants loyalty, but when you give it, what is given in return?” This got me thinking, What is loyalty and how […]
The markets up, the markets down. You listen to economists and you hear about recession and will the Fed raise rates or hold. Large technology firms are laying people off by the thousands but electrical distributors and manufacturers cannot find […]
Last week’s Electrical Association of Philadelphia’s (EAP) Electric Expo was another testament to “customer engagement and showing product” is important. The show, typically held every other year by EAP, generated over 3,000 registrations of which 2250 attended (75% “show up” […]
Electrical industry deal #21 since July was announced – Applied Industrial Technologies acquired Automation Inc., based in Minneapolis. While some don’t think of automation distributors as part of the “electrical” industry, automation and high-tech products are an integral need for […]
Crescent Electric notched the electrical distribution industry’s 20th acquisition since July with its agreement to purchase Lowe Electric. Lowe, based in Macon, Georgia and listed as Electrical Wholesaling’s 62nd largest distributor in 2021 (and, according to sources, 2021 revenue was […]
While there may be only eight days left to the national mid-term elections, there are only 60 days remaining to determine who will own a number of electrical distributors. While Rexel initiated the second half of the year acquisition run […]
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