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 […]
John Gross, known as Dr. Copper, authors a weekly newsletter providing significant information on many commodities. He frequently adds some commentary in introduction highlighting some trends. In this week’s issue he shared: “The last time we looked, WTI crude oil […]
The recently signed Infrastructure bill’s wide scope provides ample opportunity for project work in the electrical industry. Peter Ferrell, Manager/Connectivity & Data Policy for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), detailed the benefits of the bill and announced the creation […]
Last month five-year-old Atlantic Coast Electric Supply held its first major customer training event combined with a trade show. At the same time, it recognized key suppliers. The company had over 325 customers turnout for the event and more than […]
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 […]
Hossley Lighting & Power Solutions announced the promotion of Shannon Hill to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Shannon will continue to improve HLPS’s internal processes in alignment with manufacturer and client needs, build out the inside group, and sit […]
Between industry consolidation and marketplace growth opportunities, CSA Electrical Sales and Orbit Industries have decided to go to market together. Orbit’s addition to CSA’s linecard which features Mersen, Bridgeport, Allied Moulded, Eiko and others will help CSA further service its […]
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 […]
Atkore and DeFazio Industries announced an expansion of their relationship with DeFazio now representing a number of Atkore brands in the DC and Maryland area. DeFazio is one of the fastest growing rep agencies in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. […]
City Electric Supply, a division of City Electrical Factors and one of the quietest national electrical and solar distributors in the US recently appointed Mehdi Tabrizi as its Global Chief Marketing Officer. According to its press release “Top-ten electrical wholesale […]
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