Denison Municipal Utilities, Denison, Iowa, will purchase remote-read water meters and transmitters from Dakota Supply Group’s Burnsville, Minn., branch, according to an article in the Omaha World-Herald. The article said the meters will cost $458,000, and the transmitters will cost $10,000. The 16-location Dakota Supply Group, headquartered in Fargo, N.D., was ranked #48 on Electrical Wholesaling magazine’s most recent listing of the Top 200 Electrical Distributors.
Archive for December 21st, 2009
LEDS Now Produce 15% of Sales for Osram
According to a Dec. 21 Bloomberg report, the Osram division of Siemens AG (parent of U.S.-based Osram-Sylania, Danvers, Mass.) now generates 15 percent of its sales with LED technology. IMS Research, Wellingborough, England, says Osram is #2 in the world in LED production behind Nichia, Tokushima, Japan..
According to an IMS Research report on LEDs, the top three companies in 2007 in terms of total dollar revenues for packaged LEDs were Nichia (24% of the market), Osram Opto (10.5%) and Lumileds/ Philips (6.5%). Said the report, “These three companies have been well established as the top three for several years now. Although full data for 2008 was not available as the report went to press, it is believed that the top three rankings will be the same for 2008. Lumileds may face competition for 3rd spot from Seoul Semiconductor in the next few years. For several years now, Seoul Semi has grown aggressively and faster than the overall LED market and has risen steadily through the top 10 to reach 4th spot.”
Rockwell CEO Sees Compensation Package Drop 28 Percent
The compensation package for Rockwell Automation Inc.’s President and CEO Keith Nosbusch fell more than 28 percent during the 2009 fiscal year according to a Dec. 18 AP report.