by Doug Chandler March 3rd, 2010
Graybar, St. Louis, announced the appointments of Richard D. Offenbacher to senior vice president – U.S. business and Kathleen M. Mazzarella to senior vice president – sales and marketing. Both Offenbacher and Mazzarella also serve on Graybar’s Board of Directors.
Offenbacher, a Graybar veteran of nearly 42 years, will oversee Graybar’s field organization within the United States, along with its corporate accounts and government business. He most recently served as senior VP – sales and marketing for Graybar’s electrical business.
Mazzarella has 30 years of Graybar experience and most recently served as senior VP – sales and marketing, Comm/Data. In her newly expanded role, she has responsibility for Graybar’s entire sales and marketing organization.
These appointments follow the recent retirement of Dennis E. DeSousa as senior VP – U.S. business.
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by Jim Lucy March 3rd, 2010
KNIPEX-Tools (Arlington Heights, Ill.): Randall Booth has joined the company as sales manager and will be responsible for all traditional distribution sales in the eastern United States and Puerto Rico. He is also the key account representative for major accounts headquartered in that geographic region. He joins KNIPEX from Minerallac, where he served as the Southeast regional manager since 2006. Prior to joining Minerallac, Booth was sales manager at Hughes Supply Inc. and held positions at Klein Tools, Robert Bosch Tool Corp. and AEG Power Tools. Also joining the company is Julie Jozwik, who will be working in sales and marketing at KNIPEX and will offer support to the extended sales team, develop social media plans and platforms, and facilitate advertising and public relations initiatives. She comes to the company from Motorola’s Mobile Devices Division where she served as a marketing manager.
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by Jim Lucy March 3rd, 2010
ComCables (Denver): Tom McAllister is now with the company as director of sales, manufacturing. His responsibilities will include developing an independent rep team and creating a channel partner program. McAllister comes to comCables from an independent low-voltage solutions rep firm where he served as president. During his 30 years in the low-voltage cable industry he served as the regional V.P. with Holocom Networks, as well as in various sales management roles within the cable manufacturing industry. ComCables is a manufacturer of structured cabling solutions.
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by Jim Lucy March 3rd, 2010
Electrotech, an independent manufacturers’ rep based in Minneapolis, has hired Jim Lynch as the new Wisconsin territory utility account manager. He will be responsible for managing utility accounts in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. For the first seven years of his career, Lynch managed accounts in the commercial industrial marketplaces. He came to the electric utility industry in 1997 and spent the following thirteen years successfully managing utility accounts in this same territory for another firm He is a longstanding officer of the Wisconsin Utility Suppliers Association, and is involved with the Electrical Equipment Representatives Association (EERA). He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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by Doug Chandler March 3rd, 2010
NEMA’s lamp indices for incandescent and compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps increased 6.7 and 15.5 percent, respectively, during the fourth quarter of 2009 from the previous quarter. Sales of incandescent lamps had fallen by an average of 12 percent over the previous three quarters. For the full calendar year, both index components showed similar results by seeing a roughly 10 percent decline from 2008. Details
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