http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:57:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AD Announces Electrical Divisions’ 2011 Year-End Results Commitment to Independent Distributors Yields Double-Digit Growth Affiliated Distributors (AD), Wayne, Pa., released their Electrical Divisions’ year-end results with US sales having grown 19% to $11.2 billion and Canadian sales having grown 10% to $852 million, respectively.  AD Affiliates also set new records for both ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/02/03/a-d-announces-2011-sales-results/ Standing-room only at the three sessions by John Hoelz of J.F. Nolan and Associates on selling with tablets in the electrical market. HoelZ says 11 manufacturers are already on-board with RepFiles, the cloud-based content management system for electrical product info. He hopes reps will bring up RepFiles at their ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/02/02/heard-nemra/ Myers & Associates Electrical Sales (Norman, Okla.): Clint Ragle, LEED AP, is the new director of medium voltage sales for the state of Oklahoma. He will direct all agency efforts for the industrial division of Copper Power Systems, DSG Canusa, Olsun Electrics and Pencell Plastics.  Specific product responsibility includes medium-voltage ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/02/01/rep-news-myers-associates-names-ragle-to-sales-management-post/ Rexel, Paris, France, said it has acquired Liteco, the largest independent distributor of electrical supplies in the Canadian Maritimes region. This acquisition complements Rexel’s position as the largest electrical distributor in Canada, one of the world’s largest markets. Rexel said the move is consistent with its strategic aim of strengthening ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/02/01/rexel-acquires-liteco-in-canadas-maritime-provinces/ Platt Electric, Beaverton, Ore., has six new locations under construction in Tracy, Calif.; on the Intel campus in Hillsboro, Ore.; and in Arlington, Enumclaw, Kent and Port Angeles, Wash. When these branches open the company will have 110 locations in seven western states. In addition to these new locations, Platt ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/31/platt-electric-supply-to-open-six-new-branches/ ABB is still on the hunt for more acquisitions in the United States and wants to bolster its automation business, according to this Reuters report. http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/31/reuters-says-abb-looking-for-blue-chip-automation-companies-to-expand-business-in-u-s/ GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business (NYSE: GE) has appointed Adrian Thomas as the new regional sales leader for Canada. Thomas has overall responsibility for sales of GE Energy’s electrical distribution products and services in Canada, including switchboards and panel boards, uninterruptible power supplies, metering products, circuit breakers, motor controls and ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/31/thomas-to-lead-ge-industrial-solutions-sales-in-canada/ Dakota Supply Group, Fargo, N.D., has acquired Wisconsin-based W.A. Roosevelt, a distributor of plumbing, electrical and HVAC products. W.A. Roosevelt, which has almost 100 employees, has locations in La Crosse, Madison, New Berlin, Plover and Rice Lake, Wis. The company was founded in 1868. According to a DSG press release announcing ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/30/dakota-supply-group-acquires-wisconsin%e2%80%99s-w-a-roosevelt/ The Munich, Germany, corporate offices of Siemens announced today the company has entered into an agreement to acquire RuggedCom, Concord, Ontario, Canada, in a friendly, board-supported takeover bid. The Canadian company is a provider of communications and networking solutions such as routers for harsh industrial environments. The total transaction value ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/30/siemens-agrees-to-buy-rugged-com/ Wondering what Wall Street analysts think about this blockbuster deal? Check out this Wall Street Journal report. T&B stockholders have got to be pretty happy. According to the Business Wire release announcing the deal, "The acquisition price represents a 24 percent premium to Thomas & Betts’ closing stock price on ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/01/30/wall-street-journal-report-on-abb-acquisition-of-tb/