http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Jersey's boom in solar power installations, driven by lucrative solar renewable energy credits, made the Garden State second only to California in installed solar power capacity. Now it's reached a point of saturation where solar installers are looking for legislation to keep their industry alive. According to a post ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/22/nj-solar-boom-seeking-life-support/ Electric Supply Center (ESC) (Burlington, Mass.): David Rossman is the company’s new energy specialist. He has 30 years of experience in the electrical market, including working for another electrical distributor where he helped customers make the best use of the Mass Save programs available in Massachusetts. Rossman graduated from ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/22/electric-supply-center-hires-rossman-as-energy-specialist/ Maxlite ( West Caldwell, N.J.): Jim Wang is now product marketing manager and will report to Pat Treadway, MaxLite’s director of product marketing. Most recently, Wang served as product manager for Simkar. He has also worked for Holophane, Hubbell Lighting and Cooper Lighting. Wang has received nearly 40 patents, has ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/22/wang-joins-maxlite-as-product-marketing-manager/ KeyBanc Capital Markets and Electrical Wholesaling magazine have published the latest of their quarterly surveys of economic conditions in the electrical distribution market. They found improvements in just about every parameter they looked at, from inventory support for pricing to hiring plans, though expectations among distributors focused on residential and ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/21/keybancew-survey-finds-conditions-improving-for-electrical-distributors/ Still lots of chatter in the market on Amazon's move into the MRO market. Check out this Financial Times article. http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/21/financial-times-article-offers-additional-insight-into-amazon-supply-launch/ General Cable Corp., Highland Heights, Ky., took a giant step into the aluminum wiring market with the purchase of Rio Tinto plc, the owner of Alcan Cable. According to information on General Cable’s website, Alcan Cable employs approximately 1,050 associates in its aluminum cable manufacturing and distribution facilities servicing the energy ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/21/general-cable-corp-moves-into-wire-and-cable-market-with-purchase-of-rio-tinto%e2%80%99s-alcan-cable/ Mad Money's Jim Cramer has been a big fan of Eaton Corp. and its CEO Sandy Cutler for some time now. Click here to see what he has to say on this deal and why he thinks Eaton stock is a better buy than Facebook right now. Eaton Corp., Cleveland, announced ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/21/eaton-to-buy-cooper-industries-for-11-8-billion/ The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday announced that it would order tariffs of 31% and more on solar photovoltaic (PV) panels imported from China after a preliminary finding that Chinese companies were selling panels in the United States at prices below fair market value -- i.e., dumping. If this preliminary ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/18/commerce-dept-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-solar/ Pike Research, in a study released today, makes the case that the market for commercial lighting will grow strongly through about 2021, when it will hit about $54 billion, then it will contract through the remainder of the '20s, back down to about $30 billion. Why? Solid state lighting. LEDs will ... http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/18/pike-research-predicts-contraction-in-commercial-lighting-market-after-2021/ Ruud Lighting, the Racine, Wis.-based subsidiary of Cree Inc., Durham, N.C., will supply WalMart with outdoor lighting fixtures according to this report in Milwaukee's Business Journal. http://livewire.electricalmarketing.com/2012/05/16/ruud-lighting-wins-walmart-outdoor-lighting-contract/