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The Top 200 
By Jim Lucy, Chief Editor and Doug Chandler, Executive Editor
Electrical Wholesaling's annual listing of the Top 200 electrical distributors provides a fascinating snapshot of the largest distributors in the land....

Gut Check 
By Herm Isenstein
The overall economy continues to be in dire straits and it is taking its toll on the electrical distribution industry. Because industry performance this...

Transactions and Profits 
By Scott Benfield
Using transactions for cost allocations can reveal key ways to improve profitability....


RAB Lighting Introduces the Greendola 

RAB Lighting, Northvale, N.J., recently introduced the a new display that provides energy saving products and merchandising in one easy package. For any...

Alcoa to Sell Wire Harness and Electrical Distribution Business 

Alcoa, New York, announced on May 4 that it has agreed to sell its wire harness and electrical distribution business to Platinum Equity, a California-based...

Survey of Distributors Reveals Opportunities in LED Lighting 

A recent survey of electrical and lighting distributors demonstrates the importance of the electrical sales channel for LED lighting manufacturers seeking...


Sales Volume Leaders

Electrical Wholesaling's annual listing of the largest distributors in the U.S. electrical products channel is an industry benchmark. Since the 1970s, the electrical industry has looked to the EW Top 200 for insights on how the industry's largest distributors have fared over the past year.

For a look at past Top 200 lists, start from our Top 200 page and you can reach all our discussion of the survey results, all the lists in rank and alphabetical order, charts of various findings from our research and links to further resources.

Current Copper Prices 

Current Copper prices and related copper news....

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Managing Price Risk 
Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Gross
Hedging can help protect buyers of copper and other metals from wild swings in prices...

Copper Expert Joins EW's Contributing Writers 
Jan 5, 2009 12:00 PM,
For obvious reasons, reader interest in copper pricing appears to be at an all-time high. One indicator of this interest is the number of hits Electrical...

Economic News and Information 

Get the latest news on how the economy is impacting the electrical wholesaling industry. Don't miss this important information...


DOE Secretary Announces $93 Million Federal Infusion for Wind Projects 

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced plans on April 29 to provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support...

Solar in Space Not that Far-Fetched 

California utility PG&E has signed a deal for the world's first space-based solar power plant, to be built by Solaren, a Southern California startup staffed...

Solar in Spain 


Solar is hot, hot, hot in Spain, and Electrical Wholesaling will be bringing you daily reports over the next few days on how sunny Spain is now leading the world in the amount of solar energy being generated by utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) installations. ...

President of NorthEast Electrical Distributors Teaches Operations Management 

Don Block, President of NorthEast Electrical Distributors, Canton, Mass., recently shared his experience and knowledge of distributor operations with...

Solon Manufacturing Celebrates 60 Years 

In 1949, four fraternity brothers from Case Western Reserve engineers, inventors, risk-takers joined forces to create Solon Manufacturing Co. It was a...

New Program to Help Manufacturers Find Reps 

Euro Marketing + Research (EMR), Waiblingen, Germany, has introduced a database program called for efficiently identifying electrical sales representatives...





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