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Mar 2, 2015

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Buckles-Smith Electric Inducted into San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame

Buckles-Smith, San Jose, Calif., was recently was inducted into the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame.Past inductees include Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, San Jose Water, and the Mercury News....More

Mar 2, 2015

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Has Copper Pricing Bottomed Out?

The analysts in this Copper Investing News say copper pricing may have finally bottomed out. Says the article: Despite a lackluster start to 2015, copper prices started to creep back up following the end of Lunar New Year celebrations in China, and analysts have reiterated their positive outlook for the red metal." Details ...More

Mar 2, 2015

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NAED Announces All Industry Band

The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), St. Louis, announced today the members of the NAED Electrical Industry Band. Congratulations to these eight individuals:...More

Mar 2, 2015

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Eaton Release Report on Blackouts

According to Eaton Corp.’s 2014 Annual Tracker Report report, there were 3,634 reported outages in 20914 - an increase of about 12% from the 3,236 outages reported in 2013. The report proves outages are still a major problem for data center and IT managers across the country....More

Mar 1, 2015

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Construction Starts Climb 9% in January

The value of new construction starts climbed 9% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $621.0 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics, but giant construction projects continue to prop up the gains to some degree....More

Mar 1, 2015

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Google is Ready to Radically Rethink the Office Building

Last week, Google submitted plans to the Mountain View, Calif., City Council to redevelop four of its office sites in the city with an extraordinary design concept by the team of Bjarke Ingels at BIG and Thomas Heatherwick at Heatherwick Studio that merges moveable buildings with nature, integrates translucent canopies laced with solar panels and will radically reduced the company’s energy footprint. The exact details of the building designs were not yet revealed, but you can be sure they will be loaded with the most energy-efficient .

Mar 1, 2015

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Channel Marketing Group Launches New Distributor Feedback Tool for Reps

Channel Marketing Group, Raleigh, N.C., has introduced “Uncover for Manufacturer Reps,” a new program that helps independent manufacturers' reps to solicit feedback from their distributors....More

Feb 26, 2015

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Szankowski joins Knipex as senior marketing specialist

Nancy Szankowski is Knipex's new senior marketing specialist and will manage national and regional trade shows, support sales, develop product launch materials, and assist with product development and market research....More

Feb 25, 2015

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Fritsche Joins Galvan Electrical Products Group as National Sales Manager 1

Wesley Fritsche is now national sales manager with Galvan’s Electrical Products Group....More

Feb 24, 2015

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Hospital Upgrades to LED for Parking Structure Safety 2

Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., an award-winning Level 1 trauma center, recently sought to address a problem with the lighting in its parking garage, and turned to a new LED system as its chosen solution....More

Feb 23, 2015

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EnergyWatchNews: Connecting the Dots on the Future of LEDs

In today’s issue of EnergyWatchNews, lighting veteran Bill Attardi takes a look at the challenges that traditional lighting manufacturers, independent manufacturers’ reps, traditional electrical distributors and ESCOs (energy service companies) must overcome to claim their piece of the emerging sales channel for LEDs. Great discussion – Don’t miss it!...More

Feb 23, 2015

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GE Lighting Top Exec on the Future of Lighting and the Industrial Internet

Check out what Maryrose Sylvester, GE Lighting's president and CEO has to say about where lighting is headed in the future and how it will tie in with the Internet of Things....More

Feb 20, 2015

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Google Inks Deal to Get Wind Power from Historic Altamont Pass Wind Farm

Google says it will be purchasing enough local wind energy from the Altamont Pass wind farm to offset the annual electrical consumption of its North Bayshore headquarters in Mountain View, Calif....More

Feb 18, 2015

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Synergy Electrical Sales to Rep Additional General Cable Products

General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky., said Synergy Electrical Sales Inc., Fairless Hills, Pa., has expanded its offering to represent and market General Cable’s line of copper THHN, TFFN and XHHW building wire products in eastern Pennsylvania; southern New Jersey; and Delaware....More

Feb 18, 2015

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IDEA Announces 2015-2016 Board Directors and Officers

IDEA announced its 2015-2016 Board of Directors and officers. Wes Smith, president, Mayer Electric Supply, is now chairman, from vice chair, and Christopher Curtis, senior advisor, Schneider Electric, is now vice chair/chairman elect....More