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    1. Electrical Economy
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    DISC Pegs 2017 Growth at 4.7%

    Nov. 7, 2016
    DISC Corp.’s new monthly flash update points toward a soft electrical market for the rest of 2016, but Herm Isenstein, DISC’s president, sees solid growth for 2017.
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    ​DISC Corp.’s new monthly flash update points toward a soft electrical market for the rest of 2016, but Herm Isenstein, DISC’s president, sees solid growth for 2017. “We expect continued weakness in industry sales for the rest of this year,” he said in this month’s DISC Flash Update. “But we are looking for a 4.7% total industry sales advance for 2017, and expect the distributor-served contractor market to lead with a better than 6.6% growth, followed by a 4.4% increase in the distributor-served industrial market.” Contact Herm for DISC Flash Update subscription information by calling him at (203) 799-3673 or emailing him at [email protected].

    About the Author

    Herm Isenstein

    Herm passed away in Sept. 2019 at the age of 86 from brain cancer. He was a good friend to the editors on the staff of Electrical Wholesaling and a prolific writer for the magazine for 15 years.

    During his 30-plus years in the electrical industry, Herm Isenstein was the premier economist in the electrical wholesaling industry  If you have any questions about DISC's subscription-based data services, contact  Chris Sokoll, DISC's president at  at  346-339-7528.

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