News Watch

Leviton Buys Back Thomas & Betts Minority Ownership Stake for $300 Million
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Dale Funk, Contributing Writer
Ending one of the more intriguing business relationships in recent electrical industry history, Thomas & Betts Corp., Memphis, Tenn., sold the 29.1 percent...

Stuart Irby to Acquire Equity Utility Service in Bid to Grow Utility Business in Georgia
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Dale Funk, Contributing Writer
Increasing its already strong presence in the U.S. utility market, Stuart C. Irby Co., Jackson, Miss., a division of Sonepar USA, announced its intentions...

South Korea's LS Cable to Purchase Superior Essex
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Dale Funk, Contributing Writer
LS Cable Ltd., Seoul, South Korea, is buying Superior Essex, Atlanta, for about $900 million in cash. The combined company would have consolidated 2007...

Datalliance Continues VMI Expansion
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
Datalliance, Cincinnati, announced that in recent months, six more electrical industry suppliers selected its services for supporting vendor managed inventory...

Research Foundation Studies Residential Electrical Safety
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
As Americans become more dependent on electricity in their homes, the Fire Protection Research Foundation, Quincy, Mass., is closely examining the electrical...

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