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Plenty of executive appointments over the past two weeks. Here’s Electrical Marketing’s expanded coverage of personnel changes in the electrical market.
Dec. 21, 2012
Wire man John Pasqual and lighting rep Jack Melnick
Dec. 21, 2012
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Electrical product prices remained on their flat trend, showing no change from October and little change in almost all major product categories.
Dec. 21, 2012
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Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000, 3% below the revised October estimate, but 21.6% above the Nov. 2011 rate.
Dec. 21, 2012
Dec. 21, 2012
Veteran reps form new agency in Raleigh; WinWholesale buys Lloyd Graves in Texas; United Electric Supply expands through acquisition; and more.
Dec. 21, 2012
W.W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., announced plans to purchase Techni-Tool Inc., Worcester, Pa., a 200-plus employee distributor supplying customers in the cable television...
Dec. 21, 2012
Kaman Industrial Technologies (KIT), the industrial distribution business Kaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn., has built up in recent acquisitions of Minarik, Zeller Electric and others...
Dec. 21, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered an update on the city’s plans to renovate its infrastructure to withstand future storms.
Dec. 7, 2012

Quanta wins contracts for utility-scale solar projects

Quanta Services Inc., Houston, won two contracts for utility-scale solar installations with Avenal Solar Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Eurus Energy America and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc
Oct. 8, 2010

Quanta Services Inc., Houston, won two contracts for utility-scale solar installations with Avenal Solar Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Eurus Energy America and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. Under the contracts, Quanta will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the 20MW Sun City Project and the 19MW Sand Drag Project, both of which are near Avenal, Calif. The Avenal projects, located in Kings County, Calif., were developed by Eurus and are owned jointly by Eurus and NRG. Under the contract, Quanta will provide comprehensive design and construction services including engineering and site preparation.