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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

Grainger Opens In Panama

Grainger opened its first branch in Panama. Grainger’s new branch offers businesses and institutions in Panama a large inventory of products needed to keep their facilities running.
Oct. 10, 2008

Grainger opened its first branch in Panama. Grainger’s new branch offers businesses and institutions in Panama a large inventory of products needed to keep their facilities running.

“Grainger selected Panama as its second expansion market in Latin America, after Mexico, because it offers exciting business opportunities and a business- friendly environment,” said Bonnie McIntyre, vice president, International Market Development, Grainger. “We are honored to be part of Panama’s growing economy where businesses and institutions will be able to rely on Grainger to provide them with the broadest range of quality facility maintenance products when and where needed.”