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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 names Advance Transformer 2002 supplier of the year

Advance Transformer Co., Rosemont, Ill., was presented the Grainger 2002 Customer Focused Quality 1 (CFQ1) Award in addition to being named Grainger’s 2002 Supplier of the Year for the second consecutive year.
Aug. 15, 2003

Advance Transformer Co., Rosemont, Ill., was presented the Grainger 2002 Customer Focused Quality 1 (CFQ1) Award in addition to being named Grainger’s 2002 Supplier of the Year for the second consecutive year. The award was presented at a special ceremony on July 21 in Chicago. Grainger presents the award annually to a select group of suppliers for outstanding performance throughout the year. Grainger’s CFQ1 Award recognizes suppliers who achieve excellence in several categories, including cost improvement, delivery, overall commitment, product information, quality and responsiveness. Grainger suppliers receive points throughout the year for their performance in each of these categories. Approximately 2 percent of Grainger’s 1,200 suppliers receive the CFQ1 Award each year and only one company is awarded Supplier of the Year status.