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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

Eaton to build DC quick charger for electric vehicles in Oregon plant

Eaton Corp., Cleveland, has chosen its Wilsonville, Ore., satellite power center as a lead facility to modify and integrate its electric vehicle (EV) DC quick charger for the North American market
Oct. 22, 2010

Eaton Corp., Cleveland, has chosen its Wilsonville, Ore., satellite power center as a lead facility to modify and integrate its electric vehicle (EV) DC quick charger for the North American market. The charging stations, which will be launched later this year, are part of Eaton’s range of products and services that will provide critical infrastructure for the EV corridors and across North America. Eaton’s quick charger can recharge an electric vehicle to 80 percent of battery capacity in 15–30 minutes. This type of recharge capability addresses the range anxiety anticipated by EV drivers and is expected to significantly aid vehicle adoption, utility and utilization, the company said.

Separately, Eaton Corp. enjoyed an 18% 3Q sales increase and Sandy Cutler, CEO, said several segments of the company’s Electrical Business unit were particularly solid. “We saw good growth during the quarter in our early- and mid-cycle markets, particularly in power quality and industrial markets,” he said.