Hubbell To Buy Strongwell Lenoir

Hubbell Inc., Orange, Conn., agreed to acquire privately held Strongwell Lenoir City Inc., Lenoir City, Tenn. Srongwell Lenoir City Inc. designs and manufactures precast polymer concrete products (used to house underground equipment) such as handholes, enclosures, equipment pads and transformer pads sold to the electric and telephone industries. The company recorded revenue of approximately $70 million in 2005, and will join Hubbell’s Power Systems Segment. The company has manufacturing facilities in Lenoir City and San Jose, Calif.