Electri-Flex's Marinelli wins Thomas F. Preston Award at NEMRA

Edward Marinelli, president of Electri-Flex Co., Roselle, Ill., won the NEMRA Thomas F. Preston Manufacturer of the Year Award at the 43rd annual NEMRA Conference.
Feb. 5, 2013
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Edward Marinelli, president of Electri-Flex Co., Roselle, Ill., won the NEMRA Thomas F. Preston Manufacturer of the Year Award at the 43rd annual NEMRA Conference. This is the second time Electri-Flex Co. has been honored with this award, which honors individuals within a manufacturing firm who have shown outstanding business leadership, business integrity and support of the independent electrical manufacturers’ representatives and NEMRA. It’s named in honor of Tom Preston, NEMRA’s first executive director who served in that role from 1969 to 1986 and began being awarded annually at the NEMRA Conference since 1979. Preston was also associate publisher of Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing from 1987-1991.

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