As NAFTA turns five years old, electrical companies doing business across the continent are finding both positive and negative implications...

Continuing its march into the home-networking market, Legrand North America, Syracuse, N.Y., has acquired Greyfox Systems Inc., Carnegie, Pa. Details of the transaction were not available at press time...

With increasing overseas shipments of counterfeit cord sets, power-supply cords, telecommunications wire and cable, outlet boxes, switches and ground-fault circuit interrupters, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Rosslyn, Va...

The federal government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan have designated WESCO Distribution-Canada, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WESCO Distribution, Inc., Pittsburgh, as the primary vendor for a new supplies contract for 1998 and...

In two separate expansion-minded moves, GE Supply expanded into Southeast Asia at the end of 2002; meanwhile, back in the United States, its GE Supply Logistics unit opened its new headquarters, sales and distribution center in Irving, Texas...

The new European currency unit, the euro, had a rocky first year in world monetary markets. Initially valued at $1.18 in January of 1999, it had dropped to parity with the dollar by this past December, a decline of 15%. It fared even worse against...

Editor's note: In EW's December 1998 issue, the article "Global Crisis" (page 46) explored how various electrical companies with international interests were weathering the global financial storm. In our continuing coverage of...

Seeking a much-needed presence in the Canadian market, Imark Group, Inc., Oxon Hill, Md., announced an alliance with IED Limited Partnership, Etobicoke, Ontario, a buying/marketing group of 30 Canadian electrical distributors. The organizations...

Manufacturers and electrical distributors of lamps and lighting fixtures can expect steady growth through 2006, according to a new market study...