Weidmuller opens new production facility in Houston

May 04, 2014

Richmond, Va.-based Weidmuller has opened a new enclosure assembly facility with 300 square foot of production capacity and 15,000 square feet of warehouse space in Houston. This new facility will enable the company to provide an expanded scope of...

Border States breaks ground on new 96,000-sq-ft branch in Fargo

May 04, 2014

The new facility will include natural daylight strips, occupancy sensors, a highly efficient HVAC system, the latest lighting systems, regionally produced materials and other features to save energy and water and reduce waste...

Houston Wire & Cable expands Baton Rouge facility

Apr 22, 2014

Houston Wire & Cable Co., Houston, has expanded its Baton Rouge distribution center. Doubling the size of the facility will allow HWCC to better support the needs of customers in the Gulf Coast region. This strategic move supports the company...

Schaedler YESCO move branch from Falls Creek to Dubois, Pa.

Apr 15, 2014

Schaedler Yesco Distribution Inc. (SYD), Harrisburg, Pa., plans to relocate its Falls Creek branch to a larger facility to accommodate growth and future expansion plans. The new branch is located at 73 Corbet Road in Dubois, Pa., and will provide...

Baton Rouge, La., joins Midland and Odessa, Texas, as nation’s hottest housing markets according to new NAHB Index

Apr 11, 2014

Baton Rouge continues to top NAHB's list of major metros, followed by Honolulu, Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston, San Jose, Calif. and Harrisburg...

Chevron Phillips CEO says $6 billion Texas petrochemical plant will require 1,600 miles of cable

Apr 07, 2014

Chevron Philips broke ground on a massive new ethane cracker plant in Baytown, Texas, last week that will transform ethane, a component of natural gas, into ethylene, a component used to make plastics. CEO Peter Cella said in an article on the...

ABB Divests T&B HVAC Unit, Invests in Motors

Apr 01, 2014

ABB, Zurich, Switzerland, has signed an agreement to divest the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) business it acquired in 2012 as part of Thomas & Betts in a $260 million all-cash deal. Separately, ABB also said it will invest...

Revolution Lighting Technologies to Acquire Value Lighting

Apr 01, 2014

Revolution Lighting Technologies Inc., Stamford, Conn., has a definitive agreement to acquire Value Lighting Inc. and certain affiliates. Revolution is a lighting manufacturer concentrating on multi-family housing and new construction...

Windy City Wire co-founder and CEO leads buyout

Mar 24, 2014

Windy City Wire Cable & Technology Products, LLC (WCW), Bolingbrook, Ill., has completed a management buyout led by Rich Galgano, Co-Founder and CEO. Harris Williams & Co. Richmond, Va., acted as the exclusive advisor to WCW, a portfolio...

DISC’s new ZIPlines data tool drills down deeper into local market info

Mar 24, 2014

In addition to providing the dollar purchases of electrical products by each of 935 industries served by distributors, ZIPLines captures the dollar per employee multipliers, the number of plant locations and the number of employees for each...