WESCO International, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., parent company of WESCO Distribution, made its initial public offering of stock last month, opening at $18. The stock, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "WCC," closed the first day...
GE Supply, Shelton, Conn., has launched GE Supply Logistics, a new GE Supply business unit that will offer customers additional on-site bin-stocking and other inventory management services, following the acquisition of Questron Technology Inc. and...
CLS, Hartford, Conn., acquired privately owned Seamans Supply Co., Manchester, N.H., April 1. The acquisition makes CLS-Seamans the largest independent electrical distributor in New England...
Michael C. Conwell has been promoted to director of distribution at Galco Industrial Electronics, Madison Heights, Mich. He will be responsible for product management, and purchasing and marketing operations of the company. His previous positions...
After Harry Horn, Inc., an electrical distributor in Philadelphia, Pa., purchased an historic 1850s building to house its new, upscale lighting showroom, Arch Street Lighting, the new owners soon discovered they had some unusual problems to solve...
The Truth in Employment Act (H.R. 1793), legislation that would end the labor practice known as “salting,” was introduced April 11 in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Cass Ballenger, R-N.C.; and John Carter, R-Texas...
WESCO Distribution, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., agreed to buy the assets and business of Liberty Electrical Supply Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...
Granite City Electric Supply Co., Quincy, Mass., recently gave awards to “Manufacturers of the Year” and “Sales Representatives of the Year” for 2001. Vendors who won awards were Lightolier, American Flexible Conduit and Square D...
When a company the size of Cooper Industries launches a distributor program for a broad product offering that can cover 20 percent of all products an electrical distributor sells, that's big news. When it pulls out of the industry's two largest...
Donald R. Chrzanowski has been promoted to executive vice president and general manager of Penn-Union Corp., Edinboro, Pa. He will be responsible for sales, financial operations and manufacturing at all Penn-Union divisions. Most recently, he was...
