As I was cleaning out my email this weekend I thought, “good time for a reading round-up”, especially given some of the news that has been coming out this month.September starts the meeting season with two early meetings being a […]
As many know, I worked for an electrical industry marketing / buying group years ago and part of my role was membership recruitment … so I’ve “sold” the value-added of a marketing group.But what got me thinking about the topic […]
This month we’ve seen an acceleration in the acquisition game for distributorwww.codale.coms and manufacturers. Consider on the distribution front: Kaman buys Zeller (which we commented on) Crescent buys McCullough in Pittsburgh (a Schneider Electric automation house, giving Crescent 2 locations […]
Last week a new competitor was introduced to the industry … and distributors, probably primarily Schneider Electric distributors that are authorized Automation and Control distributors, were introduced to a new acquirer (and competitor). Graybar also probably now has a new […]
The controls industry has attracted much attention from electrical distributors over the past couple of years – whether it be industrial controls, lighting controls or building controls. Lighting Controls: As many know, Leviton acquired HAI (Home Automation Inc) which many […]
Some industry tidbits ….Sonepar, according to a banking announcement, recently was the beneficiary of a euro private placement. Societe Generale and AXA were able to get “some” of their clients to invest / loan money to Sonepar. No word on […]
As reported in trade publications late last month, a group of 11 independent Rockwell distributors have formed a separate organization, called EDGE, to enable them to compete more effectively for global opportunities.The endeavor, under development for well over a year […]
Frequently when companies make acquisitions there are nominal changes. In the case of Shealy and EDI, the changes have been more pronounced, creating a domino affect amongst distribution in the Carolinas. And change is not necessarily bad. In fact, it […]
Over the last several weeks we have had occasion to listen to distributors discuss their business opportunities as all move further into 2012 and look beyond. Many see opportunities to grow, some want to cash in now, and others are […]
Earlier this week we commented on Rexel’s acquisition of Platt. Now let’s turn to the big manufacturer deals that were announced – Eaton buying Cooper and General Cable buying Alcan, with the Eaton / Cooper deal capturing more industry attention. […]
