What did NEMA and its members (26 signatures from executives) tell big-box retailers about electrical product safety standards? And which of those retailers is now selling an LED bulb (on its website) for $19.97? Also in Distributor News: details about federal contracts for electrical products, most of them let to distributors; and a look at lighting retailing, including a brouhaha concerning vintage light bulbs.
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Manufacturer News includes some details on Honeywell’s purchase of E-Mon—did you know it’s the third time E-Mon has changed hands in the 2000s? Also: CommScope invests in a fuel cell producer; news on two Tycos; Lumenergi gets $12.7 million in VC money (that’s not the Viet Cong); USI’s revenue plummets, thanks to the loss of a big customer; Hubbell moves; Carlo Gavazzi is greener than thou; and much more.
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China (which other country would it be?) dominates a spate of info from foreign shores in Channel News, including its EV plans, an investment of $738 billion in green companies, and the forced shut down of 2,087 polluting companies. Other places represented: Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Tasmania.
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In People News, a Canadian ascends to EASA’s top elected spot, a 90-year-old is recognized (for 50 years at Shealy), and the winner of the Montana Wireoff. Also of note: PureSpectrum’s board offers some stern words about a guy they just fired.
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ELECTRICAL FELLOW ON EV CHARGING
What Eaton's Mike Dixon said
By Joe Salimando
This is the 3rd of three Special Report entries on what I heard in
the 8/10 phone conference on electric vehicle charging sponsored by the
Electric Drive Transportation Assn. Mike Dixon, product line manager at
Eaton for EV chargers, was one of four featured speakers.
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