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A Short Week – Not Short on Copper News
By Jim Williams A holiday-abbreviated week in the United States doesn’t stop global movement on the price of copper. Trading activity in London took a dip on the negative side…
The Importance of CRI and R9
By Stan Walerczyk Color rendition Index (CRI) and R9, which is red content, are two important factors to select LED and/or incumbent interior products. This can be critical for distributors…
Contractor’s Corner: Contractor Talks Value-Added vs. Price
By Jim Williams For this latest installment of Contractor’s Corner we travel back out to the Mile High area to talk with David Jensen, Branch Operations Manager, Rocky Mountains, for…
China Is the Key to Copper Prices
By Jim Williams Copper edged higher to start the week, but any potential gains were capped after new home prices in China fell in July, marking the third month in…
Lighting and the Internet of Things
By Stan Walerczyk This week’s lighting column focuses on how the lighting industry is inexpensively incorporating apps and other tools into lighting products and low priced advanced wired and wireless…
Small Contractor Describes the Perfect Distributor
By Jim Williams Contractor’s Corner decided to once again ask a contractor to describe what an ideal distributor would be like for them. This time we approached Jeff Klimek, owner…
Lighting Controls, Revisited
Stan Walerczyk I was fortunate enough to get some detailed feedback regarding my controls column, Lighting and the Internet of Things. I look forward to even more feedback in the…