Phenix Technologies successfully defends pumpkin-chucking title

Phenix Technologies of Accident, Md., is best known for its diagnostic test equipment, but this fall the company successfully defended its title as the finest pumpkin chucker in Garrett Co., Md. At the 44th Annual Autumn Glory Festival, held Oct. 13-16 in Oakland, Md., a six-man Phenix team used an air cannon constructed by several [...]

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Good financial news from electrical manufacturers

With all the economic uncertainty dominating today’s headlines, it’s reassuring to hear that several electrical manufacturers are reporting strong, even record sales and revenue. St. Louis-based electrical manufacturer Emerson, we just learned, reported that net sales for fiscal 2011 increased 15%, to a record $24.2 billion. Meanwhile, Regal Beloit Corp., the Beloit, Wis., electrical manufacturer, [...]

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Chicago Manufacturing and Coil Show Canceled

The Coil Winding, Insulation & Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference, originally scheduled to be held in Chicago Oct. 4-6, has been canceled. The show is unrelated to the Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Expo being held in Nashville Sept. 19-21. That show is still going forward. According to a statement from CWIEME, “We have . [...]

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Moe & Genny artist wins honorable mention in napkin contest

Regular readers of Electrical Apparatus have come to know an odd couple who live in the back pages of the magazine, in the Classified Advertising section. “Motorhead & Generatorhead” is a cartoon strip that plays on bad puns and presents monthly offerings of surreal images. Its two main characters—whom we’ve come to know as Moe [...]

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