Willier Electric to be featured in EA

While visiting the east coast for the holiday in December, I had the pleasure of meeting Don Willier Jr., his dad Don Willier Sr., and Don Sr.’s brother Jim Willier – the three partners behind Willier Electric. Their shop will be featured in the March issue of Electrical Apparatus. The company has an eclectic mix [...]

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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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Obama to tour IBEW training center

Today, President Barack Obama will meet with his  Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in a training center for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Pittsburgh. The jobs group includes executives from General Electric, Xerox, Facebook and American Express and it was formed by Obama to advise him on job creation and other economic matters. [...]

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We’re moving …

After almost 40 years in Chicago’s famed Wrigley Building, we learned that the property was for sale and we would have to move.  We will miss working in this historic building, but we’ve found new office space only a block away. Effective October 1, Barks Publications and Electrical Apparatus will occupy new offices. Our new [...]

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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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