05/16/2012
At the NAED National Meeting in Washington, DC, Clarence Martin officially took over the reins as NAED Chair for the 2012-2013 term. Clarence is CEO and CFO of State Electric Supply in Huntington, WV, an AD member since 1995. The ‘changing of the guard’ at NAED’s Chair position also led me to...
Electrical
05/15/2012
Over a billion people worldwide have no access to clean water and 2.6 billion people do not have basic sanitation. This potentially life-threatening situation was reason enough to motivate Georg Fischer to lend a hand. The Georg Fischer Clean Water Foundation has been working since 2002 on projects...
PVF
05/14/2012
Pennsylvania based, Streamlight, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting for first responders, donated $17,000 to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) with proceeds from sales of the company's Red Nano LightR. Streamlight earmarks $1.00 from the sale of each...
Industrial
05/11/2012
The future. I love thinking about what the future holds. The future is full of hope, promise and excitement of the unknown. A few weeks ago at our 2012 Spring Network meetings, we listened to a keynote address by, “The Practical Futurist-Michael Rogers”. He spoke about the future in...
Clean Energy
05/10/2012
Ever use the old excuse that you would volunteer more if only you had more time? You know, you tell yourself “I would if I didn’t have to take time off from work..” or better yet “if I didn’t have to take personal time off from work..”. We could make the time, but how many of us actually sacrifice...
Drywall
05/09/2012
I recently attended our Spring Network Meetings for PVF and Plumbing members in Houston and noticed something interesting there….quite a few people were younger than me.Today I’m only a few years past 50, but I’ve been in this industry for about 30 years now. My first assignment out of school...
PVF
05/08/2012
During the ISA Product Show, 3M honored Stellar Industrial with the coveted Distributor of the Year award. Stellar Industrial is an independent industrial supply distributor headquartered in Tacoma, Washington with eight locations in the Pacific Northwest. Chris Holmes, executive vice...
Industrial
05/07/2012
Electro-Federation Canada (EFC), a national, not-for-profit industry association, recently announced its new 2012-2013 Board headed by new Board Chair, Elaine Gerrie-Valentini, Co-President & CEO of Gerrie Electric Wholesale, Ltd., Burlington, Ontario. Elaine’s predecessor Jean Belhumeur...
Electrical
05/04/2012
While everyone has the potential to be a leader, most people never take up the mantle. They are content to let others take the risk and do the work. Clean Energy offers all of us an opportunity to expand our horizons, to push the envelope, and to lead our companies and our communities into...
Clean Energy
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