Graybar recently announced that Paul Hansen has been named District Vice President for the company’s Seattle District effective January 1, 2022. Paul joined Graybar in 1983 and currently serves as Director, Finance in the Seattle District, a position he has held since 2004.
Molex has recently acquired core technology and intellectual property (IP) from Keyssa Inc., a provider of high-speed contactless connectors. The acquisition of this unique wireless chip-to-chip technology, including over 350 filed patent applications, will accelerate Molex’s strategy to further expand and diversify its micro connector portfolio with highly flexible, cable-free connectors for near-field, device-to-device applications.
Littelfuse, Inc., an industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world, recently announced the completion of its acquisition of Carling Technologies, Inc..
Supporting the company’s growth strategy and strengthening its commitment to remain generationally sustainable, Southwire was recently pleased to announce the acquisition of OBI Partners, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia – a digital solutions provider focused on electric utilities.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation recently announced it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of PXiSE Energy Solutions LLC., a San Diego-based developer of software that enables utilities and other grid operators to deliver reliable and stable power by managing renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time.
Leviton has announced the appointment of Daryoush Larizadeh to Chief Executive Officer, effective as of December 1, 2021. Larizadeh will continue his responsibilities as President and COO, in addition to assuming the CEO role.
Schneider Electric, a contributor in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has joined other industrial leaders and pioneers to form UniversalAutomation.org (UAO), an independent, not-for-profit association managing the reference implementation of a shared source runtime.
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. is proud to announce the official launch of its workforce development program, ‘Diamondworks!’. Their mission is to educate the future workforce to be better prepared for roles in industries that are becoming increasingly automated.
Jochen Hanebeck will take over as the new Chief Executive Officer of Infineon Technologies AG on 1 April 2022. This was decided today by the Supervisory Board. Hanebeck was reappointed for five years, his contract runs until 31 March 2027.
B&R has canceled its participation in the SPS smart production solutions 2021 trade fair in Nuremberg. “We want to protect the health of our employees, customers and partners and do what we can to slow the spread of the pandemic,” says Markus Sandhöfner, managing director of B&R Germany.
Due to the latest high increase in the number of infections and the associated risk of infection, Friedrich Lütze GmbH has cancelled its participation in the SPS event in Nuremberg – Smart Production Solutions 2021.
As a result of the continuing rise in infection and incidence rates, Pepperl+Fuchs has decided to cancel its participation in the SPS. Despite the exemplary planned hygiene measures, your health and that of our employees is most important to us.
To protect their customers and employees in the current situation, Pilz has decided to cancel participation in their own exhibition stand on site in Nürnberg. Pilz follows the recommendation of Robert-Koch-Institut not to participate in major events in interior spaces, due to the deteriorating Corona pandemic.
Rittal North America, a global manufacturer of industrial and IT enclosures, adds a U.S. Southeast warehouse to get closer to their customers and shorten delivery times, expand service capabilities, and improve customer service. They are collaborating with international transport and logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss in Conyers, GA, to expand Rittal’s U.S. footprint for more responsive enclosure delivery to integrators, OEMs, machine builders, panel builders, and data centers in the Southeast.
Automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas has recently opened a new Proof of Concept Center (PoCC) in Novi, Michigan, where customers can collaborate with application engineers and have access to the latest technologies to develop innovative automation solutions. The PoCC is a connected lab environment that offers real world, hands-on application development, testing and technical training.
nVent Electric plc, a global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions, recently announced it is collaborating with Iceotope Technologies Ltd. to offer innovative modular integrated solutions for data center, edge and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. nVent’s flexible and modular portfolio of cooling solutions, racks and enclosures enable Iceotope’s immersion cooling technologies to be deployed in data centers and edge computing environments.
